I believe the only reason people thought Penney was decent was because of his LA stats. Playing in a pitcher friendly park made him look better than he really is/was. Big park, thick air...

Yeah wtf haha, that's not the reason I said that. It's because of Wadding's fat ass.

What players do you guys think were (so far) the biggest surprise as a bust or as a gem this year?

Zach Greinkie (gem)
Ben Zobrist (gem)
John Smoltz (Bust, but could rebound now that he's back in the NL)
Bobby Abreu (gem)

Considering all the crap they went through in the offseason, Abreu and Dunn have both been huge this year.

Aaron Hill's been a nice surprise too.

Also I don't think anyone had Mark Reynolds on pace to hit 50 homers this year

Mark Reynolds...I mean I wasnt TOTALLY surprised, but he is a fucking monster right now.

fuck you Supreme.

Russell Branyan has been a gem.

and I doubt anyone on the planet expected Brandon Webb to make just one start. Epic bust.

Reyes was a bust. Quentin, and Lidge also. Oh and Millege. Wonder if Millege will ever doanything?

Vernon Wells, epic bust.

Lastings Milledge has been such a huge bust even Peter North is impressed.

Who pissed off Youk today?

:shifty:

Ol' Burnett got a bad case of Fenway Fright today.

I hope he wasn't panicking out there...

lol Fenway Fright. what

Fenway Fright, any move by the Red Sox = panic, this dude is gold

Clint Barmes has been a positive surprise this year

Tim Lincecum vs Ubaldo Jimenez could be a really good pitching matchup today if anyone cares...which they don't

Tommy Hanson has looked superb. Don't think he'll get ROTY but I think he is very deserving.

Gems
Kung Fu Panda, Pablo Sandoval, has been a huge gem for the Giants.
J.A. Happ
Ben Zobrist
Aaron Hill
Russell Branyan

Busts
John Smoltz
Geo Soto
J.J. Hardy

Jason Giambi signs with the Rox. One last chance for him, I guess.

I will be spending the rest of my day trying to figure that signing out

upon further review the aforementioned signing makes sense

lol a 4 game sweep would be badass.

the Cubs are pretty brtl

Yeah, for real. It'd be nice for LA to go on a tear here this last month

ROFFFFLLLLLLL @ Manny in the field today. Fucking hilarious.

<font color=goldenrod>Logged on today to see the Mets lost with the game ending on an unassisted triple play. Fucking ridiculous.

And right underneath that is an article saying Omar is 100% back next year. I figured they'd write off the year due to injuries and would be unwilling to cut him since they stupidly gave him an extension after last year...was kinda hoping they'd make him more of a co-GM though.</font>

That was a sweet triple play

is anyone watching the umps giving the Cubs everything in this 8th inning? fuck's sake.

So Smoltz strikes out 9 in 5 scoreless innings in his first start for the Cards. :wtf:

Padres = AAAA

We need to stop having Posada catch Burnett

Burnett is great at deflecting.

Red Sox got CC to a high pitch count already but Beckett is giving up bombs, god damn it.

This game could be done in under 4 hours, new record

any tear they go on will be stopped on Tuesday anyway ;)

OutKast's BOB song should stand for Bombs off Beckett

DODGEEEEE SHOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW