Phightins

Also, this will be VERY interesting since he already has 107 pitches. He blew his elbow out a few years ago in the exact same situation. I would not want to be Edwin Rodriguez right now.

If Josh Johnson throws a no-hitter in Atlanta and nobody is there to see it, did it actually happen? (Sorry Cobb!)

Yep...they can't get bailed out by the shootout in the playoffs! But I am a bit hesitant to count them out. I expected them to fall apart down the stretch of the regular season, and they didn't. I am also not completely sold on Tampa as a solid playoff team because of their defense. But we will see. Anyway, here is to one of the greatest parts of the sports year. Happy playoffs!

It doesn't matter what his intent was.

As harsh as the penalty is, what Kobe said is incredibly dumb and offensive. I don't care how often it gets said away from the camera or how often some of you say it. Not saying I'd have given a $100K fine if it was up to me, but maybe this will get people to think before making homophobic remarks in the future.

Wow...$100K is harsh. But when you are a high profile celebrity, and you get caught saying something like this on camera, you have to expect to catch hell for it.

Gah, the asshole Phillie fans in DC booing Werth are embarrassing. Amazes me how little perspective these folks have. The Phillies paid him a little more than $12 million over 4 years, and got (arguably--rough estimate) $50 million of value. Be just a little bit grateful. Similarly, I'd like to see these people say with a straight face that they'd turn their backs on $35 million (or whatever the difference between the Nationals and Phillies offers were).

Josh Hamilton out 6-8 weeks...

Stars fire Marc Crawford. Rough luck...95 points, no playoffs, and coach canned.

I actually like it, just because it will be fun to have the entire world outside of Miami rooting for us. I don't think we have any chance of winning a round regardless of who we get. Maybe now we lose in 4 or 5, instead of potentially pushing it to 6 against Boston or Chicago. Not really important to me.

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g96/philsphan1210/6a00d83451af4b69e2014e8767ec60970d.jpg http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g96/philsphan1210/6a00d83451af4b69e2014e8767ecd8970d.jpg I think I love him.

Another thing... What the hell were the Nationals thinking by not protecting Michael Martinez from the Rule V draft? Oh well, no complaints here.

Agreed. Unfortunately, many of the stupid, biased, holier-than-thou writers with the Hall of Fame votes don't agree... It totally sucks.

Despite the tiny sample size, I have been impressed. Which is huge, since we lost Chad Durbin, and the front office seems reluctant to start the service clocks on Michael Stutes/Justin DeFratus/Michael Schwimer. So, if Baez can have a solid season, it would be completely fantastic. We need somebody like him to step up.

Joe Savery (first round pick from '07), former pitcher in the process of getting Rick Ankiel'd, is 10 for 12 to start the season in high-A. Unreal.

I am in love with the bench. Huge improvement from last year.

I can totally sympathize with Caps fans from last year. This team is too good for this shit. Good lord.

Hey, guess who has tickets to this game, but has to go to work instead?...

Rofl. So awesome.

Lol "Natzi"

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g96/philsphan1210/272187358.jpg Broken leg. *Cringes*

I am about an hour late with this, but Spencer Hawes, you are not good at basketball.

Golf is cool. I am starting to get into it.

BABIP'd to death....

Lol...what a [expletive]ing disaster this is turning into.