What’s the point? Keep throwing him out there so that he can get his 600th save? Of all the arcane, useless baseball statistics, saves may be the biggest farce of them all.
Milwaukee lost its eighth in a row—its worst slump since 2006—because of some big problems with its bullpen. Hoffman came on with a 4-2 lead and failed to retire any of the five batters he faced, walking off the field with a blank expression after Votto’s single on his 14th pitch.
The 42-year-old closer has blown half of his 10 save chances. He has a record 596 saves, but his trademark fastball-change combination—so effective for so many years—seems to have lost its bite.
Hoffman has given up 19 earned runs and 21 hits in only 13 innings this season.
If I’m a Milwaukee fan, I’m furious, because it’s pretty clear that the organization is putting Hoffman’s personal goals ahead of its own. I mean, why else would they keep trotting the human tee out there to get absolutely lit up every other day? I have nothing against Hoffman – I think he’s had a great career – but a changeup isn’t effective if it’s the same speed as your fastball. Hoffman is 42 and it’s probably time to hang ‘em up, but the Brewers pen is so atrocious that he may not even be the worst possible option.
The question is: will Hoffman get 600 saves? I honestly don’t know that he will.
We joke around and make fun of a lot of athletes and sporting events here on Unathletic, but this is a pretty serious matter. Manute Bol has been hospitalized in Northern Virginia with kidney failure and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome last week. I don’t think it’s a big deal because Manute was a former NBA player or because he’s freakishly tall; it’s a big deal because Manute is a true humanitarian and has devoted a good part of his life to helping the needy in his home country of Sudan. He’s a great guy, and here’s to hoping he makes a recovery.
I don’t really find girls beating the shit out of each other to be sexy. There may, however, be a special circumstance if one of the following girls were to beat the shit out of me I may be turned on. I guess we’ll have to wait to find out….
Honestly I don’t understand how leagues like the AFL stay in business. This isn’t a knock on these guys by any means. I mean most of these guys are tremendous athletes and some even make it to the pros but I just don’t understand how they make enough money to stay alive.
It’s kind of like any semi pro league. Sure I can appreciate the minor leagues in baseball and even the NBDL but as a fan I don’t think I’d ever attend one of these games. I’m glad there are people out there not like me though because these leagues do stay in business.
One contributing factor has got to be the increasing attractiveness of the cheerleaders. Take some of these AFL girls for example….
I don’t think LeBron’s lawyer is very familiar with the type of athletes that play professional sports.
LeBron James’ attorney has fired off a cease and desist email — finally denying the fast-spreading, and disturbing rumor of a sex scandal involving LeBron’s mom and his teammate Delonte West.
TMZ obtained a copy of the email sent to terezowens.com — the sports blog that first reported on Friday that LeBron’s mother Gloria was allegedly sleeping with Delonte. In the email, Frederick Nance — attorney for LeBron and Gloria — says the report is “categorically false and per se defamatory.” Nance adds, “No thinking person could possibly believe such rubbish.”
Oh, really, Mr. Nance? No thinking could possibly believe that an NBA player is sleeping with his teammate’s mom? Right, because that’s just sooo out there in the world of professional sports. How many athletes have fathered more illegitimate kids than they can count with numerous mothers? How many athletes have taken estrogen pills to gain a competitive advantage? How many athletes have broken into apartments and shit in laundry baskets? How many athletes have committed double murder only to get away with it and then find themselves in jail for a different crime years later? How many athletes have tried to set lawn workers on fire for swimming in a pool without permission? How many athletes shot limo drivers and then covered the whole thing up?
Yeah, a player sleeping with a teammates’ mom is beyond belief. Silly.
[TMZ]
It’s quite evident that Beach Soccer players can’t fight. Especially, after watching that one Argentinian make a run at some guy and gayly fall in the net. So they resorted to throwing chairs, oh boy…. Sorry for wasting a minute of your day!!
Because it’s so easy to get caught up in what the rest of the crowd is doing, it’s nice to see that some people can form their own opinions.
South Florida immigrant rights activists rallied at Sun Life Stadium, holding up protest signs prior to the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Florida Marlins.
More than 50 protesters gathered at the stadium at 5 p.m., waving signs and chanting slogans as spectators drove into the parking lot.
“No to racism!” the protesters screamed. “No to discrimination.”
Their signs read “Strike Out SB1070” on one side and “Go Marlins” on the other.
SB1070 refers to the legislative number of the Arizona law.
One demonstrator in favor of the Arizona law, Mark Kleiman, of Hollywood, also held a sign reading “Go Marlins” and “Protect the Border.”
I’m sure most of you think that Keliman is a horrible, xenophobic racist who should be hanged for supporting a law that many argue discriminates against Latinos. But maybe Kleiman – and I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say he’s a Jewish doctor or lawyer – doesn’t want Juan and Jose jumping the border and giving his daughters the girth and excitement that Avi and Barry can’t compete with. And so if that means that some Spanish guy in Arizona has to show a cop his papers so that Jessica and Rachel Kleiman never get violated by a goy, well, I don’t know how you don’t get behind that. Kudos to Mr. Kleiman for putting his own priorities first at the expense of what the rest of the world deems “important.”
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Perhaps the Lakers are now fully awake and ready to take home another title. I know it’s only one game, but we’ve been waiting for a month now. The Suns could be in deep doo-doo.
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