Hey M's... Tuglett tearing up AAA

Weee just what we need

another gritty, light-hitting utility infielder.

by BrianL on Jul 7, 2008 8:09 AM PDT reply actions

He's slugging almost .500 in AAA.

Probably not sustainable, but definitely better than I thought he’d do.

I reject your reality and substitute my own!

Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Jul 7, 2008 8:35 AM PDT up reply actions

He's on quite the hot tear this past month

I wouldn’t get too excited, though. The average PCL OPS is in the 770s. And Tuglett’s always been a AAAA-type.

by Gomez on Jul 7, 2008 8:36 AM PDT reply actions

But would anyone be against having him over Vidro, Sexson, Cario, and Willie?

Doubtful.

by SethGrandpa on Jul 7, 2008 9:54 AM PDT up reply actions

He at least has a useful glove

I’m not saying he wouldn’t be useful… just not to expect that he’d hit similarly well in MLB.

by Gomez on Jul 7, 2008 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions

If he can't get 3B down, then perhaps

I think they give him every chance to show he can be a 3B until someone below him forces their hand coughtriunfelcoughmanginicough

by Gomez on Jul 7, 2008 10:18 AM PDT up reply actions

I can't believe Triunfel is younger than me.

It makes me feel so incredibly inadequate.

by BrianL on Jul 7, 2008 10:30 AM PDT up reply actions

At least you aren't the same age as

Tiger and A-Rod….. that was a tough time to be 20.

by TheEmrys on Jul 7, 2008 10:31 AM PDT up reply actions

How about knowing

that any prospect born the same year as you is probably washed up and done for?

by Gomez on Jul 7, 2008 11:12 AM PDT up reply actions

I'm 22

I believe that is about the same age as Felix and Lebron James.

by LantermanC on Jul 7, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up reply actions

LBJ is 23

by brayden04 on Jul 7, 2008 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions

2 more months, I'm 23.

Close enough.

by LantermanC on Jul 7, 2008 6:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Shuddupppayoface

All this talk about Sexson and Vidro being old and washed-up really hurts. Both are younger than me…

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by PositivePaul on Jul 7, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions

Never, ever follow soccer

It’s pretty ridiculous to hear guys in their late 20s talked about as being over the hill (and it’s actually true!), or hearing about gritty 5-year vets that are 21-22.

I like baseball in small part because of the number of opportunities to watch people who are older than me.

by marc w on Jul 7, 2008 11:08 AM PDT up reply actions

In gymnastics you are over the hill vet by 17.

I think “Women’s” gymnastics is dangerously close to something bad.

by Jed MC on Jul 7, 2008 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions

Fortunately, gymnastics is not a sport.

by Wilder. on Jul 7, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Clearly you have never been a gymnast.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 7, 2008 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions

I knew this would come from someone.

Sorry, but a sport cannot be based on complete subjectiveness. I won’t deny gymnasts are athletes, but the activity itself is not a sport. There is no defined objective to make it a sport.

Hey, want to watch me flip pancakes! It is such a fun sport! You can even judge me on how well I flip them!

by Wilder. on Jul 7, 2008 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions

I think the debate here is athletic endeavors vs sports

I have issues myself with judged competitions. I do like that gymnastics changed their scoring system to better weigh difficulty, but I still think competitions like this need a more firm criteria for scoring that spectators can follow. I actually have similar issues with boxing and MMA (though you see many more decisive KOs in MMA, which somewhat negates the problem).

Equestrian jumping, for example, has a clear scoring system: you get docked points for bumping the hurdles, and you’re timed.

by Gomez on Jul 7, 2008 1:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Equestrian jumping involves horses.

I think that disqualifies it from being a sport, at least of human nature.

by Wilder. on Jul 7, 2008 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Horseracing isn't a sport then either?

And would NASCAR also not count, since the only real difference is that in NASCAR the locomotion is mechanical?

~Till the Halo burns out...

by Zu Long on Jul 7, 2008 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Horseracing is not a sport

I think you’re underestimating the effect of the g-forces on the NASCAR drivers. I’d grudgingly (cause I think it’s boring as hell) call it a sport.

I just think the endurance in NASCAR is probably pretty tough, tougher than anything in Horseracing. Although I don’t know either sport wrong, so a strong argument could sway me.

by brayden04 on Jul 7, 2008 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions

NASCAR is so far away from what a sport should

be that it’s laughable that those two words are even together in this sentence.

by Liebkartoffel on Jul 7, 2008 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions

I am guessing you haven't seen the movie "Cars" yet.

Jl/Robert '08: Promise for a CoachCage tomorrow!

by Fin on Jul 7, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Seeing as how anything remotely connected to, and I shutter to say this,

Larry the Cable Guy, in the name of the Father, &c, is an abomination and should be avoided at all costs—no, I have not seen “Cars.”

by Liebkartoffel on Jul 7, 2008 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions

It was meant to be a joke

Hopefully people read it in that context.

Jl/Robert '08: Promise for a CoachCage tomorrow!

by Fin on Jul 7, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions

I understood it as such.

by Liebkartoffel on Jul 7, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Cars is awesome.

Pixar>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Larry the Cable Guy.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 7, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Brad Bird = Unheralded Genius

See: The Simpsons

by John Morgan on Jul 7, 2008 4:10 PM PDT up reply actions

Exhibit B: the Iron Giant.

by Aaron Campeau on Jul 7, 2008 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions

ESPN front-loading NASCAR highlights onto Sportscenter is such an insult to sports

by Gomez on Jul 7, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions

They wear helmets.

