Comments on: Orioles prospect Kevin Gausman has had a stressful few days

By: mazblast

mazblast — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:22:46 +0000

And in ten years I’ll enjoy writing the “Kevin Gausman is in The Best Shape of His Life” post.
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Round is a shape.

By: kneedeepinpujols

kneedeepinpujols — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:33:12 +0000

Or does hostess actually spell it that way? Never been a big fan of their donuts so I dunno

By: kneedeepinpujols

kneedeepinpujols — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:30:48 +0000

Lets settle this by saying the vast majority of baseball players can actually spell “donut”…i hope

By: ptfu

ptfu — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:11:37 +0000

I do not dispute the presence of superstitious players in baseball. The wackiest ones naturally draw attention, a la the squeaky wheel getting the grease. What I am saying is that your three word phrase “the vast majority” is an exaggeration.

Fangraphs says that 632 nonpitchers had a major league plate appearance, and 662 pitchers appeared on the mound this season. That’s 1,294 total players, so a majority of them would be 648. Not sure what a “vast” majority would be so we’ll let it go for now.

Either you produce evidence that at least 648 major league players “truly believe that shit like this is what makes them play well”, or you’re exaggerating.

By: nategearhart

nategearhart — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:22:43 +0000

Right, because this is the first story that has ever surfaced of an athlete believing in superstition and ritual, ever. Yup, just this guy.

By: ptfu

ptfu — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:30:31 +0000

“the vast majority”?

Impressive generalization. Sure, Gausman’s a weird kid, but it doesn’t mean every ballplayer’s that weird.

Gausman’s coach and his teammate both criticize eating all those donuts. That’s two baseball people opposed versus one in favor. Hardly sounds like a vast majority support the Homer Simpson style of pitching.

By: heyblueyoustink

heyblueyoustink — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:20:25 +0000

I was thinking, he should keep his private workout routines he established working with Oil Can Boyd to himself.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:18:04 +0000

This guy is lucky that synthetic insulin is so cheap. Give him ten years and throw him on top of the diabetes epidemic heap.

By: nategearhart

nategearhart — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:17:52 +0000

THIS is why we shouldn’t care about the opinions of baseball players concerning who should win awards and such; the vast majority of them truly believe that shit like this is what makes them play well.

By: kkolchak

kkolchak — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:13:40 +0000

Dude keeps it up, he’s gonna end up looking like David Wells.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:54:24 +0000

OMG, people! They have been in bankruptcy before. They aren’t going to die. It’s just a pissing contest between labor and management. Geez. All it means is that I haven’t been smelling bread baking in my neighborhood for the last few days. It’s okay. Step back from the ledge.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:49:54 +0000

#NeedThatWhiteStuff!

By: hooockey

hooockey — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:47:50 +0000

“#NeedThatWhiteStuff”

I bet you do, Kevin. I bet you do. I’m sure your twitter private message mailbox is filling up with offers as we speak. Well done. You’ve avoided detection by the authorities with the donut diversion.

By: geoknows

geoknows — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:47:11 +0000

Kevin has jumped the gun a bit. Actually, the court ordered one last mediation session (scheduled for 1:00 today, I believe that’s Central time) to see if they can save the company. It’s not guaranteed, and if a resolution is not found immediately (how likely is that?), liquidation will go forward.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/20/news/companies/hostess-mediation/

There is a potential buyer, though, so stay tuned.

By: husky2score

husky2score — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:43:16 +0000

Maybe the powder on the donut is like the powder on the mound… Whatever works.

By: mrwillie

mrwillie — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:41:58 +0000

Time to switch to the Sweet Sixteen powdered donuts, that’s the good stuff.