Hey, I Remember You
by Eric Stephen on Oct 24, 2010 10:01 AM PDT
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With the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants facing off beginning Wednesday, Bengie Molina joins a select club of players that were dealt midseason only to face their former team in the World Series. Molina hit .257/.312/.332 in 61 games with the Giants, and hit .240/.279/.320 in 57 games with Texas. In the postseason, Molina has 10 hits in eight starts this year for the Rangers, hitting .333/.355/.567 with two home runs and seven RBI.
There has only been one other player who played in the World Series against the team they played for earlier in the season, at least dating back to 1952:
1985: Lonnie Smith
Smith won a World Series with the 1980 Phillies and 1982 Cardinals, and began the 1985 season in St. Louis. He was hitting .260/.377/.323 when the Cardinals dealt Smith to the Royals for future impersonator extraordinaire John Morris. Smith hit .333/.400/.444 with three doubles against St. Louis in the World Series, won by Kansas City in seven games.
There have been other players that have been acquired midseason in a transaction between eventual World Series teams, but these players didn't play in the postseason:
2010: Chris Ray
Ray went the other way in the Molina trade, but has yet to pitch a postseason inning for the Giants
1998: Jim Bruske
The reliever began the 1998 season with the Dodgers, and was traded to San Diego on July 23 for the immortal Widd Workman. However, Bruske only pitched seven innings before being traded to the Yankees exactly one month later. Bruske pitched nine regular season innings with New York, but didn't pitch in the playoffs, as the Yankees swept the Padres in the World Series.
1995: Eddie Tucker
Tucker was a 28-year old journeyman catcher who began 1995 with Houston before being traded to the Cleveland Indians for no-not-that Matt Williams. Tucker went hitless in 20 at-bats with the Indians (plus five walks, a hit-by-pitch, and a sacrifice fly) before being selected off waivers by the Braves on June 29. Tucker never played in the majors again, missing the Braves' six-game World Series win over the Indians.
1984: Sid Monge
It turns out Monge is known for more than giving up the first hit of Tony Gwynn's career. Monge was in the final season of his career in 1984, starting the year with Gwynn and the Padres. But on June 10, 1984, San Diego sold Monge to the Tigers, who would go on to beat the Padres in the World Series.
1983: Paul Mirabella
Mirabella was a 29-year old pitcher that signed with the Orioles in April 1983, but only pitched 9 2/3 innings for them during the season. On August 12, the Phillies purchased Mirabella from the Orioles, but he never made it into a game for Philadelphia. Baltimore beat the Phillies in five games in the World Series that year.
1952: Johnny "Bear Tracks" Schmitz
Schmitz began the 1952 season with Brooklyn, and the 31-year old was 1-1 with a 4.32 ERA in 33 1/3 innings with the Dodgers. Bear Tracks was selected off waivers by the Yankees on August 1, but was dealt later in the month in a 4-for-1 deal for Ewell Blackwell. Blackwell gave up four runs in five innings to the Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series, a game eventually won by the Dodgers 6-5 in 11 innings. The Dodgers held a 3-2 series lead, but lost to the Yankees in seven games.
Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com for some of the data.
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Bruske had the (mis)fortune of yelling at the Dodgers GM in the clubhouse. He didn’t like it much. And hell hath no fury than a pissed off Tommy Lasorda.
by Bob Timmermann on Oct 24, 2010 10:13 AM PDT reply actions
I'm going to enjoy Molina launching bombs against the Giants
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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Fuck the Giants.
Fuck the Giants.
Fuck the Giants.
Fuck the Giants.
Fuck the Giants.
Fuck the Giants.
Fuck the Giants.
I normally will not root for a team that never has won the ring to win it, but obviously this year is the exception. I do not care if it takes 4,5,6, or 7 (although seeing the Rangers celebrate in Frisco would be nice) just do it Texas. GO RANGERS and
Fuck the Giants.
