Just throwing this out there

[MusicMan]

The Astros and Dodgers are tied for the 14th-worst record in MLB at 59-59.  The Blue Jays are 16th at 60-59.

Why is this important?  Because right now, 1/2 game is the difference between losing your first-round pick for signing a type A free agent, and losing your second-rounder instead.

[ybbodeus]

How long, do you think, will it take for the Chromical to come up with that, as well as to understand its relevance?

[subnuclear]

Is there a big difference in the success rate between a middle of the first round and and a middle of the 2nd round pick? 

[GreatBagwellsBeard]

Is there a big difference in the success rate between a middle of the first round and and a middle of the 2nd round pick? 

Not especially.  But there is a difference in the slot money due a second rounder compared with a first rounder.

[MusicMan]

I'm just a cave man.  Your slot money and collective bargaining agreements frighten and confuse me.  But I do know this: when trying to rebuild your farm system, you'd rather have a first round pick than a second round pick.

[Hornstros]

Might become important when we actually pick a first rounder that reaches the MLB

[Jacksonian]

Might become important when we actually pick a first rounder that reaches the MLB

WTF!?  Chris Burke not making you all hot and bothered?

[pravata]

Might become important when we actually pick a first rounder that reaches the MLB

Houston 1st round
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/draft?team=hou

compared to, let's say Oakland
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/draft?team=oak

[Jacksonian]

The Astros and Dodgers are tied for the 14th-worst record in MLB at 59-59.  The Blue Jays are 16th at 60-59.

Why is this important?  Because right now, 1/2 game is the difference between losing your first-round pick for signing a type A free agent, and losing your second-rounder instead.

You know I'm all about this stuff.  But even I know it's too early for anyone to get panicy.  Not saying you are MM just advising others. 

[MusicMan]

Houston 1st round
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/draft?team=hou

I'm considering a NSFW tag for this link.

[Jacksonian]

Houston 1st round
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/draft?team=hou

compared to, let's say Oakland
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/draft?team=oak

And then there's Philly
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/draft?team=phi
note 1998-2005.

[austro]

Houston 1st round
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/draft?team=hou

Noe, why was Drayton too cheap to sign Randy Scarbery?

[austro]

compared to, let's say Oakland
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/draft?team=oak

Van Poppel was 18 years ago?!?! I now feel a lot older than I did when I got up this morning.

[Towlie]

when we do hit on our 1st rounders, they turn out to be pretty damn good.


but theres a lot of recent ones that arent even in baseball anymore.

[das]

Van Poppel was 18 years ago?!?! I now feel a lot older than I did when I got up this morning.

I read that and thought the same, exact thing. Ugh.

Seems like Linecum is getting almos the same press that Van Poppel did back then.

[Taras Bulba]

I read that and thought the same, exact thing. Ugh.

Seems like Linecum is getting almos the same press that Van Poppel did back then.

Big difference in ability between those two.

[matadorph]

Van Poppel was 18 years ago?!?! I now feel a lot older than I did when I got up this morning.

That's what I love about these high school phenoms. I get older and they stay the same age.

[TheWizard]

That's what I love about these high school phenoms. I get older and they stay the same age.

Alright Alright Alright

[Mr. Happy]

I read that and thought the same, exact thing. Ugh.

Seems like Linecum is getting almos the same press that Van Poppel did back then.

Lincecum is something special. I saw him pitch last week against the Braves in SF. He didn't have his best stuff (consistently hitting 92-93) or his best location, but he still held the Braves to two runs in eight innings in a 3-2 win. He did come up with one 100 heater when he needed it for a strikeout.

[idlelife]

Houston 1st round
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/draft?team=hou

compared to, let's say Oakland
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/draft?team=oak

Now, admittedly, I'm a homer ... but is there anyone in the 97 first round you'd want over Berkman or the 98 first round that you'd want over Lidge?  There's a lot of bad choices in those first rounders, but these two worked out pretty well in the long run. 

The Phillie list looks pretty good during Wade's years.

[Ty in Tampa]

Now, admittedly, I'm a homer ... but is there anyone in the 97 first round you'd want over Berkman or the 98 first round that you'd want over Lidge?  There's a lot of bad choices in those first rounders, but these two worked out pretty well in the long run. 

You don't need to be a homer to recognize that.

