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djskillz -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/20/2014 2:58:48 PM)

Detroit is good but has been overrated for many years now. Still hoping the Royals knock them out (with apologies to my boy David Price).

Best case scenario is that they flame out and have a change of ownership very soon. Then they'd likely dramatically reduce payroll and let David Price go as well as Scherzer. Price would be exactly what this organization needs.

Price
Meyer
Berrios
Gibson
Hughes

Now THAT is a rotation to get excited about.




SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/20/2014 5:06:26 PM)

Reminds me of one of those new "Captain Obvious" commercials they're running now.




Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling revealed Wednesday for the first time the type of cancer he was battling -- squamous cell carcinoma, a type of mouth cancer -- and detailed the painful treatment and recovery process that caused him to lose 75 pounds.

Telling his story for the WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon on Wednesday morning, Schilling said he believes that a 30-year habit of chewing tobacco is what caused the cancer.

Curt Schilling revealed Wednesday that the type of cancer he battled was squamous cell carcinoma -- a type of mouth cancer.

"I do believe, without a doubt, unquestionably that chewing was what gave me cancer," he said. "I'm not going to sit up here from the pedestal and preach about chewing."

The 47-year-old Schilling said he spent six months in the hospital with a feeding tube, undergoing chemotherapy and painful radiation treatment. During that time, he said, he developed a staph infection and there was a week of his life he doesn't remember.

"I got chemo and radiation for [seven] weeks, and I came back to my room and my family was sitting there and I thought, 'You know what, this could be so much worse. This could be one of my kids,'" Schilling said. "I'm the one guy in this family that can handle this. From that perspective, I've never said 'Why me?' and I never will."

The most painful part of the treatment, he said, was the radiation, which he received five days per week for seven weeks. Schilling said doctors created a pliable mask to put on his face, an implement the former pitcher said was "the straitjacket for when they are giving you radiation."

"The first day I went in, they clamped [the mask] down, they do the radiation into the tumors," Schilling said. "The second day they did it. And about the third day I started developing almost a phobia and I literally had to be medicated for the seven weeks to go and do that. I couldn't control myself under the mask."

He added: "If this happened again, I'm not sure if I would go through the treatment again, it was that painful."

Schilling said he's lost so much weight because it is still painful to swallow -- "I can't put enough calories in my body" -- and he is still shaky and weak at times.

He paused several times during the interview to take sips of water (he says he still does not have any saliva), and his voice sounded different than we're used to hearing from Schilling. He is currently on leave from his job as an analyst on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball telecast.

"Recovery is a challenge," Schilling said. "There are so many things that are damaged during the process. I don't have any salivary glands, I can't taste anything and I can't smell anything right now. And there's no guarantee they'll come back."

Schilling reiterated that the cancer was in remission, a statement he tweeted to the world for the first time in June, and that his follow-up care includes doctor visits every 1-2 months and scans every few months to determine if the cancer has returned.

He described how he first discovered the cancer over the winter.

"This all came about from a dog bite," Schilling explained.

He said the dog bite damaged his finger enough to send him to the doctor. On his way to see the physician, he felt a lump on the left side of his neck and decided to get it checked out with a nearby ear, nose and throat specialist.

"He did a biopsy and two days later he diagnosed me with squamous cell carcinoma," Schilling said.

It is the same type of cancer former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly is suffering from.

"Commonly this is known as mouth cancer ... cancer of the lining of the mouth," said Schilling's physician, Dr. Robert Haddad of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. "The lump in the neck is why most patients go to the doctor first because they feel the lump in the neck, that's the lymph node that's enlarged."

This was Schilling's second public appearance since the cancer diagnosis. In May, he appeared at Fenway Park as the Red Sox celebrated the 2004 World Series-winning team.

"It was weird," Schilling explained of the appearance. "I was in the hospital at the time. They wouldn't let me come over [to Fenway] and go back [to the hospital]. So I had to determine if I was OK and ready to be discharged. I said 'Yeah, yeah, OK.' And two days later I was back in the hospital. That's why [my son] Gehrig walked out with me, because I was afraid I was going to fall on the way in because I was so discombobulated."

He was asked Wednesday why he has stayed out of the spotlight in recent months, choosing only now to talk about it for the first time.

"I didn't want people feeling sorry for me," he said. "I didn't want the pity, I didn't want any of that stuff."

