playing gm: mlb west
August 30, 2009
Angels:
Who I would not claim:
Darren Oliver: old and a horrible player
Chone Figgins: overrated
Matthew Brown: not familiar with him
Terry Evans: not good
Rob Quinlan: does not have the bat to start
Gary Matthews: contract
Rangers:
Millwood: overrated and overpaid
Eyre, Holland, Guardado, Nipper, Poveda: crap
Ivan Rodriguez: old
Omar Vizquel: old, overrated
Nelson Cruz, Andrew Jones, David Murphy, Marlon Byrd: Overrated
Player who I would claim:
Michael Young: He deserved his contract and is a great player
Mariners:
Every pitcher except Felix Hernandez, and Gaby Hernandez
Kenji Johjima: overpaid
Rob Johnson: nothing more than a back up catcher
Adrian Beltre: I dare you to tell me that he never took steroids!
Bill Hall, Jack Wilson: overpaid
Jack Hannahan, Josh Wilson: backups
Griffey, Sweeney: veterans that are holding on
Athletics:
Breslow, Eveland, Reineke: dont want to take a chance
Mark Ellis, Jack Cust: overrated
Patterson, Denorfia, Sweeney, Crosby: belong in the minors
Kennedy, Brett Tomko and Garciaparra: take a guess
Giants:
Affeldt, Howry, Johnson, Medders, Miller: not willing to take a chance
Zito: ha
Molina, Whiteside: overpaid and old catchers
Renteria, Uribe, Aurillia: old and overpaid
Rowand and Winn: overpaid
Dodgers:
This is the team that I know best so listen up on my opinions:
Mota, Weaver, Wolf, Schmidt, Ohman, Milton, Kuroda: old, overpaid
Ausmus: back up catcher
Casey Blake: his production will drop next year
Juan Castro: would you want him?
Pierre: guess?
Repko: not an everyday player, their is a reason he is in the minors
Padres:
Everyone except Adrian Gonzalez. Look at the team, they are taking a bunch of players and throwing them to wall to see if they stick.
Diamondbacks
Who would I claim:
Scherzer, Qualls, Haren, and Garland. Everyone else is not that consistent. That means you Mark Reynolds and your shitty defense.
Rockies
WHo would I claim:
Beimel, Betanccourt, Marquis, Street, Atkins, Barmes, and every outfielder on their 40 man. They are all talented.
Goodnight, I am super-tired
Fuck Stephen Jackson, he just signed what is probably the top 5 worst contracts in basketball history (which is saying a lot) and now he is requesting a trade off the team that was willing to pay for his sorry ass.
He says that he wants to go to a contender but this guy is a pretender, he mentioned the Knicks as a place that he would like to go to. Yes, the Knicks in 3 years but the Knicks now, ha.
If I am another GM in the league, would I be interested in Stephen Jackson? Yes, he is a great 7th man. I would send you a bunch of crap and in exhange I would ask for Anthony Randolph, Cash, and a first round draft pick for taking on Stephen Jackson, his bad attitude, and his laughable salary.
You have to remember, Ron Artest was not the craziest guy in the brawl in Detroit, it was Stephen Jackson. Many argued that it was Jackson who deserved the yearlong suspension.
Scott Kazmir to the Angels certainly sends a message that the Rays should not be sending to their fans. On the surface of this trade is a contender sending their ace to another contender in the same league but deep down this trade is no differant than the Blue Jays letting Alex Rios go on waivers; the only difference is that the Rays got some decent players in return.
Only one thing bothers me about this trade, why did it happen in August? The Rays could have got a lot more in return in the winter for Kazmir. Macier Izturis is rumored to be the player going back to the Rays and that would be a nice return for Kazmir, if its true.
playing gm waiver claims al east:
August 30, 2009
Baltimore:
Who I would not claim:
Chad Moeller: as you will see, back up catchers are not people that I would ever claim. There is too big of a risk that a team will just let a player and his few at bats go.
Melvin Mora: Have you seen how big his salary is? He has attitude too.
Rich Hill: I believe he makes a million plus
Nobody is really questionable on this team except Cesar Izturis. I have seen Cesar at the top of his game, he is a solid player for the end of the year who does whatever is asked of him. Ty Wiggington is the other but he is on a low salaried contract.
Boston:
Daisuke Matsuzaka: Salary, inconsistency
Takashi Saito: age
Billy Wagner: Full of crap
Jason Varitek: light hitter who makes too much
Alex Gonzalez: useless
Mike Lowell: don’t want his salary
JD Drew: Overpaid
Questionable: David Ortiz: I would take that risk
Yankees:
Sergio Mitre: no real trade value
AJ Burnett: overpaid
Chad Gaudin, Alfredo Aceves: no trade value
Andy Pettite: dont know where to start, never liked him, overpaid, not consistent
CC Sabathia: dont want his contract in 3 years
Kevin Cash, Jose Molina: no trade value, molina cant hit to save his life
Jerry Hairston: no trade value
ARod: contract
Shelley Duncan, Eric Hinske: no trade value
Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon: overpaid
Questionable: Jeter: would sell too many jerseys and plus I would get laid just for being with him
Rays:
Russ Springer: salary, not always consistent
John Jaso, Shwan Riggans: not prospects
Gregg Zaun, Gabe Kapler, Brian Shouse: Old, nothing to offer
Questionable: Pat Burrell: I like his game
Blue Jays:
Accardo, Downs, Cecil, Hayhurst, Janssen, Murphy, Purcey, Richmond, Roenicke, Romero x2, Tallet, and Wolfe: too old/inconsistent or useless
Barajas, Barrett, Chavez: back ups
Bautista, Ruiz, Inglett, McDonald, Millar: light hitting, useless
Wells: salary
Questionable: Did I miss anyone?
