Hello friends, as the election is upon us, let me remind you, my fellow Americans, about how fucking horrible Derek Jeter is.

HELLO I AM A LINK, NOT LIKE A ZELDA ONE THO. PLEASE CLICK.

Also for robo Jeter sex stories, we have the SOSH kids

She made eye contact but was too shy to go over. No need to worry, the captain made the first move. He walked over to her and dropped the following pickup line- "WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES? WHAT ARE YOUR DREAMS?"

I suppose this is what happens when you don't have to try anymore...

Labels: Derek Jeter's Herpies, IHateU, Jeremy Giambi you fucking retard slide

Pittsburgh Pirates:
year DV DIVS RECD WINP PLC
2008 NL Cent 67-95 (.414) 6 Tampa Bay advances to the World Series
2007 NL Cent 68-94 (.420) 6 Colorado advances to the World Series
2006 NL Cent 67-95 (.414) 5
2005 NL Cent 67-95 (.414) 6
2004 NL Cent 72-89 (.447) 5
2003 NL Cent 75-87 (.463) 4 Florida Wins World Series
2002 NL Cent 72-89 (.447) 4
2001 NL Cent 62-100 (.383) 6 Arizona Wins World Series
2000 NL Cent 69-93 (.426) 5
1999 NL Cent 78-83 (.484) 3
1998 NL Cent 69-93 (.426) 6 Arizona Diamondbacks, Tampa Bay Satanz *poof*
1997 NL Cent 79-83 (.488) 2 Florida Wins World Series
1996 NL Cent 73-89 (.451) 5
1995 NL Cent 58-86 (.403) 5
1994 NL Cent 53-61 (.465) 3
1993 NL East 75-87 (.463) 5 Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins *poof*

Labels: BLOGGGIN AINT SHIT BUT TRICKS AND HOS, IHateU

We here at Big show baseball are the best bloggers ever. This is why while as the world series starts, we ask you this question:

I'm totally drinking right now and I only counted like four Backstreet Boys here. I seem to recall five, who the hell is missing?

Labels: IHateU, Philadelphia Phillies, Tampa Bay Not Devil Rays

There are only like 4 reasons ever to name a baseball blog post after an overpowered Magic the Gathering card. I forget the other 3 but they have to do with rolling 20 and an elf.

FREE TACOS FOR STOLEN BASES IS BACK:
TACOS

Free tacos on ROCKTOBER 28th (Tuesday) if a base is stolen in games 1-4, if none are stolen until games 5-7 then November 3rd is the taco day. Times are 2:00PM to 6:00PM for your free tacos.


And for the hell of it:

Philadelphia Phillies and the World Series:
1980 Won against Kansas City Royals

1915 Lost to Boston Red Sox
1950 Lost to New York Yankees
1983 Lost to Baltimore Orioles
1993 Lost to Toronto Blue Jays

The AL East circle is almost complete...

Labels: Carl Crawford lets make a deal, IHateU, Philadelphia Phillies, TACO TACO TACO, World Series

My picks for 2008.

AL MVP: Kevin Youkilis, 1B - Boston Red Sox

Youkilis was among the AL leaders in Batting Average (.312), OBP (.390), OPS (.958), SLG (.569), and RBI (115.)

I could have also gone with Chicago's Carlos Quentin but he only played 130 games and his rate stats are not significantly better (.965 to .958 OPS.) Milton Bradley lead the AL in OPS (.999) but he only played 126 games and he did it at DH.

Alex Rodriguez is another possibility (also .965 OPS) but considering it was actually a very average year for him (by his standards) and the Yankees missed the playoffs and he missed 24 games it just didn't make sense to me to pick A-Rod.

Overall it was a weak year for stand out offensive numbers in the AL. No one really stood out from the crowd.

NL MVP: Albert Pujols, 1B - St. Louis Cardinals

This was a much easier decision. Pujols was easily the top offensive player in the NL in 2008. Yes, Chipper Jones had an incredible year but he missed 34 games and Pujols easily bested him in the power department (SLG: .653 to .574.)

Pujols lead the NL in OPS at 1.114 & SLG (.653.) He finished second (to Jones) in Batting Average (.357) & OBP (.462.) He also finished with 37 HR (4th), 44 2B (4th), 116 RBI (4th), and 104 BB (2nd.)

AL CY YOUNG: Cliff Lee - Cleveland Indians

Lee lead the AL in both Wins (22) & ERA (2.54) which makes him a pretty easy choice for the AL Cy Young award. Toronto's Roy Halladay and Boston's Daisuke Matsuzaka also had great years but Lee's was better.

NL CY YOUNG: Tim Lincecum - San Francisco Giants

Lincecum certainly lived up to the hype in his second year with the Giants. He finished the year 18-5 with a 2.62 ERA. That's good for 2nd in Wins & 2nd in ERA. He also lead the NL in Strikeouts (265) and Winning Percentage (.783.) He was 3rd in innings pitched (227.)

