Joe Nelson

• The McDLT: Where Hopefully The Hot Side Stays Hot And The Cool Side Doesn’t

  April 18, 2009 at 1:44 pm 5 comments

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  [THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Some Top Prospects, Percy’s Role And Something About The Cowbell Kid

  March 12, 2009 at 7:00 am 0 comments

  Time to bring back the GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. DEVIL DOGS WEBTOPIA… We participated in a round table discussion over at Rays Prospects discussing which prospect not named David Price would [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Willy Aybar Just Called To Say ‘I Glove You’

  December 31, 2008 at 11:15 am 2 comments

  Not the best video in the world, but if you fast-forward to the 2:22 mark, you will see Willy Aybar making a nice grab while playing third base for Licey in the Dominican Winter League. Not sure how updated these numbers are, but Aybar was hitting .286-0-9 with a .712 [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Happy Birthday To Grant Balfour And Sandy Koufax; AJ Pierzynski, No So Much

  December 30, 2008 at 11:22 am 0 comments

  Happy Birthday to Grant Balfour, who is 31 years old today. We are not sure what that is in Australian years since toilets flush backwards down under*. He shares a birthday with arguably the greatest pitcher to ever live, Sandy Koufax, 73, who went 27-9 with a 190 ERA+ in [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] There Is Nothing ‘Utility’ About Julianna Zobrist

  December 29, 2008 at 11:07 am 1 comment

  We are still waiting on an official announcement from the Rays that they have signed reliever Joe Nelson. Nelson announced on December 24 that he had agreed to a one-year, $1.3 million contract with the Rays. As per most deals, the contract requires the player to pass a physical and [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Rocco’s Dilemma: NL Clubs May See A Better Fit

  December 23, 2008 at 12:00 pm 22 comments

  Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting (via MLB Trade Rumors) that the Pirates are very interested in signing Rocco Baldelli. The Pirates have had several conversations with Baldelli’s representatives, according to one high-ranking team executive, and their pursuit is serious. General manager Neal Huntington has acknowledged wanting a [...]

   
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  [THE HANGOVER] Rhode Island TV Station: Baldelli Misdiagnosed

  December 17, 2008 at 10:42 am 32 comments

  [Update: 10:12am] The misdiagnois is also being reported by WPRI in Rhode Island (via MLB Trade Rumors). Eyewitness News spoke with Baldelli’s father Tuesday, and he says iIt turns out Baldelli actually has a condition known as channelopothy. This is certainly great news for Rocco and his family. If Baldelli [...]