[legs_of_eggs]

Now, admittedly, I'm a homer ... but is there anyone in the 97 first round you'd want over Berkman or the 98 first round that you'd want over Lidge?  There's a lot of bad choices in those first rounders, but these two worked out pretty well in the long run. 

The Phillie list looks pretty good during Wade's years.

Lidge sucks

[Bench]

Lidge sucks

Especially after he faced that Pujols guy for the fortieth time. That really messed him up, eh?

[OregonStrosFan]

Exactly how many 'ignores' does it take before someone gets booted from the site?  Whatever the number, consider yourself one step closer there l-o-e...

[Bench]

Exactly how many 'ignores' does it take before someone gets booted from the site?  Whatever the number, consider yourself one step closer there l-o-e...

I had no idea it was up to 29. Makes you wonder what HD's number would have been if this feature existed back then.

[JaneDoe]

Especially after he faced that Pujols guy for the fortieth time. That really messed him up, eh?

Please, please don't quote him.  Thanks.

[JaneDoe]

I had no idea it was up to 29. Makes you wonder what HD's number would have been if this feature existed back then.

Uh, all of them??

[Taras Bulba]

I had no idea it was up to 29. Makes you wonder what HD's number would have been if this feature existed back then.

Bushneck lackey.

[Bench]

Please, please don't quote him.  Thanks.

Sorry. It's just that I want the number to go up higher and it won't happen if I don't watch.

[OregonStrosFan]

Sorry. It's just that I want the number to go up higher and but it won't happen if I don't because I continue to watch instead of put him on ignore.

FIFY. 

For what its worth, began ignoring him during his posts in the GZ tonight.  The Lidge comment here just reminded me I needed to make it official!

[legs_of_eggs]

Especially after he faced that Pujols guy for the fortieth time. That really messed him up, eh?

Now I'm not Richard Justice now heh

[Jacksonian]

Especially after he faced that Pujols guy for the fortieth time. That really messed him up, eh?

That kind of recycling makes the world a worse place.  Let's just keep that trash buried right where it is.

[Astroholic]

I had no idea it was up to 29. Makes you wonder what HD's number would have been if this feature existed back then.

I think HD was entertaining.  Can't say the same for LOE or Towlie.

[tbone421998]

Make that 30, the Lidge comment just makes no sense at all.

[JimR]

I had no idea it was up to 29. Makes you wonder what HD's number would have been if this feature existed back then.

actually, my first ever ignore made it 31. two folks have restored his idiocy.

[MikeyBoy]

Exactly how many 'ignores' does it take before someone gets booted from the site?  Whatever the number, consider yourself one step closer there l-o-e...

The Lidge comment is 100% inflammatory and is an obvious troll, I guess Spack has l-o-e on ignore too. To date, I have yet to utilize the ignore function as I've always thought it to be unnecessary, but I'm warming up to it due to this idiot.

[geezerdonk]

I had no idea it was up to 29. Makes you wonder what HD's number would have been if this feature existed back then.

Only pole smoking, ankle grabbing schlong gorvelers would have put him on ignore.

[Taras Bulba]

Only pole smoking, ankle grabbing schlong gorvelers would have put him on ignore.

"Da Bushneck ladies sing dis song, doo dah, doo dah."

[MusicMan]

I think HD was entertaining.  Can't say the same for LOE or Towlie.

LOE couldn't carry HD's jock.

[Andyzipp]

"Da Bushneck ladies sing dis song, doo dah, doo dah."

nominated...cause I dig Blazing Saddles.

[MusicMan]

nominated...cause I dig Blazing Saddles.

Recycling the HOF qualifies for POTW?

[Andyzipp]

Recycling the HOF qualifies for POTW?

I didn't say you have to vote for it.  I personally enjoyed it.  What are we now, China?  Are you going to have me executed because I'm a Mongol who dared to point out better construction of state schools would prevent unnecessary death?

[VirtualBob]

I didn't say you have to vote for it.  I personally enjoyed it.  What are we now, China?  Are you going to have me executed because I'm a Mongol who dared to point out better construction of state schools would prevent unnecessary death?

Sounds like a good plan.  Do we need a vote? Oh wait ... China.

Who's maintaining the current execution schedule?

[MusicMan]

I didn't say you have to vote for it.  I personally enjoyed it.  What are we now, China?  Are you going to have me executed because I'm a Mongol who dared to point out better construction of state schools would prevent unnecessary death?

