haven't heard Markus talk his Solarte hating nonsense in a minute. it's now almost halfway through May and this kid is leading the team in OPS (.847) and RBI's (with 18), he's for real. and Tanaka, yeah we paid for him, but he's undefeated (5-0, 1.00 WHIP, 58-7 SO/BB ratio) he's worth every penny. out dueling Milwaukee ace Yovani Gallardo on the road last night.
on my NY Giants big board we needed a Center, WR and DT and drafted all of those need in the first three rounds. TE, Tackle and RB are needed in rounds 4 -6 (we have 2 5's and no 7th) and I see us drafting exactly that.
and Marty St. Louis and the floundering Rangers? what can I say. he's a hero as far as I'm concerned. a man who lost his 60 year old mother unexpectedly and still went out there for 20 minutes to cut the ice. he's the unofficial captain right now, leading by example. what a tough fuck. I couldn't imagine how difficult it must be for him. and the Chris Kreider effect is in full swing. can't do diddly squat on the power play for 2 weeks and he comes back from a broken hand and puts in in the net during the man advantage. cudos to this team losing three in a row and not going out like a bunch of bitches. game 6, Sunday night on mother's day. MSL, my heart goes out to you, he's a real man in a real sport.
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 9:39 am
by ilikecheese
Ravenpig wrote:chicken counter.
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 3:00 pm
by markuspoop
Hahahahaha. Yeah, Solarte. Real hard to be the "best" on a team full of geriatrics. Like anyone's expecting Jeter, Roberts, Soriano, Beltran, McCann, Tex and Co. to put up good/great numbers?
Also, last 30 days Solarte is hitting a robust .257 and OPSing at .744. Looks like he's really starting to come back down to earth after his torrid start as pitchers get a better book on him. Of course it is comical you decided to pimp your boy the day after he hits a 3-run homer. No coincidence there.
Sounds like a bunch of dudes not knowing how to react to their feelings of curiousity.
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 11:08 pm
by not tyson
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Awwwww so cute
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Sat May 10, 2014 11:43 pm
by Ravenpig
I've seen better.
I mean, no, I haven't.
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 1:28 am
by markuspoop
Those guys had a hardcore make-out session there.
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 9:24 am
by N.Y.H.C.
markuspoop wrote:Hahahahaha. Yeah, Solarte. Real hard to be the "best" on a team full of geriatrics. Like anyone's expecting Jeter, Roberts, Soriano, Beltran, McCann, Tex and Co. to put up good/great numbers?
Also, last 30 days Solarte is hitting a robust .257 and OPSing at .744. Looks like he's really starting to come back down to earth after his torrid start as pitchers get a better book on him. Of course it is comical you decided to pimp your boy the day after he hits a 3-run homer. No coincidence there.
How's 2nd place looking though?
it's funny that the fake that is leading your team in home runs and RBI's right now was suspended 50 games last year for juicing his fat head off. Solarte, 2 for 2 yesterday with 2 runs batted in by the way. he now has 20, more than Chris Davis, Markakis and Weiters. tied with the second coming of Jesus, Adam Jones, who by the way has to raise his average 50+ points to sniff Solarte's asshole. first place huh? we played the 1st place 24-14 Brewers while you BARELY eeked 2 out of 3 from the 12-26 last place Astros haha. I'll put up our zip Tanaka against your zip Chen any day bro.
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 9:32 am
by N.Y.H.C.
oh and this happened, in case anyone was wondering.....
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 9:59 am
by BlackHole83
Zip?
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 11:27 am
by ilikecheese
per?
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 9:01 pm
by markuspoop
N.Y.H.C. wrote:it's funny that the fake that is leading your team in home runs and RBI's right now was suspended 50 games last year for juicing his fat head off. Solarte, 2 for 2 yesterday with 2 runs batted in by the way. he now has 20, more than Chris Davis, Markakis and Weiters. tied with the second coming of Jesus, Adam Jones, who by the way has to raise his average 50+ points to sniff Solarte's asshole. first place huh? we played the 1st place 24-14 Brewers while you BARELY eeked 2 out of 3 from the 12-26 last place Astros haha. I'll put up our zip Tanaka against your zip Chen any day bro.
It's funny you downplay the O's taking 2 of 3 from the "last place Astros" especially when, to uh, start the season those same Astros took 2 of 3 from your geriatric Yanks. You also forget to mention that the O's have played one of the harder schedules in MLB, without their projected 1-9 from day 1. And yet, they're still 1.5 up. Hahahahaha. Also shows just how much you know about baseball comparing rbi's of Markakis to Solarte, cause you know leadoff hitters typically don't get tons of rbi's. Or compare Davis (again, you really want to get into steroid/hgh/ped talk as a Yankee fan?) who was on the DL for a good little while. But again, I don't expect much from Yankee fans. I also like how you cherry pick stats to compare. Like, why not compare batting averages of Markakis or Wieters to that of your undocumented illegal? Or compare rbi's of Jones and Solarte? But for Yank fans, comparing apples to oranges is the apt comparison. Hey, how's Brian Roberts working out? Hahahahaha
That said, definitely rooting for the Rangers in game 7 and this was classic:
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 9:47 pm
by markuspoop
Yangervis Solarte
Solarte is a 26-year-old rookie on his third organization. He spent six years in the Twins organization and two more with the Rangers. And while he steadily improved, Solarte spent the past two seasons in Triple-A with a combined OPS of .736.
