8-0

When you're winning 8-0, you're not supposed to lose 10-9. You're not supposed to lose at all.

Rockies.

But look on the bright side, you're associated with ads like this:

Tadahito Iguchi has struck out 12 times in his last 21 at-bats over four games

Pain Train Is Coming

It's really too bad none of us had Corey Patterson...

Because his line from May 25th looked like this:

AB - 8
H - 0
SO - 3
BB - 0

When you go 0 for 8, it's time to think about improving your life.

Welcome Back

AWESOME!

Hey, the kid is just trying to chill out - we all know he needs it.

He Gives Hope To Us All

Bonus Point?

This is really straddling the line...

LaTroy Hawkins has been suspended three games for throwing an inside, head-high pitch to Baltimore Orioles left fielder Luke Scott

I know he's mad because of the way that his life turned out, but that's no reason to throw at heads!

Yea or nay?

Failure signs

• Your team gives up leads of 4-0 and 5-2
• With the game tied in the 9th, an error turns a routine ground out to a runner on second base. Now on 3rd with one out, you intentionally walk two players to load the bases and face someone who has a lifetime 1.000 average in bases loaded situations.
• As expected you lose the game.

I have absolutely no idea who could be the man to mastermind this failure. A failure so knowing and obvious as the later innings arrived, that a fan of another team (a team this man used to manage) predicted this fade long before. Who could it be?

Insert joke here

Giambi.

Hello

No, you don't

(In an older photo, Derrek Lee tells Jim to leave the field)

Jim Edmonds, now a Cub, made this statement before his first game at Wrigley:

"I've got a lot left."

I'm going to guess he was talking about fuck ups.

You know, not that long ago I wrote a deep article on A. Jones and his failures...how his performance in any other occupation would lead to immediate firing...how any sane GM would send him to AAA. (Actually, cutting him so he has to take a job at the motor club isn't a bad idea, either). But I'll admit I wasn't ready for the Cubs to make a signing that, while not similar in terms of cash, is in terms of failure.

"Whatever they need, I'll do it for them."

Right, Jim. You do sound like a guy going from the worst team in baseball to a first place club. Just glad to be helping out, right?

"I got off to a slow start. That's the way it goes."

EXACTLY! That's the way it goes when you have nothing left. Get used to it. Hmm...maybe I should be the one getting used to it? If I was a team facing the Cubs, and knew Jim would be hitting behind Fukudome, I'd put him on base every time so Jim could ground into that double play. Everyone knows that. And all Cub fans and those in the organization kept saying that Felix Pie (Oh, if Harry was around to pronounce that name) is the future CF...that Lou and others have been working on his swing and making it better and better. Guess what? You get to go to Iowa! Because we have Washed Up Washington now on the team! Boy he's quite the "clubhouse presence!"

.181 and now in the line-up

Clete replacement

I will take Alexi Casilla (unless someone has him). Alexi might be OK someday, but I saw a bunt caught by the 3rd baseman today.

Some Days Are More Productive Than Others

Some days you really do a lot of work/chores/services etc.

And other days you spend the whole day sifting through old emails because - hey, what else am I going to do.

The Initializer
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Wow, ok, Jack Wilson's picture on Sportsline: http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/181561
Holy goddamn shit.
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The Responder
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As for Jack "Captain Ugly" Wilson, I think he should probably brush his teeth. Or get braces. You know what? Why doesn't he just go all the way and get a whole new face. Comb your eyebrows kiiiiid!!
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Comb your eyebrows, kiiiiiiid!

Wow.

Anybody surprised by this?

Seriously? So Rose and Beasley will be gone by time we draft. If this turns out to be true, the Wolves will draft him and he will suck, if it turns out not to be true, we will not have drafted him and he will be an All-Star.

Can't fault him really, can you? Go get your cheddar. And what about Tim Floyd. Yeah, OK.

I could have posted this on the Wolves blog, but . . .

When you try to get out of the way of the ball and end up scoring for the wrong team....

That makes you a failure

Get your blanket

The Rad-man says so

New Award for 2008 FFFootball winner

The Darrion Scott Award.

To Compliment The Post Below

A brief recap of life success:



What Chris Paul has been doing since being drafted....

Success




What Marvin Williams has done since being drafted...
Failure

I can't make it simpler than that.

I Thought About Putting This In A Different Blog But...

I just wanted to make sure we all had a good laugh at the Atlanta Hawks expense.

THEY DRAFTED MARVIN WILLIAMS INSTEAD OF CHRIS PAUL!!!



AHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

They passed on the best point guard of the next decade.

F. Total F.

State Of Failure

Not even visitors can keep themselves out of trouble when they visit here.

Let's just hope the newperson got the right Jefferson....

Clete

A quick review of my team shows Clete Thomas (one half of the dynamic name duo) has been sent down. Replacement forthcoming.

Anybody have Jacque?

His services are no longer needed by the Tiger baseball organization.

Pick!

I think the score when this happened was 39+34 to 39+0.

Perfect.

Does this look like a failure to you?

FIFTH blown save today.

From Sportsline:

Eric Gagne relieved Guillermo Mota.
Wigginton flied out to deep right.
Darin Erstad hit for J.R. Towles.
Erstad singled to center.
Geoff Blum hit for Doug Brocail.
Blum reached on an infield single, Erstad to second.
Bourn walked, Erstad to third, Blum to second.
Matsui grounded out to first, Erstad scored, Blum to third, Bourn to second.
Tejada walked.
Berkman walked, Blum scored, Bourn to third, Tejada to second.

Three walks. The final one scores the tying run. They get in your head, Serge, errrrrrrrrrr?

Only the Royals

I'd be mad too if I played for KC.

He was high on my draft board

He will be even higher now.

Do I just draft all Bears? I guess they are OK with Rex.

Face

For Dave Sliznewski

Where Ridiculous Happens...

Failings From Across The Sea

Courtesy of an old failing soul.

Former Twins Lew Ford and Michael Restovich are struggling in Japan, with Ford hitting .206 for the Hanshin Tigers and Restovich being dropped for "readjustment" from the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks major league team to the minors.

So yeah. That's pretty bad.

Here are the respective team logos:

Always Look For The Silver Lining

Sometimes when things are going bad for you, there's a little flash of success. A little glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, you can pull yourself out of this tailspin. Or atleast take a little something positive from a bad day.

Enter Jack Cust.

4-4 on the night with a homerun and a couple RBI. Not good. For me anyways. No strike outs, no failing. Statistically anyways. He did have a pretty bad error(video in the box score).


That made me feel a little better.


So does this picture:

I'll Take The 44 Year Old Junkballer, Please

Matt Morris is gone.

Jamie Moyer somehow still goes on.

Consider it done.

From Sportsline:

Phillies SP Jamie Moyer allowed a two-run homer in the first inning Wednesday to Adrian Gonzalez and pitched 5 1/3 shaky innings during a 4-2 loss against the Padres. Moyer later allowed a solo home run to Kevin Kouzmanoff in the third inning which ended up being the game winner. Moyer was charged with nine hits, four runs and one walk. He struck out one.

Gorgeous.