Got back from PWG about an hour ago. Had to drive 80 miles just to get there because of the move but it was worth it.
Because of finances (gas, and such), I wont be attending next week but I was able to shake Bryan Danielson’s hand. All the wrestlers, especially Colt Cabana, Chris Hero, and Danielson are really nice guys.
Paul London was in attendance. He didn’t wrestle or even appear on the show but he hung out in back. I think that he is dating Candace LaRae because they always seem to arrive together. Speaking of Candace, where was she with Chris Hero?
Brian Kendrick played heel. He stole a victory from Danielson.
LTp Robinson is getting over with the crowd. Personally, he is one of my favorite wrestlers.
Maybe the wrestlers are selling better but I saw a couple legit injuries. Lots of people left in pain. El Generico was one, another was the dude from australia (Shane Haste). Every time Haste landed, it looked brutal. I don’t know how he will continue wrestling without breaking a shoulder, if he didnt today. Also Brandon Gatson wasn’t on his A game, he landed on his head more than Chris Benoit ever did in one match, today.
Chuck Taylor and the Cutler brothers are turning into fan favorites. I like both a lot myself. The Cutlers have a fun little thing going on. They arent as flashy as the Bucks but they do a lot of unique moves. Chuck Taylor is just fucking hilarious.
Colt Cabana is a fun wrestler to watch. He brought out Scott Lost’s personality and the match was a blast. It seems that Colt just says fuck it, I already made it to the WWE, they wont re hire me anytime soon: so I may as well have fun with it. It shows and I personally enjoy it. Wrestling matches are stories and Colt does a great job getting that story across with his humor.
The Young Bucks made Joey Ryan and Karl Machine Gun Anderson look like pros. Great match as usual. Joey is truly the hero of PWG. Everybody loves it.
One more note from Gatson vs Cutlers, it was a great match but when Gatson had to tell the ref that he was the legal man, it was lame. I hope that the ref got blasted because that was bullshit. For the record, I may be giving Gatson shit but he has turned into one of my favorite wrestlers as well.
Danielson vs Kendrick was lame. Kendrick was the heel but noone cared except the kid. Kendrick hit Danielson in the crotch for the win, lame.
Generico/Taylor was a great street fight. Generico shined but looked like he had a legit injury at the end.
Roderick Strong vs Chris Hero was the match of the night. I actually thought that Strong had it won on multiple occassions. Stong would make a great champ.
WOW
August 27, 2009
Rey Mysterio was just suspended for 30 days for violating the wellness policy, aka steroids. Wow. This is a huge blow. Smackdown was built on Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio, now both are off tv. If it wasnt for the Undertaker coming back then Smackdown would be fucked.
Here is a solution to the problem of talent, take the belts off Jericho and Big Show and put them on DX (Who are Raw headliners). That way Chris Jericho can battle it out with more main eventers.
I hate golf but Ryan Moore is my new favorite golfer. Here is why: http://www.cnbc.com/id/32571769
I always knew assists in basketball were bogus. This article just proves it: http://deadspin.com/5336974/how-an-nba-scorekeeper-cooked-the-books
Basketball needs to get rid of the assist stat all together. Basketball is such an extreme stat driven sport.
Official scorers are a piece of work all together. How many no hitters have been saved because of an imaginary error? All the defensive football stats are also a load of crap.
http://deadspin.com/5345287/the-confessions-of-an-nba-scorekeeper
Raw pissed me off and I love DX.
August 25, 2009
McMahon pinned the WWE Champion. Yes it was his birthday, but what a load of shit. Your champion is supposed to be strong.
MVP and Mark Henry being thrown in a tag team and then being immediate contenders for the tag titles is a load of shit. After their first match, they are set to have a title shot at a pay per view? This is exactly how the WWE killed the tag titles, this is not how they recussitate the the titles.
So many matches for the pay per view were thrown together real quick with no anticipation. They turned Summerslam into a PPV that is a waste. Summerslam was supposed to be the Wrestlemania of the summer, a time for feud enders(Jeff Hardy and CM Punk was the only one and that is only because Hardy is selfhishly leaving the E) and a time to make stars (CM Punk was the only one). The Raw after Summerslam is supposed to start big and fresh; Instead the whole show was about Mr. McMahon.
Hornswoggle vs Chavo again?
Part of what made the Miz awesome was because of his charisma. I really hope that they arent changing his character.
The Red Sox put a claim on Billy Wagner’s trade waiver’s rights. Billy Wagner didn’t like the idea so he started a shit fit.
Now it is coming out why he doesn’t want to go to the Sox. He doesn’t want to win a championship, he wants to break a record. He wants 400 saves and being on the Red Sox will mean he pitches into October and he is worried that he would hurt his arm at the risk of the 400 mark and his next contract. This is a guy who signed for 30 million over 3 years on his last contract. Look at his baseball reference site, he has made 75 million in his career. That is 75 million and no championship. Fucking athletes, but maybe it is because I coach (where the goal is winning and not stats) but this is insane.
Here is the kicker, Wagner is not even guaranteed a contract for next season. Nobody has seen enough of his post surgery arm, and nobody will see enough to invest a healthy chunk of change and a prominent role on a team for a guy like this next year. If he were to pitch in the postseason, not only would he get a chance at a championship(that has alluded him, his whole career) but he would have a chance at a bigger payday.
