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Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Could this be the End for Ransom?

Anthony Claggett is on his way to Toronto, suposedly because Mitre is pitching and if - no matter how unlikely this may seem - he sucks tonight, Claggett can suck up the innings and the 'pen will be saved for the Boston series. It's kind of a no brainer.

That said, the obvious move here is to DFA Cody "Holding 'Em For" Ransom (please?).

PeteAbe speculates that after the game Claggett could be replaced by Ramiro Pena. While Pena is certainly an upgrade over the useless Ransom, the team does *not* need another infielder, as we've discussed before. I'd much rather see Shelley Duncan come back as an OF/bench power guy who can start against lefties. He's been killing the ball all year. Unfortunately the Yankees have screwed with the timetable, because since they sent Duncan down to keep Ransom (!) the other day, unless they put a player on the DL he has to spend 10 days with Scranton before he's eligible for recall.

Labels: anthony claggett, cody ransom sucks my balls, peteabe, roster moves, sergio mitre, shelley duncan

posted by Mr. Faded Glory @ 11:25 AM 1 comments

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Stacking the Lefties Against Sabathia

What is Torre thinking? Matsui DH'ing against Sabathia, who destroys lefthanders? Why is Shelley Duncan even on this roster?

Labels: alds, can, roster moves, shelley duncan, torre is dumb

posted by Mr. Faded Glory @ 12:41 PM 5 comments

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Separated at Birth (Autograph Edition, Part 2)

Labels: separated at birth, shelley duncan

posted by Mr. Faded Glory @ 11:58 AM 1 comments

Monday, September 17, 2007

Yankees' Pitcher Shelley Duncan

It's too bad we don't all live in Cowherd-world. If we did, we could all just do zero research for our jobs, show up and not even read the information we were handed and then start going off on tangents about it.

Case in point: this morning, Cowherd was talking about this story, which of course the Boston media will blow out of proportion, because that's what they do.

It was fairly obvious that Cowherd was reading from time to time, and attempted to be a big expert on this Shelley Duncan character. Of course, he called him a Yankee pitcher. Twice.

Upon further reading, he had the amazing realization that Duncan is the son of Cardinals' pitching coach Dave Duncan, and presented that as if it were breaking news.

Finally he was reading the end of the story, and I'll give it to you word for word. You can tell the exact moment that Cowherd realizes he's a fool. Of course immediately after, he just changes the subject:

"Duncan has become a fan favorite in the Bronx after hitting... what does that say?.... Duncan has become a fan favorite in the Bronx.

BTW, here's the article Cowherd was reading.

Duncan, son of St. Louis Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan, has become a fan favorite in the Bronx for hitting mammoth home runs since he was called up from the minors in July.

Nice job, dipshit.

Labels: colin cowherd, douchebag, espn, shelley duncan

posted by Mr. Faded Glory @ 9:57 AM 0 comments