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La Ruina Power Rankings: Week 2

April 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

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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Tags: Disrespecting everyone · Power Rankings · distressing news about your #1

Hey, Ted Lilly

April 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Can my pitching staff be any worse?

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Tags: Even Alex Agrees · Hold All My Calls · Seriously this is NSFW · Still can't figure this out · You're Doing It Wrong · am I still the frontrunner? · distressing news about your #1

Not What You Want To Hear

March 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

An article from Seattlepi.com: 
Here’s a line score oddity the Mariners never expected or wanted to see: Erik Bedard with more home runs allowed than strikeouts.
But Friday at Peoria Sports Complex, the left-hander surrendered a pair of two-run homers while notching one strikeout in five innings.
In 18 innings this spring, Bedard has struck out eight and […]

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Tags: "blown" saves · add/drop · better than gottsegens · distressing news about your #1

Deep Draft Thoughts by Honey We Got Matsui

March 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Curtis Granderson (4):  I was hoping to get Rios here till I heard Tony say he was taking him with his first pick (and I thought I was reaching for him). Still I was more than thrilled Grandy got to me.  What’s not to like here, 5 tool player with tons of upside.  (projection: 25  80 .280  25  115)
Derek Jeter […]

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Tags: Self-Reflection · better than gottsegens · distressing news about your #1