Comments on: The Rays sign Kyle Farnsworth http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 22 May 2013 16:03:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: phukyouk http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103997 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:19:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103997 oh i got a story for that one too. i was in a sports bar called Fox Sports Grill watching that game, now i should preface this with the fact that my CTO at the time was a DIE HARD Muts fan and all he did for the week before was talk about how awesome it was that the Yanks were eliminated in the first round and that the Muts were going to the series. so there i am watching the game not really rooting for anyone cause i dont root against the Muts as long as they are NOT playing the Yanks. when that ball was caught over the wall i knew it was going to be something special. so there is Beltran at the plate and EVERYONE in the bar is so gddamn quite you could hear a mouse fart. its 0-2 and hes got that stupid look on his face. pitch somes down and the Ump punches him out and without thinking i jump up and as loud as i can i yell YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! the bouncer walks up to me and says “you had better GTF outta here now” i was escorted out of the bar cause they said i was a liability. needless to say the next day my CTO wrote me up for insubordination when i kept rubbing it in his face. was worth it.

]]> By: BC http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103979 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:50:08 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103979 Awesome. I tried (alas I failed) to do the same when Beltran struck out to end the NLCS against the Cards.

]]> By: phukyouk http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103943 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:49:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103943 I once broke my TV because of him. no really… 2007 the Yanks were playing the Halos on a sunday afternoon and they were up like 8-1 and in comes Farnsworth. sure enough it was like 8-6 or 8-7 and i literally threw my Remote right threw the TV.

]]> By: uyf1950 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103933 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:24:24 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103933 It’s being reported by ESPN that the deal with the Rays is for 1 year at $3.25M with an option for a 2nd year. A career 4.39 ERA and .252 BAA. In a 12 year career he has had exactly 4 years with an ERA under 4.00 and 3 of those years were before 2006. Since 2006 his ERA is a generous 4.31.
Like I said earlier. As a Yankee fan, Farnsworth being back in the American League and with an East Division competitor is the best news I’ve heard all winter.

]]> By: spudchukar http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103929 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:19:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103929 This may be the first time “great” and “third-best reliever” have been used in the same sentence.

]]> By: WhenMattStairsIsKing http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103922 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:06:48 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103922 Always good to hear a blog do some great news reporting. Well done!

That said, I just had a really hard time not laughing at my desk reading that Dugout conversation, thanks Craig.

]]> By: Ari Collins http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103901 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:37:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103901 MLB Trade Rumors has DRaysBay as the first reporter, so there’s that.

Also, Farnsworth is great as long as you don’t expect him to be great. By which I mean: he’s a solid second- or third-best reliever. Good move by Tampa.

]]> By: BC http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103898 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:32:18 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103898 Yeah, but is Michael Caine in the best shape of his life?

]]> By: phukyouk http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103886 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:10:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103886 Rays just locked up the AL East.

I will say thought no matter what watching him take down Youk like the B*tch that he is will forever be one of me all time favorite moments in baseball history.

]]> By: spudchukar http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103885 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:08:20 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103885 Michael Caine is talented.

]]> By: BC http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103843 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:43:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103843 More like Michael Caine. Just keeps showing up everywhere.

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103841 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:38:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103841 What is this guy, the Keanu Reeves of #4 starters?

]]> By: BC http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103829 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:13:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103829 Oh cool. That would be good for at least one good basebrawl with Boston or the Yankees this year.

]]> By: uyf1950 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103828 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:10:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103828 As a Yankee fan, Farnsworth being back in the American League and with an East Division competitor is the best news I’ve heard all winter.

]]> By: yankeesfanlen http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/12/kyle-farnsworth-may-or-may-not-be-a-tampa-bay-ray/comment-page-1/#comment-103824 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:09:03 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=34799#comment-103824 THE FAST TOAD lands again!

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