Comments on: Your inaugural Power Rankings

By: dshepson

dshepson — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:17:07 +0000

Seriously Craig? I think someone hacked into your account and hijacked your mind! You seem so bitter and angry, what’s wrong with you? Baseball is back, the sky is blue and the birds are singing. Do you need a group hug? Write with love man, this is the game we love!

“Save it. I don’t care who you root for. I don’t care who I root for. If you take these rankings personally or particularly seriously, you’re not worth the keyboard clicks it took for you to register your disgust. This is supposed to be fun, so let’s have some damn fun out here, OK?”

and

“3. Yankees: Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say, but nothin comes out when they move they lips, just a buncha gibberish, and motherf*****s act like they forgot about the fact that the Yankees scored more runs than anyone last year and actually look like they could score more this year.”

Go Sox!

By: mncubsfan

mncubsfan — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:43:36 +0000

All i’ll say and i realize i’m getting into the discourse late is

CUBS>brewers

this will be obvious by game 162 i don’t care if the cubs are fifth in the central the brewers or “brew crew” as their unfortunate fans call them are going to be sixth.

that is all for now…

By: baseballisboring

baseballisboring — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:39:00 +0000

Are they really as bad as everyone thinks? My pick for the Central would probably be the Brewers right now…but a Dempster-Garza-Zambrano-Wells front four is pretty solid (IF they can keep Zambrano healthy and sane…he doesn’t need to be an ace).

Aramis Ramirez is healthy. Pena did hit .196 last year but I think he’s due for a rebound, he is moving to the easier league and still has plenty of pop and plate discipline. And the bullpen is gonna shut some people down. I don’t think it’s fair to be dismissive of the Cubs right now, but I think Zambrano could really make all the difference for them. That’s a wild card if I’ve ever heard of one.

By: mercyflush

mercyflush — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:01:35 +0000

Looking ’round the room, i can tell that you, are the most beautiful girl… in the room.

… in the whole wide room.

And when you’re on the street… depending on the street, you could definitely be in the top 3.

… depending on the street.

By: pestiesti

pestiesti — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:39:31 +0000

Too many positions in that lineup where offense is being punted, I believe.

3B, C and, maybe 2B. Raburn, Ordonez and Peralta aren’t in the lineup because of their defense.

By: TheTimotin

TheTimotin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:30:04 +0000

As a lifelong Mariner fan, I know that we won’t be good this year, but I am going to predict a strong two week run in which we manage to actually crack the top 15 in the power rankings. Feel free to mock my optimism…. NOW!

By: addictedzone

addictedzone — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:28:14 +0000

I think you are doing the Marlins outfielder a grave disservice hinting that he could be in the category of Dave Dingdong and Rob Deerintheheadlights. He was called up in June, has played 100 career games, and in September he hit .316 with a .992 OPS.

He also appears to be able to actually play a position.

I’m older. Hopefully he’s closer to one of the M&M boys than to Dong & Deer.

By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward

Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:27:47 +0000

103 is a number. The only one that matters for them this year, next year, the year after, until infinity and BEYOND!

By: dnc6

dnc6 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:20:52 +0000

Cleveland says “thanks, I guess.” Maybe instead of talking about the disparaging of the city for most of the blurb and hinting at the great time, you can actually talk about the great time?

By: talbaugh

talbaugh — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:58:33 +0000

Cardinals only 14th! :-O

I have three good reasons they should be higher:
-Albert Pujols is a monster
-Your head is a butt
-Your butt is probably a head, otherwise … you’d be down a head?

By: tomemos

tomemos — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:55:06 +0000

“Too many mother uckers, uckng with my shi.” –Flight of the Conchords

By: mornelithe

mornelithe — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:48:51 +0000

A different planet than Earth if Philly’s fans think their one team counts as the top 3. Heh.

By: umrguy42

umrguy42 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:43:57 +0000

Looking at those ESPN picks… what is Berthiaume smoking, and where can I get some? It *must* be good stuff, to not even have the Phils in the playoffs!

By: dfensfelix

dfensfelix — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:41:49 +0000

@ #3…..Settle down.

