tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post3530225366721888434..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Monday NotesBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-23797942367100256632009-09-08T00:44:27.210-04:002009-09-08T00:44:27.210-04:00Part of Bill's problem with this article was h...Part of Bill's problem with this article was he wanted to write a decent, serious (I think) article about realizing he's 40, he's not young anymore, and how this might be a last hurrah for him and his boys. I could actually handle that, but the incessant self-referencing, the "Theory of" crap, and his inability to write with anything beyond superficial contemplation (which I originally wrote "complentation" sweet lord) makes one want to shove long knitting needles into his eyeballs.<br /><br />"We're 40! We're like frat boys, but, with daughters, and Vegas skanks in Pure aren't our scene anymore!"<br /><br />Let me help you out Bill, those chicks were never part of your scene. Your boys woulda approached them just long enough to be told where the mens room was.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086638597582394978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-18576932988621010992009-09-07T22:43:09.346-04:002009-09-07T22:43:09.346-04:00It's ok to be bitter. No problem there.
I pr...It's ok to be bitter. No problem there. <br /><br />I pretty much ignored his card convention stuff because it didn't even interest me. He is a writer in my mind, he needs to write, not go to conventions. Simmons isn't a normal guy, he is a wealthy person and the fact he can afford all that crap really annoys me because he does go out of his way to tell us all about it. We get it. You are right. There are many richer people than you. We, your fans, made you rich. Shut up, start writing something that is not a mail bag. <br /><br />Reilly's contract is interminable, it's never going to end. <br /><br />Regardless what happens, I am glad we both aren't looking forward to the day the Cubs win the World Series. It is going to be annoyingly bad. The fans will come from everywhere. <br /><br />I don't care, I still want Adam Dunn on the Braves. I know he stinks defensively. I realize that but they have ZERO offense and they can't seem to made the appropriate moves to get offense. After this weekend, the season is over. I am just looking forward to a year when the media and the fans won't blow smoke up everyone's ass about the team.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-72970552417269481262009-09-07T22:24:31.802-04:002009-09-07T22:24:31.802-04:00just to remind you, I'm the idiot who said the...just to remind you, I'm the idiot who said the Braves were the best team in the NL after the McLouth trade. I still think they're a good team, but I think Cox has made a number of mistakes.. like bailing on Kelly Johnson when Prado went on a hot streak (I'm the last johnson believer standing I think) , and now seemingly benching ryan church for matt diaz/garret anderson though that might have do with Church's back. <br /><br />I also think the Kotchman for Laroche trade was a net minus, they lost too much on defense to compensate for Laroche's SLG. <br />Anyhow, I consider this season for the Braves to be a lost opportunity because all these decisions added up into making them a worse team than they should be, too bad.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16608943730483992955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-24222010047192284952009-09-07T22:10:50.067-04:002009-09-07T22:10:50.067-04:00im in a bitter mood today so excuse my nitpicks..
...im in a bitter mood today so excuse my nitpicks..<br /><br />i can't stand Simmons. I live in Vegas, and he makes the whole scene here sound more exciting than it actually is. <br /><br />You've touched on these points before, but I love how Simmons still tries to play the "common man" to some extent but just in this article he's going on about buying $500 bottles of liquor and then leaving the club after 40 minutes and eating "$1.900" dinners and whatever restaurant was lucky enough to bill these assholes. The baseball card convention article was rife with these kind of things, and I'm disappointed you never "riffed" (sorrysorry bad joke) on Bill's photos and captions. I know it must suck to be bill simmons and be dwarfed by Rick Reilly's contract, but the rest of the country is underemployed with no savings.<br /><br />Oh I just realized you only wrote this article after reading part 1.<br />Whatever.<br /><br />When does Rick Reilly's contract expire? Is it soon?<br /><br />Funny thing, the dodgers would have a top 50 prospect to trade to the Indians (carlos santana) if they hadn't already gifted him to the Indians for Casey Blake. The indians would have taken a lot less for Blake. <br /><br /><br />I think the Mets are more like the Red Sox and the Yankees if they made bad personnel decisions than the Cubs. The Cubs have had some injury issues this season and also have a complete idiot for a manager, who never ever puts his best 9 players on the field, even if they are healthy, and manages the bullpen worse than a 9 year old. He didn't have to make kevin gregg the closer, but he did. Anyway, I'm not looking forward to the day the Cubs win either. <br /> <br /><br />Lastly, Dunn is not simply "not a great fielder", he is the worst defensive player in the league. Try watching a nationals game, I GUARANTEE, no matter what position he is playing he will either misplay a ball or outright miss a playable ball or turn a single into a double because he is incapable of cutting off a ball. Unless he's putting up Pujols numbers, I think it would be a travesty to award him MVP votes, that team isn't really much better or worse without him, though I agree if he were on a better team he'd have his supporters.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16608943730483992955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-7070891432813602572009-09-07T19:19:00.857-04:002009-09-07T19:19:00.857-04:00Worst opening weekend for me in college football f...Worst opening weekend for me in college football for a while. I will never go on vacation again. First, I have a horrible weekend picking teams, the Braves lose four straight and the Panthers can't win a game. I will never go on vacation again...that's a lie. <br /><br />If the Dodgers had traded any of the prospects they have playing right now, Plaschke would have let us all hear about how they traded away the future like he said with Maddux etc. They can't win in his book. <br /><br />What may shock him is the Dodgers are in good shape for a couple of years. Maybe they should just go buy some players from other teams...however that works. I don't think he does get player development at all. The Phillies now have a weaker farm system...maybe not by too much but still weaker. <br /><br />I like the idea of just buying players. I will give you $50 million for Pujols!Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-6674713459495803622009-09-07T14:41:46.808-04:002009-09-07T14:41:46.808-04:00The other thing Plash doesn't want to understa...The other thing Plash doesn't want to understand, because to me it can only be willful ignorance at this point, is that they are sort of playing their minor league prospects. The higher ends of the farm system are actually on the team right now, from the last couple years.<br /><br />Kemp, Martin, Broxton, Kershaw, Billingsly, Ethier (who was a trade, but wasn't a major league player at the time) Loney, McDonald, Troncoso, Bellisario. 10 guys on the current roster came out of the minors the last 3 years and have been major contributers all season. Does Bill think that the Phillies are going to have 4 of the Top 50 prospects next year? Does he even understand player developement at all? Yeah, probably not, since he thinks the Dodgers were actually supposed to "buy" guys last year instead of, ya know, barter, for them.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086638597582394978noreply@blogger.com