Comments on: Casey Kotchman ran into a pop-up machine

By: tuberippin

tuberippin — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:05:44 +0000

and he’ll be holding it for the rest of his career, too.

I’m sure Holliday is cool with it; he’s got a ring now.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:06:22 +0000

Couldn’t be helped. I ran out of bagels yesterday.

By: heyblueyoustink

heyblueyoustink — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:49:02 +0000

My Key Lime Pie is no joke, and winning a bong hitting contest at the Roach Roast in 1998 was quite the feat.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:47:17 +0000

I make the world’s best meatloaf.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:46:56 +0000

You’re on a roll today Gator!

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:38:21 +0000

Take it easy, stlouis1. It’s Chinatown.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:37:28 +0000

Well, it’s supposed to light up, whistle, toot and blink when someone hits a home run off of it. This makes is much easier to see against the infield rubble. Apparently, Kotchman was just running out a dribbler, as usual.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:35:41 +0000

Romney did. Always have a concession speech handy. I carried one with me on every blind date but, like Obama, never got a chance to use it.

By: mckludge

mckludge — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:26:48 +0000

Did he not see it, or did it just pop up in front of him?

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:26:04 +0000

I bake the world’s finest banana apple walnut bran muffins, for one thing.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:24:31 +0000

My gut feeling is that Scrooge McLoria ordered the popup machine placed where ballplayers would run into it, injure themselves, and force the insurance company to pay their salaries.

Of course, it is also entirely possible that early in the orfseason he ordered Larry Brainfest to sign only scrapheap ballplayers clueless enough to run into it, injure themselves, and force the insurance company to pay their salaries.

And consonant with this surmise, it is also entirely possible that early in the orfseason he ordered Larry Brainfest to sign only scrapheap ballplayers with such poor self-images that, believing they’d never make the team anyway, they would deliberately run into it, injure themselves, and force the insurance company to pay their salaries before they could be cut from the squad.

Casey Kotchman, Feesh first baseman. Dear Buddha, a phrase that would have to go begging for referents in any universe saner than the one Macondo inhabits.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:19:26 +0000

Election for what? President? Did we even have an election? Why? Did anyone think America wasn’t going to vote in Obama for another 4 years?

Inconceivable!

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:17:29 +0000

You sure you didn’t do that to yourself on election night?

By: kyzslew77

kyzslew77 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:04:40 +0000

Yes, but the MVP isn’t his, he’s just holding it for Matt Holliday or David Wright after the writers accidentally gave it to him that year.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:51:18 +0000

“Amazingly, that pop-up machine was not Jimmy Rollins!”\

Burn! Hahahahaha! In. Your. Face. Hahahahaha!

By: heyblueyoustink

heyblueyoustink — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:18:34 +0000

Look at that! I don’t always typo, but when I do, it’s always when i’m, poking fun or being condescending!

And I have noticed they’re never in the room at the same time. Then again, Craig and Wonder Woman are never in the same room at the same time either!

By: nategearhart

nategearhart — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:17:43 +0000

Yeah, but what have YOU ever done that was worth bragging about?

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:09:55 +0000

No, it’s definitely Rollins. How do I know? 2 years ago I started taking a shot every time Rollins popped up in the infield and I now have sclerosis of the liver.

By: andreweac

andreweac — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:06:18 +0000

Umm… Vernon “too blessed to be stressed” Wells is THE human pop-u machine.

By: zzalapski

zzalapski — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:43:16 +0000

Craig also knows/cares enough to spell World Series correctly. But other than that, you sure told him off!

BTW, have you ever seen Craig and Batman in the same place at the same time? Just sayin’.

By: deathmonkey41

deathmonkey41 — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:25:49 +0000

I would like to see who has the lead in swinging at first pitches- Rollins or Uggla.

By: indaburg

indaburg — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:25:24 +0000

Sure, it’s IFBB%. Victorino was #10 last year. I’m getting my info from here: http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=2&season=2012&month=0&season1=2012&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

Just sort by IFFB%.

By: Craig Calcaterra

Craig Calcaterra — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:22:14 +0000

There’s a stat for infield fly ball percentage. Rollins led all of baseball.

By: Francisco (FC)

Francisco (FC) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:17:16 +0000

Amazingly, that pop-up machine was not Jimmy Rollins!

*sipping coffee*

What?

It’s true. The man is preaching to the choir.

By: heyblueyoustink

heyblueyoustink — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:10:57 +0000

Rollins also has an MVP trophy and a Sorld Series ring. You have…….. male pattern baldness, jammies, and an unhealthy obsession with Batman, ex lawyer boy.

By: rickhigginshtbro

rickhigginshtbro — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:07:22 +0000

is there a stat for pop ups? Rollins does do it a lot, but I really want to say Victorino hit into more the last 2 years.

By: hisgirlgotburrelled

hisgirlgotburrelled — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:04:46 +0000

All that jibber jabber about rollins and uggla takes the distraction off of how ridiculous this injury is.