02-13-2011
by MammothDodger on Oct 24, 2010 10:45 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
You can still root for a team that has never won a ring to win
GO RANGERS!
cfb: ***** cbb: * lad: ****** lal: **************** cfc: ****
"Punting is winning." - ucla coach rick neuheisel
Rooting for the LA Lakers and the Cal Bears... its like the matter-antimatter annihilation of winning (or lack thereof).
never mind, misinterped
cfb: ***** cbb: * lad: ****** lal: **************** cfc: ****
"Punting is winning." - ucla coach rick neuheisel
Rooting for the LA Lakers and the Cal Bears... its like the matter-antimatter annihilation of winning (or lack thereof).
Molina
will hit for the cycle in game 1, with the home run being a grand slam.
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
and all other hits coming with the bases loaded.
He will then complete said feat in each game of the 2010 Word Series.
I don't always walk, but when I do, it's into Mordor.
by G.Scott on Oct 24, 2010 11:22 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
18 for 18, with four home runs and 46 RBI
by Eric Stephen on Oct 24, 2010 11:28 AM PDT up reply actions
and
the composite score for the series would be 145-3 Rangers
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
weak.
200-0 Rangers.
cfb: ***** cbb: * lad: ****** lal: **************** cfc: ****
"Punting is winning." - ucla coach rick neuheisel
Rooting for the LA Lakers and the Cal Bears... its like the matter-antimatter annihilation of winning (or lack thereof).
Ethier is in the Hall of Shame
Defenders that allowed a Bengie Molina triple:
Eric Patterson
Andre Ethier
Orlando Palmeiro
Russell Branyan
Kenny Lofton/Richie Sexson gap
Bobbie Higginson/Rich Becker
by StolenMonkey86 on Oct 24, 2010 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Saints down 20-3 at home to the..............................Browns
this is what happens when the Giants win the pennant
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
Maybe he will score from 2nd on a bunt in game 5 in the bottom of the 9th to win the game. Channeling his inner Willie Mays Hayes.
After I posted I remembered that the times at the bottom of the post are in CDT here. That specific post was at 3:41 cdt.
As you were.
When I was in college
Fox 11 had a hell of a 11p-1a lineup. Simpsons 2 married and unhappily then I could switch to tvland and watch mash for another hour. My sleep pattern never changed.
Dude
I LOVED that lineup. Fox sucks now, though :(
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I was like 13 or 14, lol.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
It was probably a couple of years to a few years after that when I use to watch that, so it must have stayed like that for a while. I remember the old Cal Worthington commercials at like 1 in the morning, lol.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Even if i was a little younger I've been watching that stuff since I was like 8 or 9
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I loved Mash back in junior high and the first couple years of high school, but i never see it on tv anymore, so I haven’t watched it in forever. My favorite character was John Trapper by far, he was the best.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I have that sleep schedule during the work week
I’m also an idiot.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
Imagine how much giants fand
would seethe at that.
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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What did I tell you about Turner? You can’t sit a STUD like this.
by silverwidow on Oct 24, 2010 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions
I played him. They have to give him the ball! First drive of the second half he busts one for 20 yards. They throw 3 times and punt!
WTF
That’s cool for me cuz I have HOT ROD WHITE who’s going off.
by silverwidow on Oct 24, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
That Jordan Shipley guy isn’t bad either.
by Julio Nievas on Oct 24, 2010 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I tweeted CJ Wilson last night
telling him he has 95% of Los Angeles rooting for him.
Leading the league in OMGs || Proud owner of a Chad Billingsley Real Doll
also
one of my friends at school is a huge Rangers fan so I will have to go with him to watch the games.
