Who's been paying attention to the MLB trade deadline.

[wvjules]

Are you an O's fan? I am not sure how I feel about the moves we made. I also like the Nats and am not sure if I like the Papelbon trade. Only time will tell.

Yep I'm an Os fan. I am ok with this trade. We need a good outfielder and it sounds like he's a good one. Could be a better bat but he's having a great season.

I was really surprised to see Tommy "homerun" Hunter traded today. He's been better. Not sure the player we got in return was worth it though.

 

[tvguy]

Do you miss Donaldson? We sure don't miss Lawrie.

Interesting comment. I thought Lawrie was popular in Toronto. I just pulled up the Toronto Star article on the trade which they called "the shocking trade of fan favorite Brett Lawrie"
Actually, I am an A's fan, and I can relate. Josh Donaldson could play, but he wasn't my favorite. Watched him play a lot of games with the A's Triple A team the River Cats, when he was still a catcher. He just seemed odd to me.

 

[low-key]

When I was a kid I ate , sleep and drank Baseball, now I cant stand it, dont know any players, but oddly enough come trade deadline I kind of listen with one ear, old habits die hard

 

[MickeySP]

what happened to boston this year, they spent a lot of money during the offseason and it did not work

One word - CHERINGTON

 

[bsblady01]

One word - CHERINGTON

what ever happened to no more big contracts

 

[SkaGoat]

Interesting comment. I thought Lawrie was popular in Toronto. I just pulled up the Toronto Star article on the trade which they called "the shocking trade of fan favorite Brett Lawrie"
Actually, I am an A's fan, and I can relate. Josh Donaldson could play, but he wasn't my favorite. Watched him play a lot of games with the A's Triple A team the River Cats, when he was still a catcher. He just seemed odd to me.

The casual fan, and the young ladies loved Lawrie, he's also Canadian, and that helps on Canada's only MLB team. But the more serious fans prefer Donaldson by a country mile.
Lawrie played ok in Toronto, but he was hurt a lot, and he played, almost wrecklessly while in Toronto. Just from what I've seen so far this year, he's matured a lot since last year.
But Donaldson has brought a professionalism, and confidence that Toronto needed. He also doesn't do the bone headed things Lawrie did like throw his helmet at umpires, or dive into the camera pit at Yankee Stadium.

Donaldson hit a walk off double tonight to beat the Royals.

Toronto sure has a murderers row now, Tulowitzki, Donaldson, Bautista, Encarnacion, Martin.

 

[tvguy]

The casual fan, and the young ladies loved Lawrie, he's also Canadian, and that helps on Canada's only MLB team. But the more serious fans prefer Donaldson by a country mile.
Lawrie played ok in Toronto, but he was hurt a lot, and he played, almost wrecklessly while in Toronto. Just from what I've seen so far this year, he's matured a lot since last year.
But Donaldson has brought a professionalism, and confidence that Toronto needed. He also doesn't do the bone headed things Lawrie did like throw his helmet at umpires, or dive into the camera pit at Yankee Stadium.

Donaldson hit a walk off double tonight to beat the Royals.

Toronto sure has a murderers row now, Tulowitzki, Donaldson, Bautista, Encarnacion, Martin.

Just remember, Donaldson lead the Majors last year in errors.

 

[SkaGoat]

Just remember, Donaldson lead the Majors last year in errors.

So far a lot of those errors come because he gets to balls other fielders don't, but he does have a tendency to throw the ball away. But his bat more than makes up for any of his defensive liabilities.

 

[declansdad]

The casual fan, and the young ladies loved Lawrie, he's also Canadian, and that helps on Canada's only MLB team. But the more serious fans prefer Donaldson by a country mile.
Lawrie played ok in Toronto, but he was hurt a lot, and he played, almost wrecklessly while in Toronto. Just from what I've seen so far this year, he's matured a lot since last year.
But Donaldson has brought a professionalism, and confidence that Toronto needed. He also doesn't do the bone headed things Lawrie did like throw his helmet at umpires, or dive into the camera pit at Yankee Stadium.

Donaldson hit a walk off double tonight to beat the Royals.

Toronto sure has a murderers row now, Tulowitzki, Donaldson, Bautista, Encarnacion, Martin.

