Baseball Thread No. 17: Let's Get Dizzy, Mr. Dean

He's already missed time this year with elbow problems. His head might be ready, his arm might not be. The Rays have done Kazmir no favors by rushing him and overburdening him.

 

Just wanted to mark this.

 

Overburdening Kazmir? He can't get past the sixth ining because of pitch counts.
Plus. Price is not some 19 year old. He's 23, he pitched three years at Vandy. Time to stop babying these guys.
He threw 87 pitches in 5 2/3 innings. Seemed just fine to me.

 

http://www.startribune.com/local/28389409.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4OW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUX

Target buys new Twins stadium naming rights.

 

... thus ensuring that no matter how bad they are, the Twins will always have a bullseye on them.

 

So the cheap ass Pohlads get the city to pay for the stadium, then they get millions from Target for naming rights.
But they remain too poor to sign their best players.

Got it!

 

The baseball B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S model should allow for the retention of free agents.

Not the otherwise-obtained wealth in the bank.

 

Actually, very well played by BYH.

Frank Stallone apparently decided to back his Rocky-hometown Phillies.

 

Did the Astros leave their offense in Houston? Ted Lilly hasn't allowed a hit through four innings.

Their last hit was a one-out single by Castillo in the bottom of the eighth inning of their 6-0 Thursday win over Pittsburgh.

 

Cubs might want to move to Milwaukee.

 

Sox have something like a 10-game road trip coming up. Hopefully, they won't come out of it as well as the Twins did.

 

Lilly singles and is outhitting the Astros 1-0.