Baltimore signed pitcher John Halama to a minor league contract.
Halama is much beloved here on Da Box (go ahead, do a search for his name) and the O's embracing their Inner Halama can only mean bad news for the rest of the AL East.
What else is going on today, now that, you know, the Orioles have sewn up the title?
Is there really anybody in a better position than Europeans to decide what's important to Europeans?
Which makes it clearer that the Molina signing is a good one, or at least in my mind. My only concern with the signing was that it might limit what the Jays did during the season - that is if they spend $4.5 million now on Molina they won't be able to spend $4.5 million later. But from the sounds of it they'll continue to take the payroll higher if it makes sense.
Yup. 11. Out of 192 countries. Pretty good percentage, that
Now. I'm not going to speak to the IOCs decision, but to say that baseball is as much a world sport as soccer is pretty risible.
/me cleans glasses and restarts on his reading comprehension classes.
Never mind me. Sorry for the noise.
You are juxtaposing professional team sports with athletic competition - most of the 'sports' in the Olympics are athletic competitions. Basketball, soccer, field hockey, and volleyball are the only large team sports in the summer olympics. Most of the events are stuff like track and field, aquatics, and head to head competition sports (boxing, wrestling, judo, etc.) Rugby and Cricket aren't in, and they enjoy more...widespread popularity. It's not like any great baseball players were in the olympics anyway. I find the loss...not so tragic.
This might be the most ignorant thing I've read on this site in quite some time. It's certainly ill-informed enough to shake me out of a posting hibernation.
Top 20 marathon results of all time:
1 2:04:55 Paul Tergat, KENYA
2 2:04:56 Sammy Korir, KENYA
3 2:05:38 Khalid Khannouchi, MOROCCO
4 2:05:42 Khalid Khannouchi, MOROCCO
5 2:05:48 Paul Tergat, KENYA
6 2:05:50 Evans Rutto, KENYA
7 2:05:56 Khalid Khannouchi, MOROCCO
8 2:06:05 Ronaldo da Costa, Brazil
9 2:06:14 Felix Limo KENYA
10 2:06:15 Titus Munji, KENYA
11 2:06:16 Toshinari Takaoka, Japan
11 2:06:16 Daniel Njenga, KENYA
11 2:06:16 Evans Rutto, KENYA
11 2:06:16 Moses Tanui, KENYA
15 2:06:18 Paul Tergat, KENYA
15 2:06:18 Evans Rutto, KENYA
17 2:06:20 Haile Gebrselassie, ETHIOPIA
18 2:06:23 Robert Cheboror, KENYA
19 2:06:33 Michael Rotich, KENYA
19 2:06:33 Gert Thys, SOUTH AFRICA
Got any other ignorant statements we can refute for you?
It may have come across as an ignorant statement, but is there any team sports played widely throughout Africa that isn't soccer? I'm not trying to be snarky or rude, I just don't know and if the answer is no, I don't see how it could be ignorant.
From rotoworld:
A jury today ruled for the Angels and against the city of Anaheim in a lawsuit over the name of the team. It looks like the name is here to stay. The team said its 1996 stadium lease agreement required only that Anaheim be in the name, that it didn't specify it must be ahead of the nickname.
I have no problem about any sports, really,except judging sports. If figure skating is a sport, where does it end? When will tango dancing become a sport then, and if tango dancing becomes a sport, can I get into the Olympics if I can master the macarena? (Note: not associating the macarena with tango dancing, just dancing in general).
Who can decide accurately with 100% confidence, consistency, and reliability that someone has accomplished a perfect Quad or Triple Axle? These are experts, yes, but human error (and corruption for that matter) impacts the outcome of these events far more greatly than in baseball. Or hockey. Or cricket.
In these non-judging sports, a run is scored, a goal is scored, a wicket is scored. Nobody can protest it, if Vernon Wells gets a base hit with Frank Catalanotto on third base, we see Catalanotto touch home plate and there's no controversy. Yes, in ALL sports there's a requirement of judging (except less in timed sports) however there's far less controversy in these sports as well, the athletes have the ultimate control into the outcome.
This is not the case in judged sports, and while they may induce athletic abilities, the athletes have no direct say into the outcome of the event. This has caused many problems in the last few years for the IOC and if there's any sporting events to do away with, do away with these.
It is to be noted that baseball fundamentally doesn't require that much cash--you don't need a $150 glove to play, nor do you /need/ a nicely groomed official baseball diamond. Heck, ultimately any old stick will do as a bat.
It is true, however, that baseball/softball is very much the least widespread of the summer olympic team sports. Field hockey is played nearly worldwide, though considered largely a women's sport in north america. Basketball is growing hugely worldwide, as it's cheap and can be played in an urban area. Water polo is nearly universal, though little played anywhere it's very widespread anywhere there's water. And so on. Baseball is definately the sport on the margin, and is also very much not cheap to support. The summer olympics are too big, so what do you cut if not baseball?
Ah, the Andujars. Wondering when someone would ask. The award took wayy too much time to do last year, which was actually the second year, and that put me off of it, frankly. Consider the 2006 offseason an "off year" for the award.
Unless I get a wildly unexpected chunk of time during spring training, messers Loiaza and Belliard will have to wait another year to "tri" their patience.
The Orioles called up Halama on Saturday. So far he has tossed 2.1 shutout innings, and is on pace to destroy the all-time single-season ERA record with an unbeatable (literally) 0.00.
That is all. Embrace your inner Halama, Bauxites.