Schilling pitched in the majors for 20 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks and Red Sox. The six-time All-Star finished with a career record of 216-146 and a 3.46 ERA. His 3,116 strikeouts rank 15th all time. He won two World Series titles with the Red Sox and one with the Diamondbacks.




ewen21 -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/20/2014 6:05:52 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: djskillz

Detroit is good but has been overrated for many years now. Still hoping the Royals knock them out (with apologies to my boy David Price).

Best case scenario is that they flame out and have a change of ownership very soon. Then they'd likely dramatically reduce payroll and let David Price go as well as Scherzer. Price would be exactly what this organization needs.

Price
Meyer
Berrios
Gibson
Hughes

Now THAT is a rotation to get excited about.


I give Detroit credit for at least going for it as opposed to our GM and owner.

But yeah. I want KC all the way




SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/20/2014 6:07:10 PM)

Same thought
I want "anyone else" to win ... but admire how Detroit has seen players available.... and went and got them.
Cannot fault them for that.




ewen21 -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/20/2014 6:23:51 PM)

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Same thought
I want "anyone else" to win ... but admire how Detroit has seen players available.... and went and got them.
Cannot fault them for that.


And guess what?

They beat the Yankees three different times in the playoffs.




SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/20/2014 6:26:14 PM)

yes .... fully aware .... [X(]


[&:]




SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/21/2014 3:49:50 PM)

Orioles are now 21 games over .500
Impressive




SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/21/2014 3:50:39 PM)

Garret Richards out 6-9 months
Worst it can be
Torn patella tendon

Let's give them some pitchers




MDK -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/21/2014 4:02:07 PM)

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Garret Richards out 6-9 months
Worst it can be
Torn patella tendon

Let's give them some pitchers


Like the Henny Youngman Joke



Take my pitcher Ricky Nolasco,



Please.




Mr. Ed -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/21/2014 4:05:57 PM)

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ORIGINAL: MDK

quote:

ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Garret Richards out 6-9 months
Worst it can be
Torn patella tendon

Let's give them some pitchers


Like the Henny Youngman Joke



Take my pitcher Ricky Nolasco,



Please.


They'd want Meyer.

And the Twins may be dumb enough to trade him.




Mr. Ed -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/22/2014 11:04:49 AM)

Boston sheds salary, then jumps back in and gets a new OF

Red Sox To Sign Rusney Castillo
By Tim Dierkes and Steve Adams [August 22, 2014 at 11:00am CDT]
11:00am: Rosenthal reports that the contract will be heavily backloaded, with very little money guaranteed to Castillo in 2014. By structuring the contract as a seven-year deal, however, the Red Sox will gain a break on luxury tax implications (Twitter links).

10:25am: The Boston Herald’s Scott Lauber reports (Twitter links) that Castillo’s deal will be worth $72.5MM over what is technically seven years, as it begins this season. That contract would lock Castillo up in Boston through the 2020 campaign, which will be his age-32 season (he’ll turn 33 late in that season).




Mr. Ed -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/22/2014 11:05:40 AM)

The signing of Castillo adds to a crowded outfield picture in Boston. Shane Victorino and Cespedes are both under contract through 2015, with Cespedes set to earn $10.5MM and Victorino earning $13MM. The team also acquired Allen Craig from the Cardinals in the John Lackey trade, and Craig is guaranteed $26.5MM through the 2017 season. While he can play first base or DH, of course, the Red Sox have Mike Napoli and David Ortiz entrenched at those respective positions next season.

Beyond the guaranteed contracts, Castillo’s presence further muddies the long-term roles of both Jackie Bradley Jr. and Mookie Betts with the organization.




djskillz -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/22/2014 2:04:09 PM)

A lot of bad luck for them this season; they'll be right back in the mix next season. Wouldn't shock me at all if they signed Lester back AND signed Scherzer.




SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/22/2014 7:19:33 PM)

[sm=xp.gif] Let hope not




SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/22/2014 7:21:32 PM)

I NEVER ever ever ever ever want to hear Boston and "bad luck" at the same time.
Maybe true decades ago.
At this point ... they have several horseshoes up their pompous asses.
Its been nothing bu fortunate bounces the past decade.
Any issues were self-inflicted (Bobby Valentine, etc)




SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/22/2014 11:55:01 PM)

Mariners score 5 in the ninth to defeat the Bosox in Boston.
Suhweet. 6 straight losses for the Sawwwwwks.




djskillz -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/23/2014 10:48:54 AM)

Well that's doubly good. I don't like the Mariners, but it brings them closer to eliminating the Tiggers. And meanwhile the Sox get a better draft pick in a meaningless year. [:D]




djskillz -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/26/2014 9:41:42 AM)

Soler being called up by the Cubs. That offense, like ours, is going places. And the Cubs have that $500M stadium renovation happening this offseason too. Wouldn't shock me at all if Epstein gets that franchise a WS in the next few years. They'll end up with Lester, Scherzer, or another big arm this offseason.




Mr. Ed -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/26/2014 9:42:41 AM)

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

Soler being called up by the Cubs. That offense, like ours, is going places. And the Cubs have that $500M stadium renovation happening this offseason too. Wouldn't shock me at all if Epstein gets that franchise a WS in the next few years. They'll end up with Lester, Scherzer, or another big arm this offseason.


Pirates sent their uber-stud OF back down, struggling.




djskillz -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/26/2014 9:47:54 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

quote:

ORIGINAL: djskillz

Soler being called up by the Cubs. That offense, like ours, is going places. And the Cubs have that $500M stadium renovation happening this offseason too. Wouldn't shock me at all if Epstein gets that franchise a WS in the next few years. They'll end up with Lester, Scherzer, or another big arm this offseason.


Pirates sent their uber-stud OF back down, struggling.


He's going to be really good too though. Sometimes it just takes time. Honestly, the Pirates/Cubs/Twins could have 3 of the very best offenses in baseball soon. If not the best. Add in the Astros to that mix too. [:-]




SoMnFan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/26/2014 10:22:59 AM)

Yanks creeping back into the picture.
Almost always relevant.




MDK -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/26/2014 11:37:45 AM)

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Yanks creeping back into the picture.
Almost always relevant.


O's snap a skid with a homerun outburst (5) against Tampa

Delmon goes 3 for 3 with a 3 run blast.

In 193 at bats, he has: 11 doubles, 6 HR, 23 rbi's and a line of .311/ .345/ .461/ .806

But Gardy doesn't like that platooning thing........

As the photojournalist character in Apocalypse Now played by Dennis Hopper

Hey, man, you don't talk to Gardy. You listen to him. The man's enlarged my mind. He's a poet warrior in the classic sense. I mean sometimes he'll... uh... well, you'll say "hello" to him, right? And he'll just walk right by you. He won't even notice you. And suddenly he'll grab you, and he'll throw you in a corner, and he'll say, "Do you know that 'if' is the middle word in life? If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you"... I mean I'm... no, I can't... I'm a little man, I'm a little man, he's... he's a great man! I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across floors of silent seas...




lylej -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/26/2014 12:38:09 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: MDK

quote:

ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Yanks creeping back into the picture.
Almost always relevant.


O's snap a skid with a homerun outburst (5) against Tampa

Delmon goes 3 for 3 with a 3 run blast.

In 193 at bats, he has: 11 doubles, 6 HR, 23 rbi's and a line of .311/ .345/ .461/ .806

But Gardy doesn't like that platooning thing........

As the photojournalist character in Apocalypse Now played by Dennis Hopper

Hey, man, you don't talk to Gardy. You listen to him. The man's enlarged my mind. He's a poet warrior in the classic sense. I mean sometimes he'll... uh... well, you'll say "hello" to him, right? And he'll just walk right by you. He won't even notice you. And suddenly he'll grab you, and he'll throw you in a corner, and he'll say, "Do you know that 'if' is the middle word in life? If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you"... I mean I'm... no, I can't... I'm a little man, I'm a little man, he's... he's a great man! I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across floors of silent seas...


And, Delmon has been manning the left field position.....shock? He was adequate for us and about the same for the O's!!




djskillz -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/26/2014 12:45:57 PM)

Gardy's inability to platoon is one of his greatest failures as a manager, in a field of many.




Trekgeekscott -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (8/26/2014 1:17:36 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: djskillz

A lot of bad luck for them this season; they'll be right back in the mix next season. Wouldn't shock me at all if they signed Lester back AND signed Scherzer.


And a few minutes later you predict the Cubs will sign at least one of them.

Hmmmmm




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