Post by: FrankZappa on January 24, 2008, 01:32:50 pm
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/ticketing/singlegame.jsp?c_id=bos (http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/ticketing/singlegame.jsp?c_id=bos)
Post by: Yoda on January 24, 2008, 02:12:13 pm
No thank you!
I plan on getting to as many games at Yankee Stadium before the bastardized version of the new stadium opens up in 2009.
Post by: Klout on January 24, 2008, 04:30:20 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on January 24, 2008, 04:44:23 pm
Post by: Klout on January 24, 2008, 05:01:26 pm
Post by: Wolfman on January 24, 2008, 07:53:57 pm
Quote from: Yoda;177509
I plan on getting to as many games at Yankee Stadium before the bastardized version of the new stadium opens up in 2009.
After I get Red Sox tickets this Saturday, I plan on buying as many Yankee home game tickets as possible and selling them at double face to Yankee fans. Pony up Deblock! Haha!
Post by: Yoda on January 24, 2008, 08:59:54 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on January 25, 2008, 04:54:26 am
got something of an answer: mariners won 116 in 2001. :wah:
Post by: Yoda on January 25, 2008, 06:39:49 am
Post by: Klout on January 25, 2008, 08:45:34 am
same thing in basketball with the bulls. they won like 75 games one year but it was not even the best bulls team of the jordan era. Assuming the pats win the super bowl it will be considered the best single season in football ever and possibly any sport ever, but will the pats of the 2000\'s be considered the best football dynsasty ever? I think the steelers one four championships in 6 years in the 70\'s this will be four in 7 or 8 for the pats?
Post by: booztravlr on January 25, 2008, 09:20:45 am
MLB > NFL
Post by: BennyBoomers on January 25, 2008, 09:46:38 am
Quote from: FrankZappa;177520
haha, yea, that was me. Golic sure seemed to like it! I didn\'t make the song though, all I did was edit the video to make it look like the old music video from a-ha. The song parody and singing was by curt. Him and Liam make all the songs. We can\'t put it on the website though because of nfl films footage contracts. oh well. It was still fun to make. :biggrin:
do you work for ESPN?
I\'ve been trying to get in there for years...
Post by: FrankZappa on January 25, 2008, 03:45:33 pm
Quote from: BennyBoomers;177564
do you work for ESPN?
I\'ve been trying to get in there for years...
http://www.joinourteam.espn.com/joinourteam/ (http://www.joinourteam.espn.com/joinourteam/)
Post by: booztravlr on January 25, 2008, 04:10:26 pm
(http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/835641802_ef422b12cf_b1.jpg)
Post by: FrankZappa on January 25, 2008, 04:21:48 pm
Post by: Yoda on January 25, 2008, 04:42:27 pm
Post by: estahwhaddup on January 25, 2008, 11:33:15 pm
Quote from: FrankZappa;177614
Quote from: BennyBoomers;177564do you work for ESPN?
I\'ve been trying to get in there for years...
http://www.joinourteam.espn.com/joinourteam/ (http://www.joinourteam.espn.com/joinourteam/)
my brother-in-law used to work at espn too, from 04-05? maybe you knew him? his name is paul kuo
Post by: jocelyn on January 26, 2008, 10:20:38 am
Post by: Nermel9 on January 26, 2008, 12:50:14 pm
Quote from: jocelyn;177682
Red Sox ticketing = serious downer
Yep I\'m not even going to bother with the virtual waiting room this year...I really want to go to Opening Day at Fenway though, but I think you have to register to be picked just for a chance to buy tickets. :rolleyes:
Post by: jocelyn on January 26, 2008, 01:04:04 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on January 26, 2008, 06:35:46 pm
Post by: jocelyn on January 27, 2008, 06:53:37 pm
Could someone let me know when Yankees tickets go on sale? It seems as though they have their Flex Pack tickets on sale now but not single game.
I have never been to Yankee Stadium so it\'s kind of important for me to do that this year...
Post by: FrankZappa on January 28, 2008, 08:32:21 am
Quote
An Analysis of the Career of Roger Clemens
By Hendricks Sports Management, LP | Randal A. Hendricks | Stephen L. Mann | Bret R. Larson-Hendricks
This report will evaluate the career of Roger Clemens, one of the most successful pitchers in major league history. It will examine both the quality and quantity of his pitching over the course of his 24-year career. As of the 2007 season, Clemens was one of the twenty-nine active major league players who were at least 40 years old. Of those twenty-nine, eighteen were pitchers, and twelve of those were starting pitchers.
-->>Click here for report (http://www.rogerclemensreport.com/reports/ClemensReport.pdf)
Post by: wildcoyote on January 29, 2008, 04:48:11 pm
As a Yankees fan I applaud the deal. It keeps our prospects in house while keeping him away from Boston.
Congrats Mets fans, you got an ace.
Post by: ChrisPitch on January 29, 2008, 05:08:49 pm
Wow. I never could have possibly imagined that the Mets would get Santana without losing Reyes, or any established major-leaguer that matter.
Now all they have to do is lock up that left arm for the next five years.
Let\'s Go Mets!
Post by: booztravlr on January 29, 2008, 05:10:30 pm
Quote from: wildcoyote;178006
The Twins have just traded Johan Santana to the Mets for outfielder Carlos Gomez and pitchers Phil Humber, Kevin Mulvey and Delois Guerra.
They still have to agee on a 6-7 year contract extension and he has to pass a physical. I wouldn\'t be too concerned with the physical but he\'s looking to get $150 million for 6 years, which is no gimme.
I\'m really hoping for a Peavy/Santana showdown at Shea this August!
Go Padres!
Post by: Me! on January 29, 2008, 11:44:55 pm
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/01/28/daily26.html
Post by: jocelyn on January 30, 2008, 04:51:01 pm
Quote from: Me!;178044
Tina Cervasio not returning to NESN for 2008
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2008/01/28/daily26.html
Good, she\'s annoying. I\'d be ok with her if she never opened her mouth.
Also, registration for the chance to purchase Opening Day, Right Field Roof Deck, Green Monster, and Sox/Yankees tickets started today.
Post by: Nermel9 on January 30, 2008, 07:04:11 pm
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Good, she\'s annoying.
She annoyed me for a really long time, then I stated to like her. Hazel Mae is much more annoying than Tina.
Post by: jocelyn on January 30, 2008, 10:04:08 pm
Post by: antbach on January 31, 2008, 04:34:28 pm
Quote from: jocelyn;178221
Also, registration for the chance to purchase Opening Day, Right Field Roof Deck, Green Monster, and Sox/Yankees tickets started today.
link? i didnt get the memo again this year. they must not like me. edit: nevermind, found it.
Post by: Klout on February 03, 2008, 12:23:59 am
Pedro Martinez
John Maine
Oliver Perez
El Duque/Mike Pelfrey
show me a better 1-5 in MLB.
That rotation matches up with anyone all the way down the line, and we still might end up with someone more solid in the 5th spot.
Johan is a Bulldog and will OWN the NL.
Pedro is BACK and is healthy for the first time in a few years and will have a good season even by his standards.
John Maine is the poor man’s Cole Hammels. He has above average stuff and is very cool and collected and focused on the mound. He won ten games before the all star break but only had five more wins in the second half but it was his first full season in the bigs. This year he will likely pitch over 200 innings and acquire 17-19 wins. Maine also pitches well in big games as seen in the 2006 playoffs and he threw a no-hitter through 8 when the mets necks were on the lines in the second to last game of 2007. I feel very confident giving johny the ball in clutch games.
Oliver Perez can be wild , overly emotional, and is prone to meltdown. But the kid also has VERY nasty stuff. No hit stuff if he improved his control and consistency. I think in this second under Rick Peterson keeping that arm angle constant he will do well and add a victory or two to the 15 he had last season.
The fifth spot is up in the air to some extent, but the options are good. El Duque will likely get some of the starts and perform very well for a fifth starter but will go down with injury and probably get moved to the Pen. Next option is Mike Pelfrey who is due for a break out year. He looked great in semptember. If he has mastered his secondary pitches and and a good out-pitch he could really bust out. He is still a highly regarded prospect and projected to be a possible #2 or ace pitcher someday. There is also talk of even singing an innings eater like livan Hernandez to round out the 5th spot.
The new catcher Brian Schneider was also supposedly brought in for his abilities to work well with the staff, and really knowing every hitter in the NL and calling a great game and playing great defense behind the plate so that can only help things as well.
An addittion like this really just makes everyone better. When you have someone preforming at the level he throws it down everyone steps it up a notch.
