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cknox0723 · 05-15-2005, 12:06 AM

this work -- my work -- has been handed heaps of praise for its look into the ups and downs of a rebuilding team. but the pale hose are not the center of this universe. rather than being the sun, they are more like pluto. i guess that makes me galileo.

so the next few posts i make will be my attempt to display that, something that i am hoping will continue on throughout the season. it may turn out to be an excessive amount of writing that doesn't say a whole lot. or maybe it'll be significant, somehow, providing some sort of combination of humor and edification and whatever else. we'll see.

plus ça change...

mark prior finished 20 games over .500 over 252.2 innings last season. most of that was due to illegal enhancement to his movement which prevented him from allowing the four-base hit. no turd jokes, please. the commissioner of this universe, whoever he is, has taken a strict zero-tolerance policy against that movement by applying the cream, the clear, and the 6.12 patch.

nevertheless, the 26 year old still notched his seventy-seventh career win on this opening day, tossing seven innings of three-hit ball against pittsburgh in a 3-0 victory for the north siders. in his pittsburgh debut, joel "ruth graham" pineiro fanned eleven, but allowed solo home runs to richie sexson and both jonesin' chicago outfielders, andruw and jacque. those big flies accounted for all of the game's scoring.

been/bean/beane

richie aurilia sent the crowd home happy when he sent home milton bradley, adam dunn, and himself with a 373-foot blast to the left field seats with two outs in the bottom of the ninth at safeco. it was an inauspicious start to the season for 37 year old arthur rhodes, who walked the prior two batters to allow aurilia a chance to blast his club off to victory. however, rhodes has saved 84 games over the past three seasons, posting an earned-run average of just over two in about 200 innings. so i posit to say that reports of his demise would be greatly exaggerated, 84.00 earned run average be damned. chad "xylophone" zerbe picked up the win in relief for the mariners.

and, hell, let's dig around the minors a bit, shall we?

adriano and the beanstalk

adriano rosario, a slight 21 year old dominican right-hander in the arizona system, threw a brilliant 100 pitches in an opening-day start for single-a lancaster, lasting 8.1 innings and allowing just 4 hits and a walk while fanning 11. the scouting report says he touches triple-digits on the radar gun, and his minor league numbers are rather impressive.

Code:

YEAR/LEVEL	IP	H	BB	K	ERA
2004, A		162.2	155	54	140	3.65
2005, A		180.1	150	30	141	3.14
2006, A		125.2	74	34	103	1.50
2006, AA	86.0	70	16	80	3.14

he only throws a fastball and a slider; for this, the scouts think he should be picking cherries. sheer lunacy. the snakes have him on the 40-man roster, so presumably someone somewhere in their organization disagrees. as do i.

05-15-2005, 12:06 AM	#342
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	center of the world - pt. i this work -- my work -- has been handed heaps of praise for its look into the ups and downs of a rebuilding team. but the pale hose are not the center of this universe. rather than being the sun, they are more like pluto. i guess that makes me galileo. so the next few posts i make will be my attempt to display that, something that i am hoping will continue on throughout the season. it may turn out to be an excessive amount of writing that doesn't say a whole lot. or maybe it'll be significant, somehow, providing some sort of combination of humor and edification and whatever else. we'll see. plus ça change... mark prior finished 20 games over .500 over 252.2 innings last season. most of that was due to illegal enhancement to his movement which prevented him from allowing the four-base hit. no turd jokes, please. the commissioner of this universe, whoever he is, has taken a strict zero-tolerance policy against that movement by applying the cream, the clear, and the 6.12 patch. nevertheless, the 26 year old still notched his seventy-seventh career win on this opening day, tossing seven innings of three-hit ball against pittsburgh in a 3-0 victory for the north siders. in his pittsburgh debut, joel "ruth graham" pineiro fanned eleven, but allowed solo home runs to richie sexson and both jonesin' chicago outfielders, andruw and jacque. those big flies accounted for all of the game's scoring. been/bean/beane richie aurilia sent the crowd home happy when he sent home milton bradley, adam dunn, and himself with a 373-foot blast to the left field seats with two outs in the bottom of the ninth at safeco. it was an inauspicious start to the season for 37 year old arthur rhodes, who walked the prior two batters to allow aurilia a chance to blast his club off to victory. however, rhodes has saved 84 games over the past three seasons, posting an earned-run average of just over two in about 200 innings. so i posit to say that reports of his demise would be greatly exaggerated, 84.00 earned run average be damned. chad "xylophone" zerbe picked up the win in relief for the mariners. and, hell, let's dig around the minors a bit, shall we? adriano and the beanstalk adriano rosario, a slight 21 year old dominican right-hander in the arizona system, threw a brilliant 100 pitches in an opening-day start for single-a lancaster, lasting 8.1 innings and allowing just 4 hits and a walk while fanning 11. the scouting report says he touches triple-digits on the radar gun, and his minor league numbers are rather impressive. Code: YEAR/LEVEL IP H BB K ERA 2004, A 162.2 155 54 140 3.65 2005, A 180.1 150 30 141 3.14 2006, A 125.2 74 34 103 1.50 2006, AA 86.0 70 16 80 3.14 he only throws a fastball and a slider; for this, the scouts think he should be picking cherries. sheer lunacy. the snakes have him on the 40-man roster, so presumably someone somewhere in their organization disagrees. as do i. Last edited by cknox0723; 05-15-2005 at 12:07 AM.