:rant2: MLB Pitchers ..... what a misnomer that is. Non-pitchers would be more descriptive of the crap that's out there today :mj02:With the exception of maybe Tim Lincecum, Felix Hernandez, and Doc Halladay is there anyone else out there that has the potential to become a Hall of Famer? You have a smidgeon of noteable others having respectable seasons (Greinke, Oswalt, Lee, Beckett, Verlander, and Cain to mention a handful of successful hurlers) but for the most part the pitchers have been a bust.
For us to swallow the notion that anyone who takes the mound is worthy of the salaries they demand is a travesty to sports. And the biggest joke is not the starters. Who in the hell came up with the titles for the bullpen crew? Middle reliever?? Late inning pitcher?? Set-up man?? Closer?? And the name Mariano Rivera is the only one that has a winning ring to it. How many games this year has this 'talented' group of those not even allowed to sit in the dug-out :mj07: blown a multiple run lead. My memory is nowhere close to what it once was, but I can't recall any year where leads of five or more runs has been squandered by these multi-millionaire specialists :thefinger They ought to send them out to the real bullpen in the pasture and let Ferdinand have his way with them :142hump: :shocked:
My memory hasn't lapsed that far that I can't summon up the names of the greats I watched from years gone by. Not only did these guys start a game, but they FINISHED it too :00hour Guys like Koufax, Gibson, Whitey Ford, Don Drysdale, Juan Marichal wouldn't let these mamby pamby so called athletes get a whiff of the cowhide. You didn't see Koufax taken out of a game because he was approaching 100 pitches :142smilie (But then again, most of the old-timers had their game in the win column by then)
Could you see a manager trying to take Bob Gibson out of a game because he was nearing the dreaded pitch count? :0corn kurby
;142loser: Pitchers!!! ;142loser:
With the year-round physical training programs designed for them I don't think they need to worry about their arm falling off from overuse. And if they did, they have more than enough $$$$ from their lucrative contracts to just go out and buy a new one :grins: I have yet to witness on of the aforementioned greats to be walking around with his arm in a sling or missing :lol:
The only pitcher worthy of me putting money on this year has been the one sitting on the table at the watering hole with the beads of moisture on the outside of it keeping the golden nectar cool for us real Winners :toast:
Next Week's Rant ~~~ The Doctor's Office :SIB
For us to swallow the notion that anyone who takes the mound is worthy of the salaries they demand is a travesty to sports. And the biggest joke is not the starters. Who in the hell came up with the titles for the bullpen crew? Middle reliever?? Late inning pitcher?? Set-up man?? Closer?? And the name Mariano Rivera is the only one that has a winning ring to it. How many games this year has this 'talented' group of those not even allowed to sit in the dug-out :mj07: blown a multiple run lead. My memory is nowhere close to what it once was, but I can't recall any year where leads of five or more runs has been squandered by these multi-millionaire specialists :thefinger They ought to send them out to the real bullpen in the pasture and let Ferdinand have his way with them :142hump: :shocked:
My memory hasn't lapsed that far that I can't summon up the names of the greats I watched from years gone by. Not only did these guys start a game, but they FINISHED it too :00hour Guys like Koufax, Gibson, Whitey Ford, Don Drysdale, Juan Marichal wouldn't let these mamby pamby so called athletes get a whiff of the cowhide. You didn't see Koufax taken out of a game because he was approaching 100 pitches :142smilie (But then again, most of the old-timers had their game in the win column by then)
Could you see a manager trying to take Bob Gibson out of a game because he was nearing the dreaded pitch count? :0corn kurby ;142loser: Pitchers!!! ;142loser:
With the year-round physical training programs designed for them I don't think they need to worry about their arm falling off from overuse. And if they did, they have more than enough $$$$ from their lucrative contracts to just go out and buy a new one :grins: I have yet to witness on of the aforementioned greats to be walking around with his arm in a sling or missing :lol:
The only pitcher worthy of me putting money on this year has been the one sitting on the table at the watering hole with the beads of moisture on the outside of it keeping the golden nectar cool for us real Winners :toast:
Next Week's Rant ~~~ The Doctor's Office :SIB