Football: Sport
Basketball: Game

Lacrosse: Sport
Soccer: Game

Hockey: Sport
Tennis: Game

Rugby gets an exemption, as risk of serious concussion automatically receives sport status.

by AnotherAaron on Jul 7, 2008 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions

NASCAR is a sport but

Basketball is not?

BAHAHAHA

by brayden04 on Jul 7, 2008 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions

Clearly, you are not as much of an athlete as Dale Earnhardt, Jr!

by seattlebruin on Jul 7, 2008 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions

I beg to differ

Determined, Jonesing Commentor

by Corco on Jul 7, 2008 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions

It's not a sport.

by BrianL on Jul 7, 2008 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Horse racing falls under the same category as poker.

Gambling

by Wilder. on Jul 7, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Yep. It's considered Class III gaming that is regulated(in this state anyways) by the WSGC.

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Peace Through Power

by Goose on Jul 7, 2008 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions

Horse racing is a sport.

But the athletes are the horses, not the jockeys.

by LantermanC on Jul 7, 2008 6:50 PM PDT up reply actions

No, the horses are slaves.

by Liebkartoffel on Jul 7, 2008 7:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Controlling a large, quasi-domesticated animal takes a lot of effort and coordination

by Gomez on Jul 7, 2008 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions

which is why Cynthia Rodriguez just filed for divorce.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jul 7, 2008 2:44 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs

Will you be here all week?

by seattlebruin on Jul 7, 2008 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions

I will, and you should tip your servers well.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Jul 7, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions

I am confused

Is A-Rod the animal in this case, or Lenny Kravitz?

by Gomez on Jul 7, 2008 2:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Confused definition of sport

I’m not sure where you got the idea that a “sport” needs to be rigorous or have well-defined goals. A sport is something somebody does for fun. People can compete any way they want to, and it doesn’t have any bearing on whether or not a certain activity is a sport.

Fishing is a sport. Hunting is a sport. Heck, even camping is a sport. Yes, gymnastics is a sport.

by HAW on Jul 7, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Something somebody does for fun? Watching TV is a sport?

by Last Fan Of Jose Lopez on Jul 7, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Sports must have competition and require physical skill

Gymnastics is a sport. Golf is a sport. NASCAR is begrudgingly a sport. Competitive fishing is also begrudgingly a sport. Camping is not. Neither is chess. Neither is poker, btw.

by seattlebruin on Jul 7, 2008 4:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Does this mean Drum and Bugle Corps is a sport!?

GOOOOOO CONCORD BLUE DEVILS!

by BrianL on Jul 7, 2008 5:01 PM PDT up reply actions

Begrudgingly

by seattlebruin on Jul 7, 2008 5:04 PM PDT up reply actions

It's a hell of a workout.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 7, 2008 5:20 PM PDT up reply actions

Damn straight it is.

by BrianL on Jul 7, 2008 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions

I always wanted to start an Uno Squad in high school.

by JI on Jul 7, 2008 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions

So...many...remarks...

Holding tongue.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 7, 2008 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions

The closest we ever got was playing Connect Four during the morning announcements.

by JI on Jul 7, 2008 5:56 PM PDT up reply actions

I enjoy this random insight into your life.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 8, 2008 7:04 AM PDT up reply actions

Anything that doesn't involve interference with the competition is not a sport

e.g. running around a racetrack = not sport.

by Graham MacAree on Jul 7, 2008 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions

Their running faster than you is the interference.

by JI on Jul 7, 2008 5:55 PM PDT up reply actions

No it's not

If I wasn’t there they’d do the exact same thing. So calling running a sport is crap.

by Graham MacAree on Jul 7, 2008 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions

They may run slower with on one to race.

by JI on Jul 7, 2008 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions

Semantics

by Graham MacAree on Jul 7, 2008 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions

I agree that it's stupid.

by JI on Jul 7, 2008 6:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Technically, in a race,

the only thing you’re competing against is time.

by Liebkartoffel on Jul 7, 2008 7:41 PM PDT up reply actions

Right, which is why I tend to use the 'interference' principle

so running, darts, golf, gymnastics = competitions, not sports.

I think interference is fundamental to sport; a sport where the concept of defense cannot exist is…something less than a sport.

by marc w on Jul 8, 2008 8:44 AM PDT up reply actions

Did you see the 1500 meter final yesterday?

Ahmed elbowed two or three guys with 500 to go. World records are genereally not set without rabbits/competition. The “interference matters”. Athletics is definitely a sport.

by LantermanC on Jul 7, 2008 6:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Ahahahahaha why the fuck would I watch people running around

by Graham MacAree on Jul 7, 2008 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

The world record for the marathon

is around 4:45 per mile pace. For 26.2 miles. That alone should blow anyone’s mind I think.

by LantermanC on Jul 8, 2008 9:31 AM PDT up reply actions

Sure, it's impressive

But it’s not a sport in any way, shape or form. It’s like doing 10,000 pushups in a row or something equally ludicrous.

by Graham MacAree on Jul 8, 2008 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions

So Bowling's definitely not a sport then.

What about Golf, you’re essentially doing the same thing over and over, swinging a club of varying weight and angles. Things can change a bit, but so can cross country courses, or wind factors, or banked tracks, or the material the track is made out of, or altitude, etc.

by LantermanC on Jul 8, 2008 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions

Correct

Not sports.

by Graham MacAree on Jul 8, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions

You have two of the three components down that defines a sport.

The third (as I mentioned above):

The game/competition must be objective in nature. This disqualifies gymnastics, and other so-called “sports”, because it is completely subjectively based.

“Thanks to Nike, I think I will watch this Law & Order marathon.”—Jim Gaffigan

See, watching TV can be a sport!

by Wilder. on Jul 7, 2008 6:08 PM PDT up reply actions