but will probably continue to win them by default for however long he continues to play

Well Make the Rafters Ring!
Go Go Go, Buerhle….

Chicago’s proud of you!

ALL YOU OTHER AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHERS CAN SUCK IT!!!! BUEHRLE SHOULD HAVE WON IT THE LAST SIX YEARS!!!! YOU CHEATING FUCKING BASTARDS!!!! NANANA FUCK YOU!!

—that gracious enough for you WU?

weird.

2010 – Dooomed? DOOOOOOOOMED?

“I personally thought it was terribly unfair, the criticism (Ramirez) got,” Williams said. “Of course, the lapses are somewhat frustrating, but I expect those as a young player. I expect those coming from young players. That’s part of the development.”

Williams said the decision to move Beckham to second instead of shortstop is “not an indictment on Gordon’s abilities. It’s moreso a praise of what Alexei can do.”

Trib

“There are a number of teams I’ve heard already that would love to have me,‘’ Dye said. "I know one thing, I will not be DHing. You can put that down. If a team wants to try me out at first base on an every day basis I’ll do that. That’s something I feel will be easy to learn. But as far as DHing that’s not for me. Teams shouldn’t call if that’s their plan.’’

http://blogs.suntimes.com/whitesox/2009/11/dye_speaks.html

ChiSox not confident about Figgins — 2:23 p.m.
The White Sox need a leadoff man, but the team still expects that free agent Chone Figgins will be out of their price range.
Figgins could fit for the Sox at third, with the White Sox moving newly acquired Mark Teahen to right field, or in left field.
Rival scouts and executives view Teahen as a below-average defender at third, but the Sox likely will keep him in that spot and seek an outfielder who could hit at the top of the order.
If the Sox added no one, they could use Gordon Beckham at leadoff. Another option could be top outfield prospect Jordan Danks, who could emerge as this year’s Beckham from the farm system.
The expectation, however, is that the Sox will add a leadoff man.

Just to reiterate, common wisdom is we need someone to play leadoff.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/10343728/Latest-buzz-from-MLB’s-GM-meetings

What a pompous fucking asshat.

and they got to discussing Mark McGwire. Costas essentially posed to Selig that McGwire (now the hitting coach of the Cards) — before he is “allowed” back into baseball — must share all of his life secrets and wear a dunce cap for the whole season (as if Costas — or anyone else for that matter — has a personal right to know). Selig followed by mentioning the fact that baseball has always had problems (in particular drug related problems — amphetamines going back to what, the 60s, 70s?) to which Costas responded, ‘Common sense tells us that steroids are worse than those’ (that’s not an exact quote but it’s close). No, Bob — common sense doesn’t tell us that. From what I’ve read, the benefits to steroid use and how they make you a better baseball player is kind of a convoluted argument. Furthermore, how much of an advantage was any one guy getting when — supposedly — so many other players were also using?

Now they’re talking about baseball’s competitive balance issues and Costas, of course, brings up Pittsburg and Kansas City. Costas isn’t the only one guilty of this but why are those two teams always brought up? No amount of $$$ would have saved KC or Pitt from their own incompetence for the last decade-and-a-half. I also like the implication that these are “small markets”. Small market is such a moving target (I’m stealing this line from JRE so if you’re reading, JRE, hat tip in your direction) so as to make it useless.

and Joey Votto may be available. How bout it? I like him.

Pitcher – Mark Buehrle, Chicago
In The Fielding Bible—Volume II, we put some extra time into analyzing pitcher defense. It’s not only pitchers’ ability to field their position that counts defensively. It’s their ability to hold runners that matters in an important way as well. In Buehrle’s case, he has it all. His plus/minus figure of +9 was tops among pitchers in 2009, but his ability to hold runners is legendary. In the last four years he’s allowed a total of 15 stolen bases. His catchers have managed to catch five potential thieves in that time period. But even more importantly, when Mark throws over to first, the results are devastating for baserunners. Sixteen times in those same four years, he’s thrown over to first and the runner broke for second and was thrown out. That’s a Pitcher Caught Stealing (PCS) in our scorebook. Not only that, 14 more times Buehrle nabbed a baserunner at the base as he tried to get back. That’s a Pitcher Pickoff (PPO), for those of you scoring at home. In total, 15 stolen bases against him (an average of just under four per year) and 35 guys thrown out (an average of almost nine per year). Not too shabby.

www.billjamesonline.net/fieldingbible/the-winners.asp