The New York Met's Johan Santana is the runner up. He lead the league in ERA at 2.53 and innings pitched (234.) He finished second in Strikeouts (206.) Arizona's Brandon Webb did lead the NL in Wins (22-7) but his other numbers are not as impressive (10th in ERA at 3.30) and I think Wins are a very ineffective statistic for judging a pitcher's performance.

AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Evan Longeria, 3B - Tampa Bay Rays

Longoria was a big part of why the Rays made it to the playoffs for the first time. He hit .272 with 27 home runs and 85 RBI. He lead all AL rookies in HR, RBI, OBP, SLG, & OPS.

NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Geovany Soto, C - Chicago Cubs

The Cincinatti Red's rookie 1B Joey Votto lead all NL rookies in BA (.297), OBP (.368), SLG (.506), H (156), HR (24), & OPS (.874.) He finished second in RBI with 84 to Soto's 86.

From the offensive numbers it looks like Votto should be the pick but Soto's offensive numbers are really just barely behind Votto's (OPS .874 to .868 & HR 24 to 23) and because Soto is a catcher and was a big part of the Cubs great season, I think he has to be choice. A good offensive player at the catcher position is a big deal, another good hitting first baseman? Not as much.

Labels: Albert Pujols, Cliff Lee, Evan Longeria, Geovany Soto, Kevin Youkilis, Tim Lincecum

Here at bigshow baseball, we are adults who would never make fun of the city of New York and their hilarious baseball teams.

OH SNAP, I just did.

Enjoy the 4 more years guy who traded Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore, and Brandon Phillips for like 3 weeks of Bartolo Colon.

P.S.: The Onion

Shine on you crazy diamonds.

Labels: IHateU, My team missed the postseason and I'm being a little bitch

MLB Trade Rumors

Holy shit.

Today, McGwire says, he works out twice a day and still weighs 245 pounds. "I can still hit, if somebody wants me," he said. "Now, wouldn’t that be a shocker?"

WHAT?

Labels: Holy Shit Balls, IHateU, Mark McGwire

I've already done 3rd base, shortstop, and 2nd base, now it's time for 1st. Unlike the positions I've done already, first basemen are generally among the best hitters on a team. Because of that the worst hitting Hall of Fame first baseman is likely a much better hitter than the worst hitting Hall of Famers at the other infield positions.

That theory is proven to be true by looking at the numbers among Hall of Fame first basemen. Of all of the eligible players, only one has an OPS+ below 122: George Kelly at 109.

George Kelly is the winner of this "prize." He is the worst hitting first baseman in the Hall of Fame. Unsurprisingly he played the majority of his career in New York (I've noticed that many of the substandard Hall of Famers played in New York and clearly benefited from a NYC bias.)

Kelly's career ran from 1915 to 1930 with most of those seasons being with the New York Giants. His best season was 1924 when he hit .324 with 21 home runs (142 OPS+) He finished that season 7th in OPS, 6th in SLG, and 4th in Home Runs.

Kelly did actually lead the league in home runs in 1921 with 23 home runs. That year Babe Ruth lead the American League with 59 home runs.

Kelly's career numbers:

1622 Games
1778 Hits
337 Doubles
76 Triples
148 Home Runs
.297 Batting Average
.342 On Base Percentage
.452 Slugging Percentage
109 OPS+

It's clear from Kelly's numbers that he was an above average hitter for his era, an all star level first baseman. But it's also clear that he's not really a Hall of Fame caliber player. He was boosted to the level of Hall of Famer by the fact that he played for a successful New York Giants team (he won 2 World Series in 4 WS appearances.)

If you look at his 10 most similar batters (according to Baseball Reference) none of them are in the Hall of fame.

Labels: George Kelly, Hall Of Fame

Albert Pujols is putting up some great numbers this year (even better than he normally does.) He's leading the NL in OPS by a pretty wide margin (1.100 to Lance Berkman's second place 1.025), he's right behind Chipper Jones in batting average (.357 to .356) and leading the NL in both OBP (.466) & SLG (.634)

The only problem is that the Cardinals are long shot to make the playoffs (4.5 games out of the wild card slot) but regardless of that (I don't believe in penalizing players for being on not so great teams), Pujols would definitely have my vote.

I'm a little slow getting to 2nd base. So far Brooks Robinson is the worst hitting Hall of Fame 3rd baseman and Rabbit Maranville is the worst hitting Hall of Fame Shortstop.

The worst hitting Hall of Famer at 2nd base? This one is pretty easy: Bill Mazeroski.

Mazeroski played his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1956 to 1972. Check out these career hitting stats: .260 batting average, .299 on base percentage, .367 slugging percentage. All of those numbers are pretty poor but it's the .299 OBP that's particularly awful. All of that adds up to an 84 OPS+. His career high OPS+ was in 1958 when it was 98. In other words even at his peak, he was still a below average hitter.

Mazeroski did hit .323 in the playoffs during his career (10 hits, 31 at bats.) "Clutch" or merely small sample size? I'm leaning towards small sample size.

Mazeroski is obviously in the Hall for his glove and not his bat. He won 8 Gold Gloves during his career.

Labels: Bill Mazeroski, Hall Of Fame