So basically we\'re fuckin stacked and we\'re gonna win a 100 games and the world series :D
Post by: Me! on February 14, 2008, 11:38:59 pm
God I love baseball.
Post by: leith on February 14, 2008, 11:59:11 pm
Quote from: Me!;179980
pitchers and catchers reported today.
God I love baseball.
Yeah it popped up on my calender and I was all Oh Yeah!
OK I\'ll get it out now.
Yankees Suck
Red Sux Blow
Go Padres!
Angels will win the W.S.
Seeya throughout the season Folks!
Post by: derickw on February 15, 2008, 08:38:24 am
Quote from: antbach;178383
Quote from: jocelyn;178221
Also, registration for the chance to purchase Opening Day, Right Field Roof Deck, Green Monster, and Sox/Yankees tickets started today.
link? i didnt get the memo again this year. they must not like me. edit: nevermind, found it.
ordered my tickets the other day........ Sunday Sept 28th Yankees/ Red Sox. last game of the regular season..... should be sick
Post by: jocelyn on February 15, 2008, 05:30:42 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on February 15, 2008, 05:39:28 pm
Quote from: derickw;179996
Quote from: antbach;178383Quote from: jocelyn;178221
Also, registration for the chance to purchase Opening Day, Right Field Roof Deck, Green Monster, and Sox/Yankees tickets started today.
link? i didnt get the memo again this year. they must not like me. edit: nevermind, found it.
ordered my tickets the other day........ Sunday Sept 28th Yankees/ Red Sox. last game of the regular season..... should be sick
:wah: :bowdown:
Post by: derickw on February 18, 2008, 09:49:57 am
Post by: FrankZappa on February 18, 2008, 11:44:57 am
Quote from: derickw;180295
worse comes to worse i sell them and make a shit load of loot
:wave: :bowdown: (http://www.vc-forums.com/customavatars/avatar1061_4.gif)
1:45? You\'re damn lucky man! Last year I waited in it for like 3 hours before I had to go out, so I gave my info to joc and she was in it at least as long before getting the upper right field roof deck seats which by the way, was the best baseball game I can remember going to.
Post by: derickw on February 18, 2008, 12:20:54 pm
Quote from: FrankZappa;180322
Quote from: derickw;180295worse comes to worse i sell them and make a shit load of loot
:wave: :bowdown: (http://www.vc-forums.com/customavatars/avatar1061_4.gif)
1:45? You\'re damn lucky man! Last year I waited in it for like 3 hours before I had to go out, so I gave my info to joc and she was in it at least as long before getting the upper right field roof deck seats which by the way, was the best baseball game I can remember going to.
i was a little worried and then figured hey, i\'ll just open like 10 windows in firefox and wait for one to let me in and 10 mins after i did that i got in. Right field bleachers but hey, there really aren\'t any bad seats in Fenway
Post by: Me! on February 18, 2008, 05:08:35 pm
Post by: jocelyn on February 18, 2008, 08:50:57 pm
Post by: Klout on February 18, 2008, 08:57:43 pm
:banwpoa:
Post by: jocelyn on February 18, 2008, 09:01:25 pm
Post by: Klout on February 18, 2008, 09:06:51 pm
heh traded for the hot dog eater. I hate the phillies.
Post by: FrankZappa on February 19, 2008, 06:31:49 am
Post by: Me! on March 13, 2008, 12:28:40 am
OW!
a bench clearing brawl in spring training, who\'d a thunk it.
Post by: FrankZappa on March 19, 2008, 12:39:59 pm
I don\'t care what sport it is or what team, I think this is awesome that both teams are sticking behind there clubhouses like this to get what they were promised. :thumbsup:
Post by: Me! on March 19, 2008, 12:46:40 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on March 19, 2008, 12:55:06 pm
Post by: Yoda on March 19, 2008, 01:30:17 pm
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Post by: WALSH on March 19, 2008, 04:21:06 pm
Post by: Me! on March 22, 2008, 02:36:35 pm
On a related sidenote, it\'s a bummer that the two A\'s Sox games are @ 6am our time.
Post by: jocelyn on March 22, 2008, 02:44:34 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on March 22, 2008, 02:56:22 pm
Post by: jocelyn on March 22, 2008, 03:02:05 pm
Post by: Me! on March 22, 2008, 03:36:38 pm
Post by: Me! on March 25, 2008, 12:10:52 am
Quote from: Me!;184081
On a related sidenote, it\'s a bummer that the two A\'s Sox games are @ 6am our time.
Thank god for NESN\'s replay, there\'s one starting just as I get home from work @ 11. :)
Post by: jocelyn on March 25, 2008, 03:45:29 am
Also, I find this whole thing very amusing considering that when I met him he was quite anti-baseball. Now he has a fish named Ramirez. I think I have created a monster.
Sidenote: we also won season\'s tickets to see the Nashua Pride, which is about the worst baseball team ever. Awesome.
Anyhow the whole point of this is that I am really really really really really really happy that it is time for baseball.
Post by: booztravlr on March 25, 2008, 10:00:02 am
AL Central - Tigers, Indians, Twins, Royals, White Sox
AL West - Angels, Mariners, Athletics, Rangers
AL Wild Card - Mariners
NL East - Phillies, Braves, Mets, Marlins, Nationals
NL Central - Brewers, Cubs, Reds, Astros, Cardinals, Pirates
NL West - Diamondbacks, Padres, Rockies, Dodgers, Giants
NL Wild Card - Braves
World Series - Tigers over Phillies
I\'m not sure if the Padres will make the playoffs this season. If they do it will be in the Wild Card spot. Their outfield is garbage and I don\'t think Jim Edmonds (CF) will provide enough insurance behind Adrian Gonzalez (1B) in the lineup. Their pitching will be top notch as usual but the NL West is the best division in baseball and it will be difficult to rely on the pitchers every single night due to a lack of run support.
GO PADRES!
Post by: Me! on March 25, 2008, 11:32:36 am
Quote from: jocelyn;184283
My question: am I a fanatic, or an alcoholic?
alittle from colum a, a little from colum b......... ;)
Quote from: jocelyn;184283
Anyhow the whole point of this is that I am really really really really really really happy that it is time for baseball.
tell me about it, so pumped for baseball. i didn\'t get to see the game yet (I\'ll prob watch parts of the replay later)
but BOS 6 - OAK 5 :)
Quote from: booztravlr;184293
but the [-]NL West [/-] AL East is the best division in baseball
fixed it for ya. ;)
Post by: booztravlr on March 25, 2008, 12:11:32 pm
Quote from: Me!;184304
Quote from: booztravlr;184293Their pitching will be top notch as usual but the [-]NL West [/-] AL East is the best division in baseball
fixed it for ya. ;)
Come on guy, you can\'t be ser! I understand the Red Sox won the World Series but that doesn\'t mean the AL East is therefore the best Division in baseball. You can give a boost to the AL East for getting the Wild Card but the NL West also had the Wild Card.
Breakdown of wins per division and then per team for 2007 (to account for the 4 and 6 team divisions)
AL East 408 wins (81.6 avg)
AL Central 404 wins (80.8 avg)
AL West 333 wins (83.25 avg)
NL East 405 wins (81.0 avg)
NL Central 459 wins (76.5 avg :rip:) :asskicked
NL West 421 wins (84.2 avg) I subtracted the Rockies/Padres play in game from the total
By these numbers, the AL East is in 3rd and only 5 wins away from being 5th. Far from the best division...
By the way, nice avatar. I\'m assuming it\'s The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Def one of my fav movies.
Post by: Me! on March 25, 2008, 12:17:55 pm
Quote from: booztravlr;184311
By the way, nice avatar. I\'m assuming it\'s The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Def one of my fav movies.
I think so, I just did an image search for Clint Eastwood on google. It\'s def part of the dollar trilogy though. (prob either A Few Dollars More or TGTB&TU) I\'ve been on a Spaghetti Western kick lately. Love \'em.
Post by: Yoda on March 25, 2008, 02:07:57 pm
- The AL has won 61 World Series since 1903 (NL has won 42)
- AL East teams have won 38 out of the 61 series won by the AL East (The Yankees winning 26 - nearly 70% of those wins)
I guess that my ultimate point is that the Yankees are the best team in MLB history. If Boston wins 15-20 more championships in the next 100 years, we\'ll talk.
Post by: Me! on March 26, 2008, 12:09:19 am
Quote from: Yoda;184321
I guess that my ultimate point is that the Yankees are the best team in MLB history. If Boston wins 15-20 more championships in the next 100 years, we\'ll talk.