By: PanchoHerreraFanClub

PanchoHerreraFanClub — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:25:07 +0000

On Morning Cup of Jazz, Alisa Clancy played Harvey Hindemeyer’s 1908 version of ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’. This is obviously a sign that it is the Cubs year to … finish last in the NL Central. I know that predictions are great fun, but whatever dude, it will be fun to give you a hard time when the small bears finish below the Astros and Cubs. Hey, at least the guy from ESPN that picked the Astros had more sense than to pick the Cubs.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:02:56 +0000

Craig is having his vision of reality clouded by numbers, or something…. Dude, there is no stat for Curse or karma differentials. Fear the GOAT, Cubs fans. Fear it!!! Doom!!!

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:23:44 +0000

Michael Pineda. Relax.

By: Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward

Mr. Jason "El Bravo" Heyward — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:16:54 +0000

“10. Cubs: Wainwright is out for the year and Cueto, Baily and Greinke are on the DL to start the season. And people think I’m nuts to be picking the Cubs in the NL Central. Whatever, dudes.”

Craig, I feel disrespected by the fact you choose to put the Cubs so high on the power rankings for about 102-103 reasons.

By: Paul White

Paul White — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:05:15 +0000

I think the Royals deserve to be 29th right now, but they won’t be that bad by season end. They have a passable lineup now, one which should improve during the season once Moustakas takes over at third (replacing Getz in the lineup as Aviles moves to 2B), Cain takes over in CF in lieu of Melky or, more likely, Melky moves to right and Cain takes Francoeur’s ABs. Add in the possibility of seeing Hosmer at some point, and I really think they’ll be respectable offensively. They also have the makings of a pretty good bullpen right now. With them, the record is going to come down to the rotation. If the young guys can arrive and contribute but the trade deadline, the team will lose a lot of games but it will be much closer to 90 than 100, and something like 74-88 isn’t crazy if the youngsters come up early and contribute.

Now, if the current rotation is the best they have all year, yeah, 29th on the list will be about right.

By: kolfax

kolfax — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:00:24 +0000

Mariners plan to play rope-a-dope early this year, take a pounding, then trade away any chance to finish out of the cellar. No big aquisitions, just cheese from JZ. 26th is generous. Look for a big improvement from Figgins over last year and more jems from Felix but otherwise….. You’re right, baseball season is on, let whining begin. If you’re a Mariner fan whining comes with the territory. Oh well, at least their team commercials are great. Put me down for a mid-June meltdown for Bradley.

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:42:41 +0000

Gerrit Cole. Relax.

By: alexpoterack

alexpoterack — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:42:09 +0000

You’re still crazy for picking the Cubs in the Central. But whatever dude, it’ll just make it all that much better when the Brewers pull off a Bowski, a Jim Brown, a Miss Daisy, two Jethros and a Leon Spinks, not to mention the biggest Ella Fitzgerald ever.

By: bobwsc

bobwsc — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:36:00 +0000

nice mother-effer-bomb Craig. we need to see more of that!

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:35:35 +0000

Love the Eminem reference with the Yanks, well done Craig

Adam Dunn’s hittracker for last year (you can select any year in the upper right hand corner)
http://www.hittrackeronline.com/detail.php?id=2010_4090&type=hitter

By: stlducks

stlducks — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:15:48 +0000

You can say what you want about the cards, brewers and reds having injuries but what have the cubs done to improve? Signed a first baseman who hit like .200 last season and then traded for a pitcher. One pitcher is not going to change the pathetic cubs, we hear you writers pick them every year and then they just collapse. They will have more dugout fights this year than wins vs the brew, cards and reds.

By: pittman25

pittman25 — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:14:56 +0000

How dare you put the Pirates last! Your head is clearly so far up your… Aww screw it. After 18 years of this your head would be up your butt if you put them anywhere but last. See you at the ballpark in June Craig. Make sure you consult your handy Pirates pocket schedule so you come for a good promotion day at least. Plenty of good seats still available!

By: heyblueyoustink

heyblueyoustink — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:14:08 +0000

May 20th……that’s my bid…in honor of the A-typical douche Price is right move

By: JBerardi

JBerardi — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:14:01 +0000

“On what planet are they not one of the top two or three best looking teams heading into the season? And if they’re not, who is better?”

What planet to Philly fans live on?

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:11:45 +0000

Eminem for the Yanks-Tigers opener! You’re in mid-season form already, Craig!

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:10:48 +0000

What???? You only have the Red Sox #1? Nobody should be even one spot away from the Sox! Crawford! Gonzalez! Youk! Pedroia! Lester! Beckett! This team should be ranked zero, or even -1. They are at least 2-3 spots better than the Phillies!