Leading the league in OMGs || Proud owner of a Chad Billingsley Real Doll
I have to find a drink to get
that isn’t alcoholic. I think I’m going to attempt (I SAID ATTEMPT) to stop drinking. I wonder if they serve chocolate milk at a bar…
Leading the league in OMGs || Proud owner of a Chad Billingsley Real Doll
Best way to enjoy not drinking
1) Walk to the bar
2) Find someone who drives a Ferrari
3) Offer to be DD
4) Say you “know a shortcut”
by StolenMonkey86 on Oct 24, 2010 12:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Aw come on
It’s much more fun to be drunk out of your mind then throw up everywhere /my friend from last night
Seriously though, getting chocolate milk at a bar would be awesome.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
VLAD will be playing some RF in game 1 or 2.
by silverwidow on Oct 24, 2010 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Fixed
I tweeted CJ Wilson last night
telling him he has that 95% of Los Angeles rooting for him. will kill him, if they don’t win.
Fuck Larry Bowa in 1980
by NotJoeTorre on Oct 24, 2010 4:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The way the Redskins took the lead on the Bears was both one of the worst passes ever (a duck by Cutler) followed by an awesome pick (one handed by D’Angelo Hall) that was returned 92 yards for a TD.
Not much makes me happier than the Bears fucking up like that
Gotta love it.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
This makes for one of my biggest fantasy football complaints. That will count against the Bears defense as far as the points go.
Lame
That seems developmentally challenged.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 24, 2010 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions
you didnt ask me but i'm curious what everyone roots for here
mine is Serie A and my team is Fiorentina (who are stinking it up this year. argh)
I hate Chelsea :p
M.U. forever!!!!!!!!!!!
Louise Bourgoin: The hottest French actress I've ever seen <3
Why???
I admit that Chelsea plays so well this season but let’s see against tougher competition…
Chelsea has dominated his group in European Champion’s League, i saw their match against Marseille, very impressive…
Louise Bourgoin: The hottest French actress I've ever seen <3
I know. I’m just kidding around with you. ManU needs to get healthy and get it together.
They continue to surrender goals late. It is crazy! I would be worried about the back line. I like Vidic but Ferdinand is scary right now.
I think that Rooney has another couple weeks before he is back and playing.
Just some observations. What are your thoughts?
The Central Back has worried me for many months
Ferdinand is not the same player since he was injured for so many months…
I’m not very concerned about Vidic, hehas became the leader of the central back…
My biggest worry is the bench because it is too thin, Evans didn’t played too much then I don’t see any CB…
For the Rooney case, I was so upset about this story because he hasn’t played well since the World Cup and before, so why he asks more money although he’s not clutch as before.
14 000 000 Euros each season is too much but he becomes the richest football player in the world (Cristiano Ronaldo earns 13 000 000 Euros each season with Madrid).
I hope he can rebound quickly, if he doesn’t some M.U. fans will blame him for struggling.
Or maybe he signed the new contract because M.U. wants big money if Rooney will move to another club like Madrid.
Louise Bourgoin: The hottest French actress I've ever seen <3
I thought the same thing about the contract that he signed. It just bumps up the asking price in a transfer.
I don’t think he warrants such a large contract. His play of late hasn’t been great.
+10000
He doesn’t deserve it…
A guy like Messi or Ronaldo deserve their high salaries…
Louise Bourgoin: The hottest French actress I've ever seen <3
Absolutely. I am currently excited about Chelsea but you are dead on. They are beating inferior competition right now.
They will be tough when Lampard, Alex, and Ramires get back though. They are very deep right now.
Oh yeah...
A very depth team and you have a good young striker with Sturridge…
Louise Bourgoin: The hottest French actress I've ever seen <3
Serie A -- AS Roma
plus my family in Buenos Aires roots for Boca Juniors, tho I don’t know much about the Argentine League. Man U can suck a rotten egg, so can Lazio.
Overqualified in an underqualified world since 2008.
Haha
I guess you remembered when M.U. outduled AS Roma in Champion’s League in last 16 or Quaterfinals…
Louise Bourgoin: The hottest French actress I've ever seen <3
Boca juniors
Argentine league. Its not on tv here this year. Unless you get a channel on direct tv called TyC.
Martin Palermo is a great player but he struggled when he played for Team Argentina...