:rolleyes: typical yankee fan reaction. Yes we all know that the Yankees are the winningest team in MLB history, you know what? I don\'t care. I also don\'t care about 2007, or 2004 (other than the end of the "curse of the bambino" and everyone expecting Boston to lose)
I care about the here and now. Yes the Yankees were and are a great ball team, but let\'s see what happens this year, and not consistently fall back on your past record, it does not matter in the \'08 season. What matters is the game that\'s being played "today".
It\'s as though Yankee fans are trying to negate to fact that Boston is a great ball team right now by saying that the Yankees have 26 world championships.
Post by: Yoda on March 26, 2008, 09:01:42 am
But while you\'re at it, "typical yankee fan reaction..." is a comment I was used to hearing in CT from bitter Red Sox fans. I\'m glad that I don\'t have to hear that in Jersey.
I\'ll also be the first Yankee fan to say this, "There is and there never was a curse of the bambino." Boston has had 6 chances to win the series since babe was traded and only cashed in on 2 of them. Blaming 4 WS losses, by one game, on a curse is just the fans\' way of substantiating the loss in their heads. The Yankees haven\'t won a series since 2000 - there is no curse. They play like individuals, not a team - plain and simple.
I undestand that boston fans have a good team and I\'m not taking anything away from them, all I\'m saying that let them continue to compete on this level for a couple years in a row before we assume that they will continue to win and take the division before the season has even started.
Post by: FrankZappa on March 26, 2008, 09:28:56 am
Post by: Yoda on March 26, 2008, 09:47:00 am
I undestand that they do count, but it\'s not realistic for Sox fans to start saying that they are 1/2-1 game up on everyone else seeing as no one else has started to play. That\'s all I am saying.
Post by: Klout on March 26, 2008, 12:40:34 pm
Quote from: booztravlr;184293
NL East - Phillies, Braves, Mets, Marlins, Nationals
care to place a wager on that statment?
Post by: Me! on March 26, 2008, 11:33:23 pm
Quote from: Yoda;184401
I\'ll also be the first Yankee fan to say this, "There is and there never was a curse of the bambino." Boston has had 6 chances to win the series since babe was traded and only cashed in on 2 of them. Blaming 4 WS losses, by one game, on a curse is just the fans\' way of substantiating the loss in their heads.
I agree they\'ve suffered from the curse of bad ownership/managers
Quote from: Yoda;184401
I undestand that boston fans have a good team and I\'m not taking anything away from them, all I\'m saying that let them continue to compete on this level for a couple years in a row before we assume that they will continue to win and take the division before the season has even started.
I didn\'t think I implied any assumption that Boston would win the division, baseball is just too long with too many variables, I do think they have a hell of a shot though.
Post by: ChrisPitch on March 31, 2008, 12:40:00 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on March 31, 2008, 12:43:41 pm
Post by: siflandollie on March 31, 2008, 01:24:06 pm
Post by: leith on March 31, 2008, 01:50:01 pm
Quote from: siflandollie;185005
who\'s on first?
That\'s right.
Post by: Yoda on March 31, 2008, 03:36:38 pm
Post by: leith on March 31, 2008, 05:34:40 pm
Post by: wildcoyote on March 31, 2008, 05:37:47 pm
:biggrin:
Post by: leith on March 31, 2008, 06:59:57 pm
Damn that was awesome!
WOW!
Hope they can pull this one out.
Oh well too bad.
On to the Angels Opener.
It\'s nice to see Torii Hunter get a nice response in his return to Minnesota on a different team. Classy.
Oh and opening the season in another country is a bunch of bullshit and just adds to the erosion of Baseball\'s traditions.
At least The Reds still get the honor of being the only team guaranteed Opening Day at Home
Post by: Gordo on March 31, 2008, 07:17:27 pm
I don\'t even care that they lost, hopefully with today\'s game they\'ll realize that Marmol is the closer and Wood has been done for 5 years.
Post by: Yoda on March 31, 2008, 07:55:43 pm
Post by: Klout on March 31, 2008, 08:51:46 pm
johan looked pretty sharp.
i love his demeanor on the mound.
timely hitting by the offense too.
delgado scares me.
its all good tho.
because marlon anderson is the best pinch hitter on the planet.
(http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/images/2008/03/31/fcM6M94d.jpg)
baseball is back.
life is normal again.
Post by: Todd on April 01, 2008, 01:47:31 am
Quote from: leith;185041
Oh and opening the season in another country is a bunch of bullshit and just adds to the erosion of Baseball\'s traditions.
I don\'t follow baseball much anymore, but I TOTALLY agree!!! So much for the AMERICAN pastime!
Post by: jocelyn on April 01, 2008, 02:34:32 am
Quote from: leith;185041
Oh and opening the season in another country is a bunch of bullshit and just adds to the erosion of Baseball\'s traditions.
C.R.E.A.M.
Post by: leith on April 01, 2008, 03:01:24 am
Post by: Gordo on April 01, 2008, 03:28:03 am
As for baseball\'s traditions, why don\'t we just remove their helmets, throw on some baggy wool shags come August, ban all elbow and shin protectors, and, oh yeah, deactivate all the fantastic Japanese talent loitering our treasured American soil. Fuck it, I say don\'t watch another game on TV this year and crowd the radio with your family waiting to hear the announcer clack two sticks together to emulate your \'traditional hero\'s\' dongs reaching cattle dens beyond the left field wall.
Am I exaggerating? Hell yeah. Is baseball even remotely "traditional" these days? Hell no. Good for the Japs. Enjoy seeing the best of the best when it actually counts for 3 out of the 2,430 games played a year.
:biggrin: :duck: :thumbsup:
Post by: leith on April 01, 2008, 03:36:43 am
Quote from: Gordo;185116
I\'ve been a baseball fan my whole life, and I really don\'t give two shits that they opened in Japan. Opening day for every fan is opening day in your own park anyways. Half the teams start on the road every year, this year 16/30 started on the road as opposed to 15/30. Sure, you can argue that someone didn\'t actually have a home crowd, but who really cares. If there were 50 total games maybe I would, but opening day is forgotten after a week when the reality of a 162 game grueling long season sets in. Talk to me if they hit Japanese turf in October, or even September, and I\'ll be sure to talk shit.
As for baseball\'s traditions, why don\'t we just remove their helmets, throw on some baggy wool shags come August, ban all elbow and shin protectors, and, oh yeah, deactivate all the fantastic Japanese talent loitering our treasured American soil. Fuck it, I say don\'t watch another game on TV this year and crowd the radio with your family waiting to hear the announcer clack two sticks together to emulate your \'traditional hero\'s\' dongs reaching cattle dens beyond the left field wall.
Am I exaggerating? Hell yeah. Is baseball even remotely "traditional" these days? Hell no. Good for the Japs. Enjoy seeing the best of the best when it actually counts for 3 out of the 2,430 games played a year.
:biggrin: :duck: :thumbsup:
Fucking kids these days.:sigh:
Post by: Gordo on April 01, 2008, 03:42:50 am
Post by: leith on April 01, 2008, 03:44:35 am
Post by: Gordo on April 01, 2008, 03:53:42 am
:makisupaisreallyconfusedrightnow:
Post by: ChrisPitch on April 01, 2008, 03:28:40 pm
Oh yeah motherfuckers! A 7-2 win against the Marlins yesterday clearly means the Mets are not only on their way to a World Series title, but are also obviously going to make Major League Baseball history by winning all 162 of their regular-season games this year.
It\'s obvious. Anyone who knows anything about baseball, who\'s ever played baseball, who\'s ever picked up a baseball, who\'s ever said the word baseball, and whose great great grandmother possibly necked with Abner Doubleday, knows the 2008 New York Mets are not only the greatest baseball team of all time, are not only the most superior athletic team to ever engage in competition (well, perhaps with the exception of some pigskin choke artists from that annoying state north of Connecticut), but are also the greatest group of 25 individuals ever gathered together for any cause, athletic or otherwise.
If you\'re a fan of sports, or even just a human being breathing on the planet, please don\'t miss your chance to be part of this historic event. Watch every Mets game and root for them, even if you hate them. Watch every pregame and postgame show, even if you\'re having sex at the time. Videotape every Sportscenter highlight and have them on a continuous reel, even if you\'re performing microsurgery on an infant. Seriously. You will be mired in a pool of regret if you don\'t follow every waking moment of this team\'s run to dominance. Cancel your daughter\'s wedding to watch Kiner\'s Korner. Blow off your son\'s graduation so you can OD on Cracker Jack\'s at Shea. Name your next child Omar Willie Johan Pedro Carlos Carlos Martinez Hernandez Sanchez Dwight Tom Doc Ya Gotta Believe Terrific El Duque Joe Smith Strawberry. Or if you have twins, name them 1969 and 1986.