I was thinking of us moer as post-Prussian Germany, taking a name change and rapid expansion simultaneously while crushing all those who dare oppose us.

Y'know, without the eventual turn to the Nazi party.

[VirtualBob]

I was thinking of us moer as post-Prussian Germany, taking a name change and rapid expansion simultaneously while crushing all those who dare oppose us.

Y'know, without the eventual turn to the Nazi party.

Maybe we could try to avoid mustard gas and hyper-inflation, too.  Although I admit, mustard gas might be useful if we could somehow include it in PM's to various ignorables.

[Taras Bulba]

Maybe we could try to avoid mustard gas and hyper-inflation, too.  Although I admit, mustard gas might be useful if we could somehow include it in PM's to various ignorables.

SnS: "We'll Drop a WMD on Your Ankle Biting Ass."

[VirtualBob]

SnS: "We'll Drop a WMD on Your Ankle Biting Ass."

Sounds a lot better than the current "You better get out of Georgia or we'll warn you" rhetoric from Washington.

[/political commentary]

[Astroholic]

What are we now, China? 

You like 12 yr old Gymnist, right?

[Arky Vaughan]

Exactly how many 'ignores' does it take before someone gets booted from the site?  Whatever the number, consider yourself one step closer there l-o-e...

There has to be a way to test that the feature is working.

[Andyzipp]

You like 12 yr old Gymnist, right?

No, but if Alicia Sacramone needs someone to console her, I'm willing.

[Arky Vaughan]

You like 12 yr old Gymnist, right?

I don't see what all the fuss is about. I mean, they have government-issued passports.

[MusicMan]

No, but if Alicia Sacramone needs someone to console her, I'm willing.

Andy speaks the truth.

[Astroholic]

No, but if Alicia Sacramone needs someone to console her, I'm willing.

Thought crossed my sick mind as well.

[austro]

I don't see what all the fuss is about. I mean, they have government-issued passports.

I'm sure that the ESPN twits that tracked down Tejada will get right on this.

[Astroholic]

No, but if Alicia Sacramone needs someone to console her, I'm willing.

Oh yeah, that would be Alkie.

[Andyzipp]

Thought crossed my sick mind as well.

She's 20, and in college.  It's not like I'm on the Shawn Johnson birthday watch.

[Arky Vaughan]

No, but if Alicia Sacramone needs someone to console her, I'm willing.

She looks like she needs someone to hug, Zipp:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/media/photo/2008-04/37890473.jpg

[Astroholic]

She's 20, and in college.  It's not like I'm on the Shawn Johnson birthday watch.

Did your research did ya?

[Arky Vaughan]

I'm sure that the ESPN twits that tracked down Tejada will get right on this.

You're probably not as likely to get jailed poking around the D.R. to research such matters.

[Andyzipp]

She looks like she needs someone to hug, Zipp:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/media/photo/2008-04/37890473.jpg

My wife last night: "Hey, look!  That one's got boobs!"

[Andyzipp]

You're probably not as likely to get jailed executed poking around the D.R. to research such matters.

FIFY

[MusicMan]

My wife last night: "Hey, look!  That one's got boobs!"

If you watched any of NBC's flluff pieces during the Trials... the leotard does her no justice.

[Arky Vaughan]

My wife last night: "Hey, look!  That one's got boobs!"

Mine too. I pretended that I hadn't noticed.

[Astroholic]

Mine too. I pretended that I hadn't noticed.

My dumb ass brought up the subject to my better half.

[MusicMan]

Mine too. I pretended that I hadn't noticed.

I've dealt with a week of drooling over Michael Phelps.  I was not going to pretend.

[Arky Vaughan]

If you watched any of NBC's flluff pieces during the Trials... the leotard does her no justice.

Short shorts, however ...

http://www.blog.newsweek.com/photos/current_apr_08/images/310684/original.aspx

[Limey]

At school, I dated the Captain of (girls) Gymnastics.  She wasn't anywhere near Olympic standard or anything, but it does make me contemplate how much of my remaining life I would sacrifice for a "floor routine" with Alicia Sacramone.

[MusicMan]

Fortunately, I married the gymnast I dated.

[Arky Vaughan]

My dumb ass brought up the subject to my better half.

She is somewhat unusual among world-class gymnasts.

[Astroholic]

Short shorts, however ...

http://www.blog.newsweek.com/photos/current_apr_08/images/310684/original.aspx

She still has the twins bound.