Yes, he can play multiple infield positions, which may help him sustain a major league career beyond this season. To think of Solarte as a viable piece of the Yankees' future going forward because he parlayed 126 plate appearances into a .315/.394/.463 line, however, is ignoring almost a decade of performance that completely contradicts all likelihood of sustenance. The small-sample-size rhetoric applies to Solarte because there's no such history.
I can't believe NYHC is still talking about him as if he's Cano 2.0 or something.
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 2:06 am
by not tyson
BUS SLOGANS FOR 2014 WORLD CUP
Algeria: Desert Warriors In Brazil
Argentina: Not just a team, we are a country
Australia: Socceroos: Hopping Our Way Into History!
Belgium: Expect The Impossible!
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dragons In Heart, Dragons On The Field!
Brazil: Brace Yourselves! The 6th Is Coming!
Cameroon: A lion remains a Lion
Chile: Go Chile
Colombia: Here travels a nation, not just a team!
Costa Rica: My passion is football, my strength is my people, my pride is Costa Rica.
Côte d'Ivoire: Elephants charging towards Brazil!
Croatia: With Fire In Our Hearts, For Croatia All As One!
Ecuador: One Commitment, One Passion, Only One Heart, This Is For You Ecuador!
England: The Dream Of One Team, The Heartbeat Of Millions!!
France: Impossible Is Not A French Word
Germany: One Nation, One Team, One Dream!
Ghana: Black Stars: Here To Illuminate Brazil
Greece: 'Heroes Play Like Greeks'
Honduras: We are one country, one nation, five stars on the heart
Iran: Honour Of Persia
Italy: Let’s paint the FIFA World Cup dream blue
Japan: Samurai, The Time Has Come To Fight!
Korea Republic: Enjoy it, Reds!
Mexico: Always united, Always aztecas
Netherlands: Real Men Wear Orange
Nigeria: Only Together We Can Win
Portugal: The past is history. The future is victory.
Russia: No one can catch us
Spain: Inside our hearts, the passion of a champion
Switzerland: End Station: 13.07.2014 Maracana! Final Stop: 07-13-14 Maracana!
Uruguay: Three million dreams … Let’s go Uruguay
USA: United By Team, Driven By Passion
How fucking embarrassing.
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 2:19 am
by The Boss
All of them were terrible.
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 3:46 am
by Kittaan
Damn! Blazers finally coming alive. 14 point lead... hope they hang on. Never a good feeling to get swept...
Good luck Zim.
EDIT: Well done Portland!
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 5:09 am
by hellboy
Not Tyson wrote:BUS SLOGANS FOR 2014 WORLD CUP
Algeria: Desert Warriors In Brazil
Argentina: Not just a team, we are a country
Australia: Socceroos: Hopping Our Way Into History!
Belgium: Expect The Impossible!
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dragons In Heart, Dragons On The Field!
Brazil: Brace Yourselves! The 6th Is Coming!
Cameroon: A lion remains a Lion
Chile: Go Chile
Colombia: Here travels a nation, not just a team!
Costa Rica: My passion is football, my strength is my people, my pride is Costa Rica.
Côte d'Ivoire: Elephants charging towards Brazil!
Croatia: With Fire In Our Hearts, For Croatia All As One!
Ecuador: One Commitment, One Passion, Only One Heart, This Is For You Ecuador!
England: The Dream Of One Team, The Heartbeat Of Millions!!
France: Impossible Is Not A French Word
Germany: One Nation, One Team, One Dream!
Ghana: Black Stars: Here To Illuminate Brazil
Greece: 'Heroes Play Like Greeks'
Honduras: We are one country, one nation, five stars on the heart
Iran: Honour Of Persia
Italy: Let’s paint the FIFA World Cup dream blue
Japan: Samurai, The Time Has Come To Fight!
Korea Republic: Enjoy it, Reds!
Mexico: Always united, Always aztecas
Netherlands: Real Men Wear Orange
Nigeria: Only Together We Can Win
Portugal: The past is history. The future is victory.
Russia: No one can catch us
Spain: Inside our hearts, the passion of a champion
Switzerland: End Station: 13.07.2014 Maracana! Final Stop: 07-13-14 Maracana!
Uruguay: Three million dreams … Let’s go Uruguay
USA: United By Team, Driven By Passion
How fucking embarrassing.
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 5:12 am
by Ravenpig
Don't feel too bad, they're all terrible.
Does anyone else think Mexico's is borderline racist too?
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 5:43 am
by M0G
LeBron dropped 49 on Brooklyn. Respect the King fuckers
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 6:12 am
by BlackHole83
Fuck the self proclaimed king. Respect what? jumping ship to join an established team for an easy ride to a title? That's not a king, a king has players coming to his squad, his town, his team. He Got his rings the easy way, no respect in that
Re: Sports Thread
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 9:27 am
by N.Y.H.C.
Yangervis Solarte was 3 for 4 last night, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored. he is now batting .330 with a .403 on base percentage. hey Raven, did you remember Cano being a top prospect in the Yankee organization? no? that makes sense because he never was. three infielders got hurt, can't remember who exactly, he was called up and never sent back to the minors. I'm just saying, aren't you a Ranger fan? didn't they release him for nothing? maybe you should trade us Prince Fielder and we'd consider sending him back your way. being 12th in runs scored and 17th in slugging percentage in THAT stadium where balls fly out if you check swing, I'm surprised you let this stud go. Donnie Murphy is batting .211, I'm just saying that would be an upgrade. no?
and I'm still posting about him because Markus was telling me in Spring training that he wasn't facing "major league pitching" and wouldn't continue his torrid pace. that, obviously was wrong. it's now half way through May and this kid isn't going anywhere.