Seriously. You are truly a moron, an ignorant, uninformed neophyte if you miss your opportunity to be part of what will undoubtedly be a glorious summer and fall.
Predictions: Johan and Pedro both go 35-0, David Wright wins the quintuple crown, Carlos Delgado hits 100 home runs, John Maine and Oliver Perez each throw 15 perfect games, Billy Wagner records no saves because the Mets will win every game by 10 runs, the Phillies and Braves will lose every game except for when they play each other, Willie Randolph will come up with a second cure for polio, Omar Minaya will end the unrest in Darfour, and Fred Wilpon will discover another planet, which will be appropriately named, Amazin\'.
(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/88/fullj.18483455bba763804946160cd8279e23/18483455bba763804946160cd8279e23-getty-80323919db013_new_york_mets.jpg)
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I\'d also like to say that I consider this to be the \'best writing\' of my esteemed .info career and that I expect my Pulitzer to be PM\'d to me by sundown.
It\'s outta here!
Post by: davepeck on April 01, 2008, 03:29:08 pm
Post by: Gordo on April 01, 2008, 05:24:19 pm
Quick question though, If Wright is achieving the quintuple crown and Delgado is dropping 100 bombs..............??
:lol:
Post by: Me! on April 02, 2008, 12:31:02 am
BTW: Variteck was robbed. Clearly a Home Run.
Post by: booztravlr on April 02, 2008, 02:30:13 pm
Quote from: ChrisPitch;185196
1-0! 161 to go!
Shouldn\'t it be 172 to go?
On a side note, it looks like Pedro is back to his old form...soon to be added to the DL. Fortunately for him he will have some company after DL-gado plays a couple more games. However, that would be good for the Mets as he\'s garbage to begin with.
Post by: ChrisPitch on April 02, 2008, 02:48:37 pm
However, you\'re wrong about Delgado. If the Mets have a "garbage" player who hits 38 home runs, as Delgado did two years ago, along with being the team\'s best performer in the playoffs, then they\'re not doing too bad.
Translation: Delgado is primed for a big year, as are the Mets, regardless of the outcome of Pedro\'s MRI.
Post by: booztravlr on April 02, 2008, 03:15:19 pm
Post by: ChrisPitch on April 02, 2008, 03:18:56 pm
Post by: booztravlr on April 03, 2008, 09:01:50 am
Post by: Klout on April 03, 2008, 10:30:45 am
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I\'ll agree that Delgado was your best playoff players 2 years ago but that doesn\'t mean much if they miss the playoffs again. If anything the Mets are primed for another big disappointment considering all the hype and expectations from signing Santana. This is not directed to you personally but, in general, I just don\'t see how adding Santana to the Mets rotation skyrockets them to the World Series. There is way too much hype surrounding a player who is only going to start every 5th game or so. Don\'t get me wrong, he will finish in the top 5 in many NL statistics, but that doesn\'t mean the rest of the Mets rotation is going to be good or anywhere near his level.
boozey my friend you are either being a serious hater or ignoring the facts.
either way your underestimating and shortchanging the team in a big way.
you act like they added santana to a team of scrubs and expect a world series which is not the case
they were a solid team before they ever signed him and they are even better now.
first of all they were one game away from the world series two years ago. they were also HANDS DOWN the best team in the NL that year.
you talk like they sucked last year which they did not. they just choked at the end of the year.
they were in first place all year right until the very last day of year when tom glavine gave up seven runs in the first inning.
they are a very solid team all around this year.
they have a great rotation. their ace is arguably the best pitcher in baseball. number two is three time cy young award winner (granted and aging one) number 3 and 4 are both capable of being lights and itching 200 innings and winning 16-19 games. and we have good options for the firth spot too and decent replacements for injured starters.
defensively we are VERY solid. jose is an amazing short sto. tron is great center fielder. churchy has a cannon of an arm in right. and schneider is a great defensive catcher.
the bullpen is solid as hell too.
we have great 7th 8th and 9th guys (feliciano, heliman/sanchez, wagner) a great long reliever (sosa) and a few good specialists as well.
offensively we have an absolutely fantastic 1-4 with two of the biggest superstars in baseball not to mentions tron and a perfect number 2 hitter/
5-8 is a bit iffy but delgado is still capable of 30 hrs and 100 rbi;s still. alou when healthy produces at about the same level as dwright and we have great back ups when he is out. churchy is a very solid number 7 hitter capable of hitting .285 with 25 homers.
the bench is VERY good also. easly, endy, and the best pinch hitter on the face of the earth.
overall it is a very well rounded and team with few holes and we have a lot of motivation to bury the competition after last year. if we stay relatively healthy we will own.
we are capable of throwing 4 lights out pitchers in a row and putting up very big offensive numbers. how many other teams can say that?
did u see the game last night?
when was the last time the padres beat someone 13-0????????????????
when was the last time your forth best pitcher went 6 scoreless with 8 strike outs?
Post by: booztravlr on April 03, 2008, 11:15:04 am
I don\'t think the Padres have the firepower like the Mets do to put up double digit runs every week, especially in their ballpark. But last time I checked you only need to have 1 more run to win a game. If it\'s a high scoring game the Padres might be in trouble but I have faith in their pitchers over the course of a season.
I watched most of last night\'s game. Perez def looked solid. Let\'s see how lights out he is when its September and he\'s pitching against a good team with a playoff spot on the line.
On a side note, if you own DirecTV you should really get the MLB Ticket this season. Besides offering all 162 games for each team (minus Sunday Night baseball games) it\'s upgrade to 28 channels (along with their HD counterparts). For most games you can pick between the home or away team\'s local telecast. They also increased from 10 to 40 HD games per week. If there are a bunch of games on at the same time you can either watch the Game Mix channel; 8 games on the same screen, scroll over which one you want audio for, or the String Zone Channel; anytime a team is in scoring position it brings you to that game. No commercials, tons of highlights and also in HD.
Post by: Yoda on April 03, 2008, 01:08:17 pm
On another note, I think it\'s way to early for any team to start making claims towards the post season.
Post by: booztravlr on April 03, 2008, 01:39:22 pm
Post by: Klout on April 03, 2008, 02:06:13 pm
i only watch the mets. no time for anything else. i watch baseball tonight on met off days. but thats all i see of other teams.
Post by: ChrisPitch on April 08, 2008, 07:43:23 pm
Post by: Klout on April 08, 2008, 09:04:51 pm
all the pieces are in place for us. but we still have to execute.
I think TRON is gonna have a great year....i.e. .287 43 hrs 131 rbi ton of doubles 30 sb gold glove nlcs mvp
also i think NOT being in first place for a while will actually be good for this team. the reason we collapsed last year is we got too comfortable in that role and forgot what second and third feels like and why every loss and win matters.
anyway...go BIG pELF!!
Post by: Me! on April 09, 2008, 01:51:34 am
loved seeing Buckner throw out the first pitch for Boston. With all the shit he has taken over the years this ovation was well deserved.
Detroit 0-7 :doh:
to early to say anything about how the rest of the season is gonna go but what a shitty way to start for the Tigers, esp when expectations were so high. From what I saw of the game they played down right awful baseball.
Post by: booztravlr on April 11, 2008, 11:17:53 am
Red Sox/Yankees series starts tonight. Where\'s the beef?
Post by: ChrisPitch on April 11, 2008, 03:11:16 pm
Post by: Klout on April 11, 2008, 04:20:22 pm
hard to judge because the tag was on his back as he was moving forward and his hand was going down on the plate. in one camera angle u can see the tag but not the plate and vice versa in the other angle.
but even with all the weirdness of this play I think the ump got the call right because tie goes to the runner and that was too close to call one way or the other even on the replay.
nice hold by the mets pen after heilman blew it. he will bounce back though.
good game though.
I cant wait to see johan mow down the phillys
Post by: booztravlr on April 11, 2008, 04:43:22 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on April 13, 2008, 02:57:19 am
Best (and longest at 5 hour) sox/yankees game I\'ve ever seen, and it is now official that I have seen more games with jocelyn than anyone else.