Louise Bourgoin: The hottest French actress I've ever seen <3
Some 500 goals in his career makes up for that.
More people should know about him. Check his stats. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Palermo
Props to the referee for pretty much the most thorough explanation ever though.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 24, 2010 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Reason #1 why I'm scared to have kids
I went to a little league game today and witnessed an inside-the-park walk.
I don't always walk, but when I do, it's into Mordor.
Wow. Just, wow.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
What a weird fucking team this Raiders lot is.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 24, 2010 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
28+ points in my league…. sitting on someone’s bench.
This is just purely a social call. You know, just two adults getting a stew on, man.
I know nothing about football and drafted my team by pulling up a list of sleepers.
I started Kenny Britt.
I am a fantasy genius.
by regfairfield on Oct 24, 2010 3:08 PM PDT up reply actions
As a political person, I can’t support anything that comes out of Texas.
As a Dodgers fan, I can’t support the Giants.
Can I vote “None of the above?”
People don't think it be like this, but it do.
In Chicago
you can vote for whoever you want, as many times as you want!
In Soviet Russia, candidate votes for you.
I don't always walk, but when I do, it's into Mordor.
fixed this for you
In Chicago
you can vote for whoeveryouthe political machine wants, as many times as you want!
02-13-2011
by MammothDodger on Oct 25, 2010 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I know the broncos arent that good
but damn.
"Pluto’s not even a planet no more, which I’m very disturbed about. I grew up when Pluto was a planet. Now, I’m 25, I turn around and Pluto’s no longer a planet. I’m going to elbow that guy in the nose." -Ron Artest
Am I winning the playoff pool?
I have Giants/Texas in the series.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man
You have to buy the playoff pool breakfast.
by Eric Stephen on Oct 24, 2010 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions
If you don't tune in
to watch the Galaxy take the league in about half an hour on Fox Sports West, then may God have mercy on your soul.
I gots one of dem too, still can’t watch FS Southwest or whatever services your area
by Josie Becker on Oct 24, 2010 4:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I turned on FSN. Because someone put the fear of God in me.
by Bob Timmermann on Oct 24, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
y’all shoulda never told me you were scared of me : p
by Josie Becker on Oct 24, 2010 4:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Here's JP Schwartz Top 15 Dodger Prospects for 2011
From topprospectalert.com
- Dee Gordon
- Zach Lee
- Jerry Sands
- Allen Webster
- Rubby de la Rosa
- Ethan Martin
- Leon Landry
- Trayvon Robinson
- Aaron Miller
- Kenley Jansen
- Chris Withrow
- Kyle Russell
- Garrett Gould
- Jake Lemmerman
- James Baldwin
Interesting list
I really, really like Leon Landry. That being said, he’s way high on this list.
In fact, looking at this list, I’m feeling fairly upbeat about our minor league system. We don’t have a Moustakas, but it’s also not as barren as some would have us believe.
I don't always walk, but when I do, it's into Mordor.
Most prospect blogs suck
I have no idea if this one does or not.
Case in point, last year a blogger from NorCal had 8 giants in his TOP 100!! Not one LA prospect made it.
Fuck Larry Bowa in 1980
Wow, no way Withrow drops that far
And I would like to see Lemmerman a bit higher on that list as well.
"If we hit that bull's eye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate"
I really dislike everything about this list.
I’m gonna go ahead and use his numbers, but make the list 5, 3, 2, 4, 10, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 7, 1, 6, 12, 13. Now I can go sleep well.
I don't always walk, but when I do, it's into Mordor.
Jansen will not be #1 on any prospect list. He is a middle reliever with a hell of a fastball and his ceiling is developing his secondary pitches and becoming a closer. Anyone with the potential to be a #1/2/3 starter or potential impact position player will be higher on any prospect list.
Jansen will probably be number one my list
since I know he can actually pitch in the major leagues, and when he does so, dominate. To put it another way if another team had Kenley Jansen would you have a problem with trading anyone in our system for him? Not counting Zach Lee.