[toddthebod]

My wife last night: "Hey, look!  That one's got boobs!"

The winners get on the Wheaties box.  The losers just get to show their box in Playboy.

[Limey]

Fortunately, I married the gymnast I dated.

I hope that this is the correct link.

[Astroholic]

The winners get on the Wheaties box.  The losers just get to show their box in Playboy.

Sweet Jesus!  As one fine SnS person often says..I'll be in my bunks.

[austro]

At school, I dated the Captain of (girls) Gymnastics.  She wasn't anywhere near Olympic standard or anything, but it does make me contemplate how much of my remaining life I would sacrifice for a "floor routine" with Alicia Sacramone.

Chron headline: "British ex-pat found dead of heart attack"

ETA: I have no idea if Limey is an ex-pat or not, but like the Chronicle, I try not to get too worked up about facts.

[Limey]

The winners get on the Wheaties box.  The losers just get to show their box in Playboy.

Katarina Witt did Playboy.  It's the same as making a diamond...it's all about time and pressure.

[MusicMan]

Katarina Witt did Playboy.  It's the same as making a diamond...it's all about time and pressure.

She not only did Playboy, it was the second issue in history to sell out.

[Astroholic]

I hope that this is the correct link.

You got way too much time on your hands. (noted as I waste time on a baseball fan site while "at Work")

[mihoba]

Chron headline: "British ex-pat found dead of heart attack"

As he attempted to play a warped game of Twister with a female pretzel.

[Lurch]

Katarina Witt did Playboy.  It's the same as making a diamond...it's all about time and pressure.

Her or you?

[toddthebod]

Mine too. I pretended that I hadn't noticed.

I don't know.  What stuck out more to me than the size of her chest, was the impossible thickness of her neck.  It seemed to dwarf her entire head.

[Limey]

Chron headline: "British ex-pat found dead of heart attack"

So, you're saying that I would have to forfeit the entire remainder of my life.  Let me think about that for a bit...

[Limey]

Her or you?

Yes.

[VirtualBob]

So, you're saying that I would have to forfeit the entire remainder of my life.  Let me think about that for a bit...

What's the time limit on the floor exercise, anyway?

[MusicMan]

What's the time limit on the floor exercise, anyway?

I'm thinking the timing would be more akin to the vault.

[Limey]

What's the time limit on the floor exercise, anyway?

It seems that the harder she works to kill me, the quicker it'll be over.

[Bench]

Better be careful. Alicia throws a mean left cross.

[BudGirl]

I've dealt with a week of drooling over Michael Phelps.  I was not going to pretend.

while I love Phelps, he's not cute.  Great body, but the face is one that a mother really loves.

[MusicMan]

while I love Phelps, he's not cute.  Great body, but the face is one that a mother really loves.

You'd never get my wife to look at his face.

[Astroholic]

You'd never get my wife to look at his face.

Hence I never noticed a large neck.

[Limey]

Fortunately, I married the gymnast I dated.

Mine turned out to have a uniform fetish because, when I decided not to join the RAF, she went back to the bloke I'd stolen her from who did join the RAF.  Still, I popped her cherry and he knew it...so that worked out well.

[MusicMan]

I don't think my band uniform qualifies.

[Limey]

I don't think my band uniform qualifies.

I don't think I'm bragging when I say that I cut a fine figure of a man/boy in my dress blues.  This is because pretty much everyone except Private Pyle does.

She became a nurse, so I imagine that she's married to her second doctor by now.

[MusicMan]

She became a nurse

Speaking of uniform fetishes...

[GreatBagwellsBeard]

You got way too much time on your hands. (noted as I waste time on a baseball fan site while "at Work")

Let's hope that's all he's got on his hands.

I'm glad that she's actually a woman; the gymnast I dated in college was just starting to go through that process.  Dating a 19 year old is harrowing enough; add a super-delayed puberty to the mix...wow.  

/sour grapes because she had a nice rack two years after we broke up

[Limey]

I hope that this is the correct link.

That's not what I was looking for...this is.

[MusicMan]

That's not what I was looking for...this is.

OK, who hid the videocamera, and how do I find it?

[mihoba]

That's not what I was looking for...this is.

Indoor pole vault?

[Limey]

OK, who hid the videocamera, and how do I find it?

Careful.  You may end up having to do this.

[Astroholic]

Careful.  You may end up having to do this.

I adore you and your British humor.