:thumbsup:
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Post by: FrankZappa on April 14, 2008, 10:01:25 am
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Post by: booztravlr on April 14, 2008, 10:31:03 am
Post by: Me! on April 14, 2008, 11:21:59 pm
Post by: Klout on April 15, 2008, 10:49:18 pm
i really believe in this team
they have the superstars who can flat out carry a team on any given night, the veterans, the young bloods, speed, power, can play small and big ball, all around solid position players in every spot and a tremendous bench. great defense. good fundamentals. lots of very good arms in the bullpen for every situation and an above average starting rotation headed by a true ace. big pelf looks like this is his year. team chemistry is starting to gel. lets go mets!
Post by: FrankZappa on April 16, 2008, 08:15:31 am
how the hell does something like that happen?
Post by: davepeck on April 16, 2008, 08:23:54 am
Quote from: FrankZappa;186480
did you hear how some guy fell 2 stories to his death at shea? his 2 daughters were there with him, and his wife was home pregnant with their third. :(
how the hell does something like that happen?
he fell 4 stories, and it happens when you act like a tool and try to slide down an escalator rail. sucks for his family, but probably good for at least a darwin award nomination.
Post by: booztravlr on April 16, 2008, 09:01:51 am
Quote from: Klout;185389
[2008-04-03] when was the last time your forth best pitcher went 6 scoreless with 8 strike outs?
I figured I\'d have to at least wait until the All Star break to rebuttal this one...
Randy Wolf was 7 outs away from a no hitter last night. The single that broke it was only a foot or so off his glove up the middle. He also had 9 strikeouts. Not too bad for a free agent signing and #4 in the rotation.
Go Padres
Post by: derickw on April 16, 2008, 09:16:32 am
Quote from: davepeck;186481
Quote from: FrankZappa;186480did you hear how some guy fell 2 stories to his death at shea? his 2 daughters were there with him, and his wife was home pregnant with their third. :(
how the hell does something like that happen?
he fell 4 stories, and it happens when you act like a tool and try to slide down an escalator rail. sucks for his family, but probably good for at least a darwin award nomination.
except for the fact that he already spread the dumbass seed to 3 kids......
Post by: Klout on April 16, 2008, 09:40:23 am
Quote from: booztravlr;186484
Quote from: Klout;185389[2008-04-03] when was the last time your forth best pitcher went 6 scoreless with 8 strike outs?
I figured I\'d have to at least wait until the All Star break to rebuttal this one...
Randy Wolf was 7 outs away from a no hitter last night. The single that broke it was only a foot or so off his glove up the middle. He also had 9 strikeouts. Not too bad for a free agent signing and #4 in the rotation.
Go Padres
yes but is your number FIVE guy 2-0 with a 1.5 era? ;)
Post by: booztravlr on April 16, 2008, 09:53:52 am
No, he\'s 0-0, 13IP, 6k, 0.00 ERA. If he had some run support he\'d be doing fine.
First night of four Mets @ Padres games is June 5th. We might be getting extra sloppy at the Electric Company that night.
Post by: Klout on April 16, 2008, 09:56:32 am
hahah jus tlooked that up too. didnt even notice it was 4 tho.
is there even a tv in the eletric co? i dont ever remember seeing one
Post by: booztravlr on April 16, 2008, 10:14:20 am
Post by: Klout on April 16, 2008, 10:17:57 am
Post by: Me! on April 16, 2008, 11:18:50 pm
lots of hits on both sides. tough loss.
Post by: Me! on April 17, 2008, 11:07:52 pm
Would much rather Manny be this hot later in the season, there\'s almost no way he can maintain this, but I\'ll certainly take it.
Manny HR count 495 :)
Post by: booztravlr on April 18, 2008, 08:57:42 am
Post by: davepeck on April 18, 2008, 09:50:10 am
Post by: booztravlr on April 18, 2008, 10:30:05 am
Post by: booztravlr on April 23, 2008, 08:51:43 am
It\'s going to be a long season if they don\'t pick it up sometime soon. Starting next week they play a stretch of 19 games in 20 days, 16 of which are on the road. I know it\'s still early but this 20 day stretch will make or break their season.
Post by: leith on April 24, 2008, 06:47:19 pm
sure enough! FUCKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!
At least the Angels took 2 of 3 in boston!
Post by: ChrisPitch on April 27, 2008, 06:54:52 pm
Post by: jocelyn on April 27, 2008, 08:26:01 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on April 28, 2008, 09:53:46 am
damn you manny!
Post by: jocelyn on April 28, 2008, 10:34:39 pm
After the game, I plan to drink one of each of the different beers at Boston Beer Works, and two shots of Jager from each bar within a 10-block radius of Lansdowne. Then I\'m going to drive across the Tobin Bridge with my headlights off, belting "Born in the U.S.A.," just for Yoda. ;)
Post by: Gordo on April 29, 2008, 01:31:09 am
Quote from: jocelyn;187839
Going to the game tomorrow. Hope it doesn\'t get rained out.
After the game, I plan to drink one of each of the different beers at Boston Beer Works, and two shots of Jager from each bar within a 10-block radius of Lansdowne. Then I\'m going to drive across the Tobin Bridge with my headlights off, belting "Born in the U.S.A.," just for Yoda. ;)
rotfl
Post by: Todd on April 29, 2008, 01:35:55 am
Quote from: jocelyn;187839
Going to the game tomorrow. Hope it doesn\'t get rained out.
After the game, I plan to drink one of each of the different beers at Boston Beer Works, and two shots of Jager from each bar within a 10-block radius of Lansdowne. Then I\'m going to drive across the Tobin Bridge with my headlights off, belting "Born in the U.S.A.," just for Yoda. ;)
Hit a couple parked cars while you\'re at it!! :duck:
Post by: Gordo on April 29, 2008, 12:01:36 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on April 29, 2008, 01:53:00 pm
try to. (takes off admin hat)
Post by: Todd on April 29, 2008, 02:50:59 pm
Post by: ChrisPitch on May 04, 2008, 07:33:41 pm
Post by: Klout on May 04, 2008, 08:26:52 pm
Post by: jocelyn on May 05, 2008, 08:51:06 pm
Post by: Me! on May 06, 2008, 12:31:42 am
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NASHUA, N.H.—A woman accused of running down a man in her car after a Red Sox-Yankees argument in a bar never hit her brakes as she accelerated toward the small group he was in, a prosecutor said Monday.
more stories like this"She never braked, and she accelerated at a high speed for about 200 feet. She went directly at this group of people," prosecutor Susan Morrell said of Ivonne Hernandez, who is charged with reckless second-degree murder in the death early Friday of Matthew Beaudoin, 29.
Hernandez was ordered held without bail after being arraigned Monday in Nashua District Court. The charges, including aggravated drunken driving, are felonies, so Hernandez could not enter a plea.
Her public defender, James Quay, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Authorities won\'t describe the argument beforehand in Slade\'s Food & Spirits, but witnesses said it heated up when Hernandez identified herself as a New York Yankees fan. Nashua, 45 miles northwest of Boston, is Red Sox country.
Bartender Tanya Moran said the argument spilled outside, and at least one person in a group that included Beaudoin began chanting "Yankees suck!" when they saw a Yankees sticker on Hernandez\'s car.
Hernandez, 43, allegedly gunned her car and struck Beaudoin and his friend Maria Hughes, 21. Beaudoin\'s sister Faith Beaudoin said Hughes had only minor injuries, because her brother shielded her. Beaudoin died of massive head trauma at a hospital, Morrell said.
Hernandez, of Nashua, was arrested at the scene. She acknowledged she had been drinking and refused to take a breath-alcohol test, said Morrell, a senior assistant attorney general. Hernandez said she had been in an argument with the group.
"She indicated to police that she wanted to scare this group of people. She thought they would get out of the way," Morrell said.
Moran told The Telegraph of Nashua during the weekend that Beaudoin came to the bar regularly to socialize, sing karaoke and have fun.
"He came to hang out. He didn\'t really drink much," she said.
Chris Lovett, a disc jockey at Slade\'s, told the New Hampshire Union Leader that Beaudoin kept to himself and "wasn\'t an instigator."
Faith Beaudoin said her brother, who lived in Nashua, was a 1997 graduate of Nashua High School who worked dealing poker at Sharky\'s in Manchester and Nashua. She said his organs, including his heart, live and kidneys, were donated in hopes of saving other people\'s lives.
"He was always helping people when he was alive, and he\'s still saving lives," she said, choking back tears during the weekend.
This is just downright awful. It\'s fuckin baseball people. Just baseball.
Post by: jocelyn on May 06, 2008, 01:15:39 am
I have a feeling this had as much to do with alcohol as it did with baseball.
Terrible.
