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Brocail, the Second?

May 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Stats and photo courtesy of Yahoo Sports.
Every year there is an addition from the wire that just boggles the mind.
Last year, Alex added Doug Brocail, which sparked 1500 emails in 10 minutes.
This year, John Crimmings adds John Grabow.
Who?
Yes, some shitty reliever on Pittsburgh.
This is the classic “look at the wire, click on the ‘WHIP’ category […]

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Tags: "blown" managers · "blown" players · "blown" saves · Baseball Prospectus · Even Alex Agrees · Guess who's blowing their season? · I think I'm going to win the league this year · blown elbows · consulting charts

Jake Peavy

May 18th, 2008 · No Comments

From Rotoworld:
Jake Peavy will miss his scheduled start Monday due to a sore elbow.
No word yet on who will replace him, but there’s a good chance they’ll take Wilfredo Ledezma out of the pen unless they need him as a reliever. The Padres desperately need this to be a minor injury, but they have good […]

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Tags: "blown" players · blown elbows · still better than guthrie

If it’s April in La Ruina…

April 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

…it must be time to add Doug Brocail off the waiver wire.

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Tags: "blown" players · "blown" saves · Doug Brocail · Even Alex Agrees · Last Seeking Missiles · Napalm · blown elbows

Speaking Of Distressing News About Your Keepers

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Albert Pujols:
Even so, La Russa worries that Pujols could blow out the elbow with one off-balance swing.
“I only know what the doctors say,” La Russa said. “He’s played seasons where he didn’t take that swing. He has an issue in there and if something crazy happens, it may pop up. Go after a pitch and […]

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Tags: Disrespecting everyone · Distressing News About Your Keeper · Guess who's blowing their season? · Keepers · Portents · Seriously this is NSFW · Terrible · We're Going To Need A Lawyer · blown elbows