Outfield Assist

Random Baseball (and other) Thoughts from a PA Mets Fan

So THAT’S what a bullpen looks like…

April 7, 2009

…3 1/2 hitless innings, backing up Mr. Ace.

It’s been so long, I had forgotten what it’s like to have a lead in the fifth and keep it for the duration…

Hey, CC…

April 7, 2009

…nice performance yesterday.  You really earned that $161 million, didn’t you?

I find it incredibly amusing that a man who isn’t even half the pitcher (unless you’re counting the girth on his fat ass) Johan is has passed him for largest overall contract for a pitcher.

Have a nice six years, CC.

Outfield’s thoughts on new Yankee Stadium…

April 4, 2009

…the damn thing looks identical to the old one, except for the outfield configuration (the jumbo video boards and exterior walls behind the bleachers look different, but that’s about it).

Two questions come to mind…

1)  What the hell is the point if the new place looks exactly like the old one?

2)  How the hell did this thing cost over a BILLION dollars?

yourway transport sponsors another conference

March 30, 2009

two weeks ago, i remarked here about yourway transport sponsoring the midwest clinical supplies group annual conference.  today, i noticed that this great company has decided to throw its sponsorship behind another valuable industry gathering, this one overseas.

it has been announced that they will act as a sponsor for SMi’s 3rd Annual Clinical Trials Logistics conference, May 20-21, 2009 at the Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, United Kingdom.  if you’d like more information, please check out this yourway transport press release.

as i have previously mentioned - with all the great things coming from this company lately, it won’t be long before they are a household name…if they’re not one already.

more great things coming from yourway transport

March 20, 2009

whenever you’re transporting pharmecutical supplies across the country, you need a good company to do so.  founded in 1997, yourway transport is quickly becoming the company of choice for people in need!

this year, it has been announced that they are sponsoring the midwest clinical supplies group annual conference - april 26-29, in phoenix, arizona.  representatives from pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and clinical research companies will be on hand for the conference, which provides the most affordable educational programming specifically designed for the Clinical Supply professional.

if you’d like to read more about why yourway transport is quickly becoming a household name in the transportation industry, you can view the complete yourway transport press release.

yourway transport

February 27, 2009

Seems this great company was just recognized as a minority business enterprise.

It’s great to see companies like yourway transport doing great things for minorities and women.  It’s about time, and hopefully more companies will follow suit.

To read the full story, check out this yourway transport press release.

Why the Mets CAN win in October…

September 23, 2008
…IF (and yes, that’s a BIG IF right now) they get there - they can go with a three man rotation.

Wed-Thur-Sat-Sun-Tues is the first round schedule, for both NLDS. Whoever goes Wednesday can come back Sunday in Game 4, on short rest…but the guy that pitches game 2 can go on normal rest in Game 5.

In other words, if they go with Santana on short rest Saturday and it works, and they make it in - they can have Santana pitching two games in a five game series (both on normal rest if he pitches Game 2), and Pelfrey/Ollie splitting the other three. I’ll take my chances with that formula…

Now, with that being said…****ING GET TO THE PLAYOFFS, DAMNIT!

Hey, Chase - GO F*CK YOURSELF!

July 15, 2008

There were kids watching this, dumbass.

Besides, WTF did you expect? The game is in NYC…did you think there would not be Mets fans in attendance?

Idiot.

MLB Umpires Don’t Know the Rules

July 8, 2008

From the Yahoo! Sports recap of last night’s game…

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=280707122

Howard hit a two-run homer to right in the seventh off Tony Armas, which was initially called a ground-rule double because a fan reached over the right-field wall and touched the ball. The four umpires convened and ruled the ball would have left the park had the fan not interfered. Television replays were inconclusive.

Two things…

1) Were they watching the same replays I was? INCONCLUSIVE? The guy was leaning a good 2-3 feet over the fence when the ball hit his arms…you could tell by the way when he dropped his arms they were CLEARLY in front of the railing.

How the hell is that inconclusive?

2) That being said - how the hell does it matter whether the ball would’ve been a HR or not if the fan interfered? Once the fan touched the ball, and was over the wall (which he clearly was), the ball is dead…

Rule 2.00, INTERFERENCE, (d):

(d) Spectator interference occurs when a spectator reaches out of the stands, or goes on the playing field, and touches a live ball.

On any interference the ball is dead.

IF that explanation by the umpires is accurate, it seems to me this would’ve been a case where the Mets should have protested the game at that point, and it could have been one of the rare cases where you see a protest upheld. This is CLEARLY a misinterpretation of the rules (the only reason a game can be protested is in the case of an umpire misinterpreting the rules), if that is in fact the logic they used.

In the end, it’s nice to see that the umpires don’t know the rules.

This is the funniest thing I have ever seen…

June 30, 2008