Post by: Me! on May 09, 2008, 11:31:15 pm
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Post by: bezerker on May 15, 2008, 11:52:54 am
Post by: skalnbyc on May 17, 2008, 03:40:15 pm
Just noticed the perennially hapless Tampa Bay Devil Rays are off to a good start.
Post by: jocelyn on May 17, 2008, 07:45:16 pm
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Just noticed the perennially hapless Tampa Bay Devil Rays are off to a good start.
Yeah never thought I\'d hear Steinbrenner say, "The Yankees need to start playing like Tampa Bay."
Post by: Klout on May 17, 2008, 10:37:04 pm
Post by: bezerker on May 18, 2008, 12:27:59 am
Quote from: jocelyn;190104
Quote from: alexanderzurflu;190089
Just noticed the perennially hapless Tampa Bay Devil Rays are off to a good start.
Yeah never thought I\'d hear Steinbrenner say, "The Yankees need to start playing like Tampa Bay."
i also never thought steinbrenner jr. would say " the players are working for me and my brother, and they get paid more than us, that doesnt seem right" something or pretty close to that. what a prick
Post by: DocEllis70 on May 18, 2008, 01:31:15 am
Quote from: Klout;190115
nice win for the metsies today. that play at the plate was fantastic. totally changed the momentum of the entire game. we need to start playing better than .500 ball though.
yea that was a nice block by Scchneider. Hope they take advantage of this series with A Rod not in the line up for the Yanks and then whoop the shit out of Atlanta
Post by: skalnbyc on May 18, 2008, 02:08:00 am
Peep that meltdown.
Post by: jocelyn on May 18, 2008, 05:28:18 am
Quote from: alexanderzurflu;190133
Peep that meltdown.
Al, is that you?
Post by: Me! on May 18, 2008, 03:30:08 pm
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Right-hander Justin Masterson will make his second start for the Red Sox on Tuesday, coming up from Double-A Portland. Bartolo Colon, the 2005 American League Cy Young Award winner who signed a Minor League contract with Boston in February, will make his Sox debut on Wednesday, coming up from Triple-A Pawtucket
It\'s not etched in stone, but I think we certainly have a plan," Francona said. "But barring weather, which looks nice, or injuries, Masterson will start on Tuesday, then he will go back [to Portland], and Colon will start on Wednesday. Both pitchers have been spoken to. They understand that this is in all likelihood what\'s going to happen, but if weather gets in the way or something happens, that can change."
Post by: Klout on May 18, 2008, 10:36:44 pm
Post by: bezerker on May 18, 2008, 10:37:47 pm
Post by: Klout on May 18, 2008, 10:41:30 pm
and oliver \'peep the meltdown\' perez went past the 6th inning for the first time this year so I\'ll take it :thumbsup:
Post by: ChrisPitch on May 18, 2008, 11:33:10 pm
But boy does it feel good to watch them clobber the shit out of the Yankees.
Post by: jocelyn on May 19, 2008, 09:47:37 pm
Post by: bezerker on May 19, 2008, 10:09:42 pm
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Congratulations to Jon Lester!
Post by: Wolfman on May 19, 2008, 10:55:29 pm
Post by: jocelyn on May 19, 2008, 10:58:00 pm
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Jon Lester pitches a no-hitter! It sure is fun being a Red Sox fan! Don\'t you wish you were a Red Sox fan too? Imagine how much fun you could be having.
:banboogy::bandown::banboogy:
Post by: Me! on May 19, 2008, 11:14:41 pm
Bummed I was at work and didn\'t get to see this. But great fuckin news. 2 Sox rookies in 2 seasons.
Way to go Lester!!
Post by: bezerker on May 20, 2008, 07:20:36 am
Post by: derickw on May 20, 2008, 09:05:27 am
Post by: booztravlr on May 20, 2008, 09:49:53 am
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As stunning as the news was, Jake Peavy’s placement on the disabled list with an inflamed flexor mass near his right elbow was not the biggest explosion in the Padres’ clubhouse Monday.
After the Padres lost for the 23rd time in their last 31 games, general manager Kevin Towers went off.
“We’re bad, no question about it,” Towers said. “And I’ve seen no signs to tell us or our fans that we’re going to turn it around.
“I’m not going to watch this for another four months. Other than our starting pitching and the back end of the bullpen… it’s all negatives except for (Brian) Giles and (Adrian Gonzalez).
“We’re not running the bases. The defense is shabby. Our 0-23 record when behind after seven innings shows we’re not able to come back. The morale shouldn’t be good. If the morale is good, we have major problems. If the morale is good, they have no expectations of being better. Morale should be horrible."
This is about 2 weeks overdue. The team should have been told they are garbage weeks ago, before the 16 out of 19 game road trip, in order to try and restore some fire in their game. This season is lost and has been since the start of May. To think, they were 8-6 at one point. Now, they\'re 16-30. I\'m still going to watch as many games as I can but for Towers to put all the blame on the players, after signing the carcas of Jim Edmonds in CF, not signing a LF and spending money on Mark Prior\'s chicken wing of an arm (who hasn\'t even pitched yet), Towers really didn\'t give them much of a chance to win. He relied way too much on pitchers to carry this team again.[/vent]
go Padres
Post by: Klout on May 20, 2008, 10:52:29 am
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Don\'t you wish you were a Red Sox fan too?
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NO.
Post by: Wolfman on May 20, 2008, 02:48:52 pm
Quote from: Klout;190374
Quote from: Wolfman;190317Don\'t you wish you were a Red Sox fan too?
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NO.
Haha, well, it sounds like booztravlr sure does! Hey Booz, I\'d like to extend to you a personal invitation to join Red Sox Nation. With you being a fan of an NL West team you couldn\'t possibly have less of a conflict. We have the greatest clutch hitter of our lifetime, a hall-of-famer about to reach 500 home runs, the best clutch pitcher in the game, two second-year starters who have both thrown no hitters, the best young outfielder in the game who steals second and third on back-to-back pitches, 2 titles in the last 4 years, and the chances of postseason play are over 50% each year. Stop rooting for that awful team in that ho-hum yawnball division and come play with the big boys. We\'d love to have you my man.
Post by: booztravlr on May 20, 2008, 03:52:51 pm
Post by: davepeck on May 20, 2008, 04:05:27 pm
Quote from: Wolfman;190425
Quote from: Klout;190374Quote from: Wolfman;190317Don\'t you wish you were a Red Sox fan too?
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NO.
Haha, well, it sounds like booztravlr sure does! Hey Booz, I\'d like to extend to you a personal invitation to join Red Sox Nation. With you being a fan of an NL West team you couldn\'t possibly have less of a conflict. We have the greatest clutch hitter of our lifetime, a hall-of-famer about to reach 500 home runs, the best clutch pitcher in the game, two second-year starters who have both thrown no hitters, the best young outfielder in the game who steals second and third on back-to-back pitches, 2 titles in the last 4 years, and the chances of postseason play are over 50% each year. Stop rooting for that awful team in that ho-hum yawnball division and come play with the big boys. We\'d love to have you my man.
ahh, yes. there\'s the word i was looking for to describe your post: yawnball! thanks, wolf!
Post by: tyzack on May 20, 2008, 04:59:40 pm
Quote from: derickw;190352
i was at the game. i bought standing room only seats and ended up walking in and sitting at the lower box a couple rows back from the KC dugout. good times
As was I...field box behind red sox dugout.
I felt like a total dick for rocking my royals gear.
Post by: Wolfman on May 20, 2008, 08:02:52 pm
Quote from: davepeck;190435
Quote from: Wolfman;190425Quote from: Klout;190374Quote from: Wolfman;190317Don\'t you wish you were a Red Sox fan too?
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NO.
Haha, well, it sounds like booztravlr sure does! Hey Booz, I\'d like to extend to you a personal invitation to join Red Sox Nation. With you being a fan of an NL West team you couldn\'t possibly have less of a conflict. We have the greatest clutch hitter of our lifetime, a hall-of-famer about to reach 500 home runs, the best clutch pitcher in the game, two second-year starters who have both thrown no hitters, the best young outfielder in the game who steals second and third on back-to-back pitches, 2 titles in the last 4 years, and the chances of postseason play are over 50% each year. Stop rooting for that awful team in that ho-hum yawnball division and come play with the big boys. We\'d love to have you my man.
ahh, yes. there\'s the word i was looking for to describe your post: yawnball! thanks, wolf!
Sorry Chip, but if you were that bored with it then you wouldn\'t have read it. I do apologize if it seemed exclusionary, it was not meant just for Booz. You, of course, will be welcomed into Red Sox Nation with open arms as well! Thanks for the props on the good made-up word, I kinda like it too. Describes about 80% of the NL and about half the AL perfectly.
