Comments on: Ryan Dempster to miss next start due to personal reasons

By: 11thstreetmafia

11thstreetmafia — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:09:17 +0000

As a cubs fan, this is the only thing that gives me joy this season. This guy went from revered to reviled pretty quickly. What a clown.

By: mannyicey

mannyicey — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:41:08 +0000

Hey Ryan!

Sup?

(Braves Fan?

By: Marty

Marty — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:16:14 +0000

His only three losses since June have been against NL teams.

By: proudlycanadian

proudlycanadian — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 02:20:22 +0000

I believe that the problem was a little more mundane. It appears that he did not have his passport with him. I would guess that it was in Chicago.

By: cur68

cur68 — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 02:03:55 +0000

Holy crap. Me too.

By: derklempner

derklempner — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 01:35:15 +0000

@blueballzny:

I named as many pitchers as I could off the top of my head for about as long as I’ve been watching baseball since the late 1970s. As for your reasoning that “one or two good season [sic] does not show you can make the transition”, the parent poster didn’t differentiate between short-term or long-term success. I was listing pitchers who have had success.

But as long as you want to argue my point, why don’t you tell me how many AL pitchers continued their dominance after moving to the NL? There are just as few as NL-to-AL successes. For every Roy Halladay there’s 10 Johann Santanas. That’s just the way it goes in baseball: sustained success for any pitcher is rare going all the way back to the dead ball era.

By: blueballzny

blueballzny — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 00:04:44 +0000

Seriously, Nolan Ryan? How freakin far back are you gonna go? You can’t even compare the two eras.
The only guy you mentioned who had sustained success in the AL is Schilling. Having one or two good season does not show you can make the transition. Just look at how Beckett has done the past few seasons. Did you really use Max Scherzer and Hideo Nomo in your argument? hahaha. That’s hilarious.

By: derklempner

derklempner — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:28:53 +0000

Max Scherzer, Jose Valverde, Curt Schilling, Josh Beckett, Nolan Ryan, Hiroki Kuroda, Jason Hammel, Hideo Nomo, and many more disagree with you.

By: gibbskins9

gibbskins9 — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:02:34 +0000

National league pitchers are not American league strong!!!!!

By: highwaymen27

highwaymen27 — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:38:15 +0000

I heard rumors that his wife filed for divorce.

By: billymc75

billymc75 — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:21:20 +0000

Rumor has it he lost his passport? Wow and he’s from Canada that’s gotta suck aaaa!

By: kkolchak

kkolchak — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:13:53 +0000

Karma is a bitch, as they say.

By: icanspeel

icanspeel — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:01:01 +0000

All I gotta say is the Braves are lucky they didn’t land him. They should send him a thank you card

By: Alex K

Alex K — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:50:10 +0000

I hope that is the case and it’s not “my daughter’s DiGeorge Syndrome is flaring”

By: dugldo

dugldo — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:49:20 +0000

Problem is his replacement also gets tattooed like a drunken sailor…

By: nagrommit

nagrommit — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:47:11 +0000

He’s still hoping for a trade to the Dodgers?

By: cur68

cur68 — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:44:10 +0000

If by “personal reasons” he means “getting tattooed like a drunken sailor” then I feel its for the best that Demp has a seat.