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Hey, Mac.

I’m not surprised that Lincecum was busted for marijuana possession. I mean look at the guy! He has hippie written all over him. I’m more shocked that the Weaver brothers have made it this long without being arrested. Juan Pierre’s Oversized Hat

Boom, bitch.

Mel: Lucic and Barry Bonds would get along well
Mel: "I bust you up, here's a candy corn"

(via The Left Field Pavilion)

We didn’t want the Giants to have anything on us. Lincecum’s not going to pitch? We’ll show you. Wolf’s not going to pitch. What do you think of that? Joe Torre (via Los Angeles Times)

Jon Heyman makes picks and I go BWUH

Andre Ethier is not even the MVP of the Dodgers. If you are going to put a Dodger on your ballot, it should be Matt Kemp, because he can also hit with power much like Mr. Ethier, but he maintains a higher batting average, and he is a fast and smart baserunner, as well as being superior at a more difficult defensive position.

AND WHY IS TULOWITZKI AHEAD OF ETHIER AND SANDOVAL? ARE YOU HIGH, JON HEYMAN?

Oh, and Mark Teixeira can go fuck himself. That doesn’t have anything to do with anything, but I just felt like saying it. And don’t blame the Red Sox for not wanting to go over $170M (as if I have any sympathy for anyone who can turn down that kind of money) — blame Mrs. Teixeira for wearing the pants in the family.

Pitcher in fatal incident to be honored - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

Eighty years after the end of his career and nearly 40 years after his death, Carl Mays has finally earned recognition for something other than the only fatal pitch in major league history.

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame said Tuesday that Mays has been selected for induction, along with former Cardinals third basemen Ken Reitz and former Royals pitcher Steve Busby. A ceremony will be held Oct. 22 in Springfield.

Mays won 207 games during a 15-season career that ended in 1929, won 20 or more games five times and pitched in four World Series. His accomplishments were overshadowed by the pitch in 1920 that killed Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman. Mays, who was pitching for the Yankees, said the beaning was unintentional.

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On Aug. 16, 1920, the Indians were in New York for a crucial series when Chapman stepped to the plate in the top of the fifth. Figuring the speedy Chapman might try to bunt his way on base, Mays threw high and inside.

The ball struck Chapman in the temple. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.

Despite the loss of their shortstop, the Indians went on to win the AL pennant and the World Series. Mays went 26-11 that year and pitched nine more seasons, but his legacy was tainted.

“It is the most regrettable incident of my baseball career,” he told The New York Times after Chapman’s death, “and I would give anything if I could undo what has happened.”

In an interview last month with The Associated Press, Duckworth and Short said few knew the soft side of Mays, who organized games with the children of Mansfield during his frequent visits to the community, and who donated old Yankees uniforms to the town team.

He’s not the only ballplayer who’s had more written about one bad moment than about the rest of his great career, but I think Carl Mays got the absolute worst of that treatment. I’m glad he’s getting a little recognition for the other thousands of pitches he threw, not just the one that killed Ray Chapman.