La Ruina

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1. Franklin Comes Alive (Chris Rosen) (me!) / 148.5: As the first member of La Ruina to ever win a second league title (and back-to-back, no less), I have something to tell you. Winning never gets old. This year was a real battle. I remember writing in my […]

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This is a great piece from the New York Observer about female baseball fans.
And this is yet another great moment in 1986 New York Mets lore:

Baseball “groupies” and the players who consorted with them were kept behind closed doors, until the 1971 publication of Yankee pitcher Jim Bouton’s tell-all best-seller Ball Four, in which he […]

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You loved it so much last week, it’s coming back again!
[Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning (+/- from last week) / Snarky comment]
1. Made in the Dark (Justin) / 169 points (+22): The Gasoline Alley Bullpen of Jason Isringhausen, Coco Cordero, George Sherrill and Troy Percival have given up a combined […]

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The moment you’ve all been waiting for. A “La Ruina Power Rankings” based on the current standings! How original!
(Team name / Current point total as of Monday morning / Snarky comment)
1. Made in the Dark (Justin) / 147 points: The pre-season favorite is predictably in first place despite the fact that he starts dead bodies […]

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One of the highlights of going over the draft is going back and looking at the later rounds and seeing how terrible everyone did. It’s hilarious. This year, Round 18 of our draft stood out to me before it was even over. Here, for your reading pleasure, is a breakdown of the round:

Alex selects Jose […]

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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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Can I get Brad Hawpe for Rocco Baldelli again this year? Probably not:
Rocco Baldelli will be sidelined indefinitely due to metabolic and/or mitochondrial abnormalities that leave him feeling extremely fatigued after even brief workouts.
Baldelli was on the verge of tears several times while discussing the details of what he called a life-threatening condition. “As far […]

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Is Alzheimer’s hereditary? Because for Hank Steinbrenner’s sake, I hope it is.
“Red Sox Nation?” What a bunch of [expletive] that is. That was a creation of the Red Sox and ESPN, which is filled with Red Sox fans. Go anywhere in America and you won’t see Red Sox hats and jackets, you’ll see Yankee hats […]

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Who goes to rehab for smoking pot?
Milwaukee Brewers pitching prospect Jeremy Jeffress readily admits that he was placed in a rehabilitation program for substance abuse, and insists that he is committed to not smoking marijuana again.
“I had a problem. I’ve been to rehab to get it straight. I’m not ashamed that I’ve been in rehab. […]

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Hi, I’m Phil Hughes. Combining Kenny’s web skills with Wordpress and my cell phone camera, I’ve created an incredibly boring blog. I can’t wait to see which of you losers draft me. Probably Gottsegen, right? Yeah, it’ll be Gottsegen.
http://philhughes.wordpress.com/

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Kenny reminded me of a great moment in La Ruina history: July 21, 2007 - Getting ejected from Yankee Stadium and then sneaking back in.

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