Chris Jakubauskas claimed by Pirates
Robert Manuel claimed by Red Sox
Peculiar moves, both of them, but it's not like we gave away a Jason Vargas or a Ryan Langerhans (yet). As impersonal as it may be to reduce players to a numerical set of projections, neither Jak nor Manuel really mattered, and neither will likely be missed. Best wishes to the Jakubaustrich anyway, as if nothing else he's going somewhere where he has a few friends. Or acquaintances. Or just people he knows kind of. If the National League can turn Ronny :(edeno's frown upside-down, it can work for anyone.
Update: Manuel, of course, can go straight to hell, and take the rest of his new teammates with him
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Z is just lulling Pittsburgh to sleep and then BAM
he’ll go in there and steal back the Super Bowl XL trophy.
Matthew - November 20, 2009
How was this not written by Robert?
Two Rs and Two Ls - November 20, 2009
Because it has no additional words and is generally legible.
CapSea - November 20, 2009
Robert's not the only one still bitter
Matthew - November 20, 2009
The first Super Bowl I saw in HD.
Crystal-clear agony.
msb - November 20, 2009
Nah It's ok
I made this joke a while ago.
Robert - November 21, 2009
Nooo!!
We lost the Jakubaustrich!? Why!!!!???
(Note: given the reaction here, I am probably overvaluing him in my mind, versus what he is really worth)
ARock - November 20, 2009
Yes, by all means, let's be non-committal about a move that increases our chances of seeing Carlos Silva pitch again.
marc w - November 20, 2009
I'm surprised anyone would claim Jaka
But then again, it is the Pirates.
Zach Sanders - November 20, 2009
This is wrong on so many levels.
marc w - November 20, 2009
Sarcasm on the Pirates part
To clear that up
Zach Sanders - November 20, 2009
Fuck this noise.
I want to know who was added to the 40-man so I can give a damn about that instead.
JY - November 20, 2009
I know I'm just a dumb girl
But I’ll miss him…
section331 - November 20, 2009
Good luck, Jakubaustrich.
Wilder. - November 20, 2009
Never forget!
section331 - November 20, 2009
I told Jeff those pictures he took of himself would get lots of mileage.
The Typical Idiot Fan - November 21, 2009
I, for one, will miss the Jakubaustrich
And it mostly has to do with the awesome nickname.
cwel87 - November 20, 2009
WE GAVE UP WLAD FOR NOTHING
Poochie - November 20, 2009
Not the Jakubaustrich
sadface
IceStormV1 - November 20, 2009
Fuck it I'll be a Pirates fan.
Kirsten Schlewitz - November 20, 2009
Pirates, Royals and Padres are by far the parties most interested in our cast-offs
Their common element: They are terrible.
Gihyou - November 20, 2009
The Royals just designated Tuglett for assignment.
JY - November 20, 2009
I would glady accept Tuglett as a waiver claim
Corco - November 20, 2009
We could get Justin Thomas back now if we wanted to.
JY - November 20, 2009
Campillo just signed a minor league contract with the Royals...
Ike Clanton - November 20, 2009
If you want Manuel to go straight to hell, so do I!
royalcurve - November 20, 2009
Every blown lead in relief will lead to unfair and forced references to previous blown leads in Red Sox or Patriots games, which would be a kind of hell
Gihyou - November 20, 2009
I agree with Jeff because rc does
Dewey N - November 20, 2009
D'awww
royalcurve - November 21, 2009
Awww
I liked the Jakubostrich. My only Mariners game this year was watching him beat the Angels at home this spring (a Griff-dog RBI single was the difference in that 1-0 game). Fun times. Oh well, best of luck to him.
Rachmaninoff - November 20, 2009
Why did we trade for Manuel
If we are just going to turn around and let him go for nothing?
I dont get it.
ARock - November 20, 2009
He was sort of just a throw away piece for Wlad, I think
We needed to get rid of Wlad and the Reds were still interested enough in him to not risk him getting snatched up by another team.
It’s sort of like we released Wlad for nothing, which was kind of the way things were heading at the time anyways.
OlSalty - November 20, 2009
The two events did not happen as near in time as you seem to infer.
Matthew - November 20, 2009
Reegie Corona got his contract purchased...
Damn- I was hoping we’d Rule 5 Draft him again
Corco - November 20, 2009
I was hoping for Loek van Mil , personally.
But the Twins had to go an add him. Sigh.
JY - November 20, 2009
Is...is that my bit? I can't remember anymore.
marc w - November 20, 2009
It might be. We had this debate last year.
But seriously, the dude is seven feet tall, he’s Dutch, and his real first name is Ludovicus. He needs to make it to the majors.
JY - November 20, 2009
I wish my name was Ludovicus.
Goose - November 20, 2009
I think you have to live in a castle to pull that name off
OlSalty - November 20, 2009
Or be seven fucking feet tall.
I want to see him coming out of the bullpen wearing a cape while Wagner plays in the background.
JY - November 21, 2009
YES!
PositivePaul - November 23, 2009
Even if he makes the majors as a reliever, wouldn't it be cool to see Ludovicus get the same for Henricus Vanden Hurk?
Or a Ludovicus/Henricus battle?
marc w - November 21, 2009
Dutch names are awesome.
See: Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.
Eyeball Kid - November 21, 2009
I had something about Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink watching from the stands but took it out
Also: Jaap Stam. It’s not as aristocratic as the others, but it gets bonus points for sounding like random babbling.
marc w - November 21, 2009
Jaap Stam?
That sounds like what happened when they ran out of sound effects in the old Adam West Batman show but didn’t want to start over just yet.
JY - November 21, 2009
Ding ding ding.
Geoff Baker
JY - November 20, 2009
Ohh Ricky Orta
Forever known to me as my first legitimate “what the fuck” moment with Bob Fontaine.
Matthew - November 20, 2009
Turns out, he was onto something.
That was an incredible draft. More incredible if the Bedard trade hadn’t taken a huge chunk out of the talent we received.
JY - November 20, 2009
At least we got equal value in return
Trenchtown - November 20, 2009
I completely forgot about Feierabend
and have to ask…is Jakubauskas really less valuable than Feierabend?
Corco - November 20, 2009
Feierabend is 7 years younger
Trenchtown - November 20, 2009
His neck is 7x shorter though
Corco - November 20, 2009
He's also seven inches shorter.
Makes sense with the neck thing.
Kirk - November 20, 2009
Completely irrelevant
marc w - November 21, 2009
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