I understand undervaluing relief pitchers in prospect rating, but Kenley is a bit special, and to be honest it would not be out of the question if not one of those top 10 guys never becomes a good player at the major league level. Jansen has already shown he can K anyone, anytime, anywhere. Until anyone on the list shows me that they can take their arm and actually do something with it, they are not getting above him. JMO
To put it another way if another team had Kenley Jansen would you have a problem with trading anyone in our system for him? Not counting Zach Lee.
Yes. We’d be overpaying for a team controlled relief pitcher. At any cost, trading for a relief pitcher is inherently overpaying simply because the return is not that high. He’s great, he’s exciting and he’s ours for the next 6 years, which is awesome.
Let me put it another way, who in our system would you trade for Jonny Venters?
I don't always walk, but when I do, it's into Mordor.
Yeah, I’d be a little upset if we traded Sands for a relief pitcher, even if he did put up numbers like Jansen. I love that we have Jansen and that he will be cost-controlled for a number of years, but the fact that Jansen was a catcher just last years proves that you can basically come up with relief pitchers anywhere. Trading any high-ceiling prospect for one is not a good idea.
I consider the fact that he doesn’t have much experience pitching, yet is able to dominate, to be an outstanding trait. He won’t have the miles on his arm that most players have when they reach the major leagues, so as long as Rick is teaching him to throw the right way and not hurt himself, he should be able to throw harder, longer than most other upper-90’s guys.
Beyond that, trading any prospect for a 7-8th inning guy is overpaying. You could turn someone like Ethan Martin who throws 95 and has a good curveball into a good 1 inning guy. You just try not to because if he can locate both of those pitches and develop a third pitch, he could turn into a ceiling #1/basement #4 starter in the major leagues.
I don't always walk, but when I do, it's into Mordor.
I would not be pissed if
Aaron Rodgers got hurt tonight.
I don’t want it to be anything terrible, just get poked in the eye or something.
Brett Favre can suck it
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
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How many replacement jerseys do they stock for David Beckham? He’s on his third one in 15 minutes. Maybe they can just go to the concession stands and buy more.
I didn't like it as well
But made sense.
by Julio Nievas on Oct 24, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Bowl Projections are on the front page of ESPN as well. These are obviously going to change a bunch between now and the 2nd week in December.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/bowls/projections/_/week/8
If any of you are watching
that was the most exciting thing I’ve ever seen as a journalist covering the Galaxy
Hell yeah
Donovan punked that defender then Beckham finished it with a sweet shot
by Julio Nievas on Oct 24, 2010 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions
T-storms in Nashville
I like lightning
Leading the league in OMGs || Proud owner of a Chad Billingsley Real Doll
Curious
Is there any plans to have an updated list of the leaders of the postseason guesses?
by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Oct 24, 2010 8:37 PM PDT reply actions
I have a feeling Brad Childress isn't on the "Welcome Back Brett" committee next year
He didn’t just throw Brett under the bus, he made him suck the bus fumes out of the exhaust…
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
Look its like
Childress can go fuck himself. He let brett favre keep skipping camp and coming in, and he kept tying his seasons to an aging veteran. For him to then try to rip Favre apart for being Favre, but older, well, fuck him. I mean I want favre to crawl into a hole somewhere and never be heard from again, but Brad boy made his bed, and now he has to sleep in it.
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
http://www.accessorizeyourvehicle.com/
Favre did the same thing to Mangini
Mangini wanted him to play safe, not make crazy throws, and favre threw away games at the end of the year with the jets. He is who we though he was.
"Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something." -Robert Heinlein
http://www.accessorizeyourvehicle.com/
I'm sick and tired of Favre
But I admit, I was kind of rooting for him to nail the 4th and 15 throw… That would have been epic…
"I still love my ex-wife, but only when we're not talking"
by angelofdeath on Oct 24, 2010 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions
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