Running 2011 Baseball Thread, Vol. I: Dedicated to spnited

Yeah, but they got Vernon Wells!

What's most stunning is that he was promptly retraded by a pretty good GM for Frankie Francisco.

 

Those "quotes" of the alleged exchange with Lilliquist were "gold, Jerry."

 

The whole phones thing wouldn't matter if the Cardinals hadn't shit the bed last night with runners on base. Matt Holliday hasn't done anything, and Allen Craig has been exposed with regular playing time.

 

I love the fact that on my computer, those two posts synch up perfectly so that when Beltre launches the ball, LaRussa grabs his head. It's like a split screen.

 

John Lackey's undergoing TJ surgery, according to a Gordon Edes tweet.

Won't have him around to pick on next year, boys.

 

The local anesthesia will be of the barley and hops type.

 

This eliminates a huge hole in the Sox rotation.

 

Looks like Wakefield might get his shot at the franchise wins' record after all.

 

Has anyone posted this? Very prescient, published last Saturday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/sports/baseball/world-series-dugout-phones-last-bastion-of-the-landline.html?_r=1
La Russa, in particular, has been racking up minutes on the phone. A relentless strategist, he has used 10 relievers through Games 1 and 2 after adroitly using an army of them in the first two rounds of the postseason.

Last week, he was asked for his opinion of the dugout phones in Busch Stadium. In St. Louis, there are two phones per dugout: one dials directly to the bullpen, the other rings the press box. (Mets fans may remember when Bobby Bonilla dialed the press box during a game at Shea Stadium to complain about being charged with an error on a play.)

The phones, manufactured by Avaya, are secured in black and white shells labeled “telephone” from top to bottom and emit a high-pitched but surprisingly discreet ring. Teams in various stadiums in the past have had issues hearing dugout phones over crowd noise.

La Russa was asked whether he had any complaints about the phones and if he thought the technology could be improved in any way. “Do you work for AT&T?” La Russa said to the reporter, drawing laughter in the room. “No, I never thought about how to make it better.”