No Donaldson dives into everything but the camera pit.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

When did the term walk off for anything other than a Home run creep into the Lexicon? What's next? Giving walk offs for hit by pitcher with the bases loaded? Oh did you see that? He leaned in with such skill for that walk off!!!

 

[SkaGoat]

When did the term walk off for anything other than a Home run creep into the Lexicon? What's next? Giving walk offs for hit by pitcher with the bases loaded? Oh did you see that? He leaned in with such skill for that walk off!!!

What's the difference between a walk off home run, and a walk off double (beside the obvious)?

 

[bcla]

When did the term walk off for anything other than a Home run creep into the Lexicon? What's next? Giving walk offs for hit by pitcher with the bases loaded? Oh did you see that? He leaned in with such skill for that walk off!!!

Been pretty common. The origin was when Kirk Gibson hit a home run off of Dennis Eckersley, and Eck sat in the press conference and answered every question. He called it a "walk off piece", although "piece" was his terminology for a home run that barely clears the fence. He originally meant it a loss that causes the pitcher to "walk off the mound alone and in shame" as the other team celebrates together.

I remember a "walk off drop" as a pitcher angry about balls and strikes calls just stabbed at a return throw from the catcher and missed it. There was a runner on third, and he alertly took off and scored the winning run. There were T-shirts made to commemorate the "walk off drop".

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Been pretty common. The origin was when Kirk Gibson hit a home run off of Dennis Eckersley, and Eck sat in the press conference and answered every question. He called it a "walk off piece", although "piece" was his terminology for a home run that barely clears the fence. He originally meant it a loss that causes the pitcher to "walk off the mound alone and in shame" as the other team celebrates together.
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Does the pitcher hang his head in shame over a "walk off" error by the second baseman? A "Walk off" passed ball? The only thing that a pitcher usually hangs his head over is a home run. It should be reserved for that. We even had a triple play by the defense called a "Walk off" and the pitcher was one of the ones celebrating, not hanging his head. What's next? Oh, look at that walk off ground out?

 

[SkaGoat]

I would say that's a textbook "Walk Off Look", and it's a walk off single.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

I don't see him hanging his head in shame.

 

[bcla]

Does the pitcher hang his head in shame over a "walk off" error by the second baseman? A "Walk off" passed ball? The only thing that a pitcher usually hangs his head over is a home run. It should be reserved for that. We even had a triple play by the defense called a "Walk off" and the pitcher was one of the ones celebrating, not hanging his head. What's next? Oh, look at that walk off ground out?

I'm just saying that's where the phrase "walk off" originated. And I've seen enough game winning situations to know that the pitcher can look pretty devastated if that comes as a result of a home run, a single, or even a bases-loaded walk.

Here's an explanation:

http://legendsrevealed.com/sports/2...endary-walk-off-home-run-in-the-world-series/

The first use of the term “walk-off” occurred on July 30, 1988, in the Gannett News Service: ”In Dennis Eckersley’s colorful vocabulary, a walkoff piece is a home run that wins the game and the pitcher walks off the mound.”

What’s fascinating about the original usage, of course, is that Eckersley meant for the word to have a negative connotation, not a positive one. It was not about the celebrating team walking off of the field after winning the game, but rather it was about the losing pitcher having to walk off the field knowing that he just blew the game.

Less than three months later, though, the word that Eckersley coined was forever associated with a different, euphoric connotation. Now teams walk-off in celebration (in addition, the term itself has been bastardized a bit from the original meaning which was strictly referring to game-winning home runs and is now used to describe ANY game-winning hit that ends a game).​

 

[minniecarousel]

Oh, that Eckersley loss was painful. I've hated Kirk Gibson ever since!

It's not easy being an A's fan these days. It's hard to see "the vision" when we've paid for tickets through the end of the season. It's kind of "screw you, we don't care about this season. We got your money, just suck it up"!

 

[Missy1961]

I don't care if it's a walk-off homer or a walk-off error, as long as my team wins.

 

[j's m]

I'm a Phillies fan. Sad I know. The only news I want to hear is that the Phillies got rid of Amaro. I don't think we have a chance of coming close to a winning season any time soon.

My DH said he was the only one we should have traded!

 

[tazdev3225]

My DH said he was the only one we should have traded!

Rumors are he is gone at the end of the season. I hope so. He destroyed the Phillies while he has been here.