Author Topic: The "Former Nat Watch" Thread (2009) (Read 12371 times)

houston-nat · « **Reply #175:** April 24, 2009, 12:49:46 PM »

Wikipedia doesn't say if DeRosa got the degree. Actually I can't find any info on it other than this article which says he planned to:
http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/1996/08/30/Resources/Mark-Derosa.Drafted.By.Braves-2175211.shtml

List of Ivy League MLB players: http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=7110

PANatsFan · « **Reply #176:** April 24, 2009, 12:50:55 PM »

Quote from: houston-nat on April 24, 2009, 12:49:46 PM

Wikipedia doesn't say if DeRosa got the degree. Actually I can't find any info on it other than this article which says he planned to:
http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/1996/08/30/Resources/Mark-Derosa.Drafted.By.Braves-2175211.shtml

List of Ivy League MLB players: http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=7110

houston-nat, you of all people should know that Ivy League != smart, and smart != Ivy League

houston-nat · « **Reply #177:** April 24, 2009, 02:28:47 PM »

Quote from: PANatsFan on April 24, 2009, 12:50:55 PM

houston-nat, you of all people should know that Ivy League != smart, and smart != Ivy League

Hey, we always have Lance Berkman, Jose Cruz jr, and *cough* Philip Humber...

blue911 · « **Reply #178:** April 24, 2009, 02:34:16 PM »

Quote from: houston-nat on April 24, 2009, 02:28:47 PM

Hey, we always have Lance Berkman, Jose Cruz jr, and *cough* Philip Humber...

Alberto Gonzalez went there.

houston-nat · « **Reply #179:** April 24, 2009, 02:37:17 PM »

Quote from: blue911 on April 24, 2009, 02:34:16 PM

Alberto Gonzalez went there.

Don't remind us.

blue911 · « **Reply #180:** April 24, 2009, 02:42:41 PM »

Quote from: houston-nat on April 24, 2009, 02:37:17 PM

Don't remind us.

I was trying to remember who the local athlete was that went to Rice. So I looked it up and stumbled across Alberto. Anyway, Harold Soloman went to Rice and he was a pretty good tennis player.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #181:** April 25, 2009, 10:48:29 PM »

Shawn Hill leaves his start tonight after only 2 innings..

2 IP 5 H 3 R 3 ER 1 BB 1 K.

PC · « **Reply #182:** April 25, 2009, 11:03:53 PM »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on April 25, 2009, 10:48:29 PM

Shawn Hill leaves his start tonight after only 2 innings..

...with "soreness in the right bicep", the Pirates announcers just said.

natsdad · « **Reply #183:** April 25, 2009, 11:28:22 PM »

Hill leaves after two innings against Pirates
In his start against the Pirates, Shawn Hill left after two innings because of soreness in his right biceps. He allowed three runs on five hits while walking one and striking out one.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #184:** April 25, 2009, 11:31:15 PM »

He's no longer a National.

http://www.wnff.net/index.php/topic,7428.0.html

ronnynat · « **Reply #185:** April 25, 2009, 11:56:23 PM »

Shawn Hill being Shawn Hill. Sucks, but he should probably just retire.

hammondsnats · « **Reply #186:** April 25, 2009, 11:59:13 PM »

i said this a while ago, we/Padres should've converted him to a reliever. Less stress on the arm. He'll be back.

MrMadison · « **Reply #187:** April 26, 2009, 12:30:00 AM »

was just coming to post about this.

Ali the Baseball Cat · « **Reply #188:** April 26, 2009, 12:31:09 AM »

I sincerely wish him well, but some of these guys have had more tendon and ligament repairs than my car has had oil filters.

soxfan59 · « **Reply #189:** April 26, 2009, 12:32:18 PM »

Jerry Owens, the poorest excuse for a major league ball player in recent memory on the south side of Chicago, started for the White Sox in centerfield last night. He looked clueless at the plate, made several poor fielding choices early in the game, but made one spectacular catch.

Owens was all but handed the starting cf and leadoff job for the White Sox at the start of spring training, squandered away any hope of making the roster by having such a piss poor spring, was put on waivers because he was out of options, and then, when every other major league team took a pass on him, was sent to AAA Charlotte because he had no place else to go. He is back with the White Sox because of an injury to Dwayne Wise, and the Sox have little to nothing else to use as a back up outfielder in their system who is major league ready. Its both sad and ironic.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #190:** April 26, 2009, 12:39:31 PM »

I like Brian Anderson. What about calling up Beckham and moving Alexei to CF? Has Podsednik started to play in the minors?

JMUalumni · « **Reply #191:** April 26, 2009, 12:48:01 PM »

Quote from: hammondsnats on April 25, 2009, 11:59:13 PM

i said this a while ago, we/Padres should've converted him to a reliever. Less stress on the arm. He'll be back.

He is done, that arm is cooked. I don't think it has much to do with the workload with him, more with the fact that his body is just rejecting pitching (the motion and movements of doing it). I feel bad for him, but Ronny is right, it is about time to retire.

blue911 · « **Reply #192:** April 26, 2009, 12:49:05 PM »

Quote from: JMUalumni on April 26, 2009, 12:48:01 PM

He is done, that arm is cooked. I don't think it has much to do with the workload with him, more with the fact that his body is just rejecting pitching (the motion and movements of doing it). I feel bad for him, but Ronny is right, it is about time to retire.

Maybe we could transplant his brain into Bergmann.

JMUalumni · « **Reply #193:** April 26, 2009, 12:53:18 PM »

Quote from: blue911 on April 26, 2009, 12:49:05 PM

Maybe we could transplant his brain into Bergmann.

You think Dr. Frankensteen makes house calls?

Obed_Marsh · « **Reply #194:** April 26, 2009, 01:02:57 PM »

Quote from: soxfan59 on April 26, 2009, 12:32:18 PM

Jerry Owens, the poorest excuse for a major league ball player in recent memory on the south side of Chicago, started for the White Sox in centerfield last night. He looked clueless at the plate, made several poor fielding choices early in the game, but made one spectacular catch.

...

He is back with the White Sox because of an injury to Dwayne Wise, and the Sox have little to nothing else to use as a back up outfielder in their system who is major league ready. Its both sad and ironic.

Sounds like you need Austin Kearns to ride in for the rescue on a pale horse.

MrMadison · « **Reply #195:** April 28, 2009, 01:19:38 PM »

so Hill is back on the DL again.

:notld batsignal:

Nat of the Living Dead · « **Reply #196:** April 28, 2009, 01:24:05 PM »

Quote from: MrMadison on April 28, 2009, 01:19:38 PM

so Hill is back on the DL again.

:notld batsignal:

I am here, Citizens of Gotham...

http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/624826

Yeah, who really didn't see this coming?

*cough**cough**TOM**cough**cough**EVERYONE WHO WANTED HIM BACK AFTER ONE GAME**cough**cough**

Jesus, I need to get me some Vernor's Ginger Soda.

The Chief · « **Reply #197:** April 28, 2009, 03:20:05 PM »

All the Hill-haters need to quit swinging from their own balls. Yeah we all knew Hill was going to end up on the DL, but for what they paid for him, would you rather have inferior results out of Cabrera (who we are still stuck with?)

We could have gotten 2-3 good starts out of Hill, DLed him, and then replaced him with who the hell ever. Still better than D-Crab, at least in most of your opinions (Hill haters are by and large Cabrera haters)

I don't really give a flying freak one way or the other, but some of you guys are way too high on yourselves.

Nat of the Living Dead · « **Reply #198:** April 28, 2009, 04:52:18 PM »

Quote from: The Chief on April 28, 2009, 03:20:05 PM

All the Hill-haters need to quit swinging from their own balls. Yeah we all knew Hill was going to end up on the DL, but for what they paid for him, would you rather have inferior results out of Cabrera (who we are still stuck with?)

We could have gotten 2-3 good starts out of Hill, DLed him, and then replaced him with who the hell ever. Still better than D-Crab, at least in most of your opinions (Hill haters are by and large Cabrera haters)

I don't really give a flying freak one way or the other, but some of you guys are way too high on yourselves.

So you admit: you were wrong.

JMUalumni · « **Reply #199:** April 28, 2009, 04:57:24 PM »

Quote from: The Chief on April 28, 2009, 03:20:05 PM

All the Hill-haters need to quit swinging from their own balls. Yeah we all knew Hill was going to end up on the DL, but for what they paid for him, would you rather have inferior results out of Cabrera (who we are still stuck with?)

We could have gotten 2-3 good starts out of Hill, DLed him, and then replaced him with who the hell ever. Still better than D-Crab, at least in most of your opinions (Hill haters are by and large Cabrera haters)

It wouldn't have mattered either way. Hill lasted only 5.0 innings in his first two starts and then 2.1 innings in his third b/c of the injury. That means we would have still had to have had to rely on our bullpen for 4+ innings, that is if Hill even made it that far with our defense. Hill even had 6+ days of rest between each of his starts, a luxury he wouldn't have had with our 4 man rotation.

I'm not saying D-Crab is better, just that having Hill in the rotation for 3 games and then DL'ing him wouldn't have changed anything.