Hmmm...which would piss you off more? Rooting for a team that\'s in last place and 6.5 games out, or tuning in to watch your team only to find that they\'re down 9-0 after two innings to a crappy team? Yankee fans don\'t need to answer...you\'ve got both! rotfl rotfl rotfl
Post by: davepeck on May 20, 2008, 11:34:27 pm
Post by: Wolfman on May 21, 2008, 12:12:52 am
Quote from: davepeck;190466
obviously jon lester isn\'t quite the writing coach that tom brady was. "yawnball" indeed.
(http://www.healthbolt.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/huh.jpg)
Post by: Me! on May 21, 2008, 12:56:43 am
Post by: tyzack on May 21, 2008, 07:09:18 am
Quote from: Me!;190483
I honestly kinda feel bad for the Yankees, they get A-Rod back and lose Jeter in the same game. tough break man.
I have come to the conclusion that in terms of teams that have rivals in Boston, the Yankees are not the worst to go play. They were annoying with all the 1918 stuff for the last, well, 90 some-odd years, but they were in no way as bad as the habs and their gay OLE chant.
Ohio state sucks too, while I\'m at it.
Post by: FrankZappa on May 21, 2008, 07:42:57 am
Quote from: celtics blog 5/20
The Celtics resorted to some old-fashioned Sox-Yankees rivalry to get the crowd pumped coming out of the last timeout.
The Jumbotron first showed the score of tonight\'s Sox game: "Red Sox 2, Royals 1," then switched to, "Orioles 12, NY Yankees 2" with a note below that read, "Yankees remain in last place."
Post by: tyzack on May 21, 2008, 07:49:58 am
Quote from: FrankZappa;190498
Quote from: celtics blog 5/20The Celtics resorted to some old-fashioned Sox-Yankees rivalry to get the crowd pumped coming out of the last timeout.
The Jumbotron first showed the score of tonight\'s Sox game: "Red Sox 2, Royals 1," then switched to, "Orioles 12, NY Yankees 2" with a note below that read, "Yankees remain in last place."
They did the same during the bruins games.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on May 21, 2008, 08:16:23 am
Quote from: Wolfman;190425
Quote from: Klout;190374Quote from: Wolfman;190317Don\'t you wish you were a Red Sox fan too?
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NO.
Haha, well, it sounds like booztravlr sure does! Hey Booz, I\'d like to extend to you a personal invitation to join Red Sox Nation. With you being a fan of an NL West team you couldn\'t possibly have less of a conflict. We have the greatest clutch hitter of our lifetime, a hall-of-famer about to reach 500 home runs, the best clutch pitcher in the game, two second-year starters who have both thrown no hitters, the best young outfielder in the game who steals second and third on back-to-back pitches, 2 titles in the last 4 years, and the chances of postseason play are over 50% each year. Stop rooting for that awful team in that ho-hum yawnball division and come play with the big boys. We\'d love to have you my man.
Do you see what years of hearing this same garbage from Yankee fans has done? Wolfman has turned into the very thing that I, as a Red Sox fan, hated about Yankee fans for years. Act like you\'ve been there before.
Post by: Yoda on May 21, 2008, 09:13:53 am
Post by: bezerker on May 21, 2008, 09:19:32 am
Post by: jocelyn on May 21, 2008, 11:01:19 am
Quote from: tyzack;190494 the habs and their gay OLE chant.
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Yeah what is with that? It\'s super annoying.
Post by: tyzack on May 21, 2008, 11:03:07 am
They talk about their "club" and wear flags and are generally, well, gay.
Post by: jocelyn on May 21, 2008, 11:13:08 am
Post by: DocEllis70 on May 21, 2008, 11:45:07 am
Post by: tyzack on May 21, 2008, 12:45:51 pm
Quote from: jocelyn;190523
Don\'t going insulting gay people now. :lol:
I almost editted my post to say "And I mean no offense to gay people, but..."
Post by: booztravlr on May 21, 2008, 11:04:17 pm
Post by: derickw on May 22, 2008, 08:16:39 am
Quote from: bezerker;190507
last year they were 14.5 back from the red sox in like may or june, and ended up getting a close second in best record. so who knows, thats why they play 162 !
thats why i don\'t really pay attention till after the all star break
Post by: jocelyn on May 22, 2008, 09:23:22 am
Quote from: booztravlr;190602
Wow. Chris Young (Padres pitcher) just took a ball to the face off of Pujols\' bat. They didn\'t show any replays on the Padres feed nor the Cardinals feed but it looked like it hit him at the top of the nose. His face was covered in blood and so was his jersey. Later on in the same inning Bard was protecting home plate with his left leg and as Pujols slid home he turned his foot/knee completely sideways. Hopefully they\'re both all right. Obviously, neither of these were intentional, but come on! Peavy goes down last week and now this. How about some good luck in San Diego for a change.
Wow I\'m sorry to hear that. I never like players getting hurt, no mater what team they play for.
Post by: Klout on May 22, 2008, 09:58:50 am
that is all.
Post by: ChrisPitch on May 27, 2008, 01:18:21 pm
Post by: Yoda on May 27, 2008, 01:38:46 pm
Post by: Klout on May 27, 2008, 01:49:31 pm
Post by: Wolfman on May 27, 2008, 03:52:14 pm
Post by: Me! on May 27, 2008, 11:39:10 pm
Quote
2008 MLB All-Star Balloting : American League
First Base
RANK PLAYER NAME AL TEAM TOTAL VOTES
1. Youkilis, K. Red Sox 419,813
2. Morneau, J. Twins 217,956
3. Giambi, J. Yankees 168,185
4. Guillen, C. Tigers 134,338
5. Pena, C. Rays 117,065
Second Base
RANK PLAYER NAME AL TEAM TOTAL VOTES
1. Pedroia, D. Red Sox 384,648
2. Cano, R. Yankees 219,778
3. Polanco, P. Tigers 159,729
4. Roberts, B. Orioles 113,774
5. Kinsler, I. Rangers 102,294
Third base
RANK PLAYER NAME AL TEAM TOTAL VOTES
1. Rodriguez, A. Yankees 429,238
2. Lowell, M. Red Sox 250,664
3. Cabrera, M. Tigers 201,589
4. Crede, J. White Sox 138,143
5. Rolen, S. Blue Jays 92,217
Shortstop
RANK PLAYER NAME AL TEAM TOTAL VOTES
1. Jeter, D. Yankees 523,187
2. Renteria, E. Tigers 190,244
3. Young, M. Rangers 144,095
4. Lugo, J. Red Sox 130,139
5. Cabrera, O. White Sox 99,580
Catcher
RANK PLAYER NAME AL TEAM TOTAL VOTES
1. Varitek, J. Red Sox 288,464
2. Rodriguez, I. Tigers 236,788
3. Mauer, J. Twins 214,396
4. Posada, J. Yankees 201,607
5. Martinez, V. Indians 172,030
Designated hitter
RANK PLAYER NAME AL TEAM TOTAL VOTES
1. Ortiz, D. Red Sox 556,567
2. Matsui, H. Yankees 259,234
3. Thome, J. White Sox 163,970
4. Sheffield, G. Tigers 106,705
5. Hafner, T. Indians 76,796
Outfield
RANK PLAYER NAME AL TEAM TOTAL VOTES
1. Ramirez, M. Red Sox 539,122
2. Suzuki, I. Mariners 284,763
3. Guerrero, V. Angels 274,827
4. Ordonez, M. Tigers 236,890
5. Abreu, B. Yankees 233,147
6. Hamilton, J. Rangers 229,711
7. Cabrera, M. Yankees 200,248
8. Sizemore, G. Indians 193,508
9. Hunter, T. Angels 190,850
10. Damon, J. Yankees 189,844
11. Drew, J.D. Red Sox 185,673
12. Crisp, C. Red Sox 149,801
13. Crawford, C. Rays 149,732
14. Granderson, C. Tigers 145,490
15. Upton, B.J. Rays 102,623
Post by: jocelyn on May 28, 2008, 12:28:54 am
Post by: Me! on May 28, 2008, 12:47:00 am
Post by: bezerker on May 31, 2008, 09:26:06 pm
Post by: DocEllis70 on May 31, 2008, 09:59:04 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on June 04, 2008, 08:03:17 am
Post by: booztravlr on June 05, 2008, 12:06:07 pm
(http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/6837/beltrancameron275kz9.jpg)
Post by: Klout on June 05, 2008, 12:15:06 pm
Post by: bezerker on June 06, 2008, 11:02:47 am
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/ivp/index?id=
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/06/06/no_dirt_on_ramrez_youkilis_dust_up/
Post by: Klout on June 06, 2008, 11:35:44 am
looked like he got slammed to the ground and pummeled after that though
Post by: jocelyn on June 06, 2008, 11:32:58 pm
Pretty glad at this point that we have so many damn outfielders...
Post by: Wolfman on June 07, 2008, 09:43:08 am
I would talk smack about the Rays, but I don\'t know what to say. Besides, you gotta give them props for being the Red Sox\' biggest competition with 1/10th the payroll.
Looks like there\'s nothing to do but be the same no-trash-talking, friendly, huggable wolf that I was during last football season.
Go Red Sox! Yayyyyyyyyy!
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on June 07, 2008, 11:14:38 am
Quote from: Wolfman;192254
I would talk smack about the Rays, but I don\'t know what to say. Besides, you gotta give them props for being the Red Sox\' biggest competition with 1/10th the payroll.
I could be dead wrong, but I really don\'t see the Rays being relevant in the AL East race come September. The thing about young pitching and hitting is that, the first time around, nobody has seen it. Kazmir and Garza are good, but I don\'t see a guy like Andy Sonnanstine overpowering teams the second or third time he faces them. The Rays are a good, young team that will be a huge factor in the Wild Card race this season and will be a team to take seriously for years to come.
For the sake of baseball, I hope I\'m wrong. Even as a Red Sox fan, I would take the Wild Card spot if it meant that the Rays would win the AL East. The rivalry will never touch the history of the Red Sox/Yankees rivalry, but it\'s certainly on its way to creating 19 more must see games on the schedule every year.
Post by: leith on June 08, 2008, 01:12:04 am
Without half of their Pitching staff they are slowly climbing out of the cellar.
Finding ways to win builds confidence, this club is really not as bad as it\'s record.
Post by: jocelyn on June 08, 2008, 08:29:32 am
Post by: Klout on June 08, 2008, 11:19:22 am
DWright RIPPED that ball in game two with the bases loaded. Almost any other park thats a grand slam or a 3 run triple off the wall.
We really need church and alou back. Kinda worried about churchy right now though. Hope he can make a full recovery.
Also gotta say- even tho he is probably the all time met killer- props to chipper hitting .420 more than a third of the way into the season at age 30- whatever he is. Guy is just a great hitter.
Post by: booztravlr on June 08, 2008, 07:55:40 pm
Post by: leith on June 08, 2008, 07:59:04 pm
Quote from: jocelyn;192297
You keep telling yourself that...
A shitty team w/o it\'s best pitchers does not sweep the Mets with Johan Santana and Pedro and a closer like Billy Wagner all in good health. So yeah I will keep telling myself that thanx.
First time since 1980 that the Pads swept a 4 game series at home from the Mets. That\'s 5 wins in a row and moving on up.
Oh and the Angels own the best record in Baseball along with the Cubs. Now that would be awesome to see in October.
Post by: bezerker on June 09, 2008, 02:45:39 am
Post by: peaches626 on June 09, 2008, 10:04:01 am
Post by: tyzack on June 09, 2008, 10:26:49 am
Quote from: peaches626;192396
JD Drew is making more money this year than any other player on the team except for Manny. That is a shame. He is a talented bum. The cocky ass underachiever. I say trade him to Japan.
My friends and I play a game whenever JD comes up withe runners in scoring position. The name of the game is called "Guess how drew will mess up this time" in which we predict how he will get out, and how many other people he will take out with himself...errr english sucks.
Anyway, I toggle between "ground-ball double play" and "stike out looking"
Post by: bezerker on June 09, 2008, 11:39:51 am
Quote from: peaches626;192396
JD Drew is making more money this year than any other player on the team except for Manny. That is a shame. He is a talented bum. The cocky ass underachiever. I say trade him to Japan.
yeah hitting that crucial grand slam last september against the indians in the alcs to get them to the WS was some ser underachievement. fuckin bum :sigh:
Post by: peaches626 on June 09, 2008, 11:55:50 am
This one time, on valentine\'s day, I had crazy porn star sex, don\'t mean I should get paid like i\'m Ron Jeremy or something.
Post by: jocelyn on June 09, 2008, 09:18:11 pm
Quote from: bezerker;192377
wouldnt be the least bit surprised if daisuke ... wins the cy young this year.
LMFAO
Post by: booztravlr on June 13, 2008, 10:23:46 am
We got tickets for Tuesday night and Thursday afternoon at Yankee stadium. Unfortunately, it looks like Maddux will be pitching Sunday and Peavy will be going Wednesday (DOH!). I was really hoping to see Maddux pitch since he is retiring soon but maybe I\'ll make it back down to NYC in August for the Mets series.
Go Padres!
Post by: booztravlr on June 16, 2008, 01:09:07 pm
Post by: Klout on June 16, 2008, 01:26:19 pm
Post by: tyzack on June 16, 2008, 01:32:48 pm
Quote from: booztravlr;193173
Friday, June 27th the Yankees and Mets play a double header. The first game is a makeup game at Yankee stadium. The second game is at Shea to open the weekend series. Is this the first time two teams have played a double header with one game in each team\'s stadium?
Is that even technichally a double header?
Post by: Me! on June 16, 2008, 04:45:35 pm
Quote from: tyzack;193181
Quote from: booztravlr;193173Friday, June 27th the Yankees and Mets play a double header. The first game is a makeup game at Yankee stadium. The second game is at Shea to open the weekend series. Is this the first time two teams have played a double header with one game in each team\'s stadium?
Is that even technichally a double header?
web definitions for doubleheader: 2 teams/ 2 games/ 1 day
Post by: DocEllis70 on June 17, 2008, 08:22:00 am
knew that it was being talked about more and more, but thought theyd wait til after these games against the Angels, not after a much needed win last night. I dont think theyre going to play any better or worse under a new manager, so i hope this doesnt backfire. Hope Manuel can get them on the right path here.
Post by: Yoda on June 17, 2008, 09:01:27 am
That being said, I could give two shits about the Mets, I\'m a Yankee fan and we have our own issues to deal with.
Post by: DocEllis70 on June 17, 2008, 09:20:39 am
Post by: Yoda on June 17, 2008, 09:41:00 am
Boston - 5.5 games behind for 1st in the division
LA - 4.5 games behind; not in our division and not currently fighting for the Wild Card, so let\'s get rid of that one comparison.
Tampa Bay - 3.5 games behind for the Wild Card spot.
The Yanks have played 70 games this season, that leaves over 90 games (13 against Boston / 10 against LA / 8 against Tampa Bay) to make up a maximum of 5.5 games. Will they win all of those games, no. But to forecast that they won\'t beat those teams at this point in the season is just plain stupid.
Post by: Klout on June 17, 2008, 01:24:34 pm
long overdue.
Post by: ChrisPitch on June 18, 2008, 09:27:24 am
Post by: Klout on June 18, 2008, 01:37:26 pm
Post by: Yoda on June 18, 2008, 01:49:00 pm
Quote from: ChrisPitch;193411
Never send someone used to winning to a team that\'s destined to lose.
Fixed
Post by: Klout on June 18, 2008, 01:56:04 pm
Quote from: Yoda;193477
Quote from: ChrisPitch;193411Never send someone used to winning to a team that\'s destined to lose.
Fixed
thats exactly his problem. he is too used to winning. It\'s easy to look like a great manager when your team is clicking on all cylinders and owning the entire league. Once that stopped willie was a total fish out of water. He was in total denial had absolutely no clue how to right the ship when it was going down in epic fashion last September so he just kept assuming the team would bounce back despite his robotic unemotional demeanor and the fact that he was totally out of touch with his team and had no clue how to properly handle the situation or reconnect and motivate his players.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on June 18, 2008, 02:57:17 pm
Quote from: Yoda;193477
Quote from: ChrisPitch;193411Never send someone used to winning to a team that\'s destined to lose.
Fixed
Wait, are we talking about Willie Randolph or Joe Torre? I think all of those years in the Bronx made Joe forget that he\'s a pretty mediocre game-day manager.
See also: Phil Jackson; Pat Riley
Post by: Yoda on June 18, 2008, 03:11:16 pm
Post by: Klout on June 19, 2008, 12:03:54 am
"Oh, this is when Perez just starts making stuff up" :lol:
(after perez just freezes in the middle of delivery like dan harren)
I like the new feel of this team already though.
They seem a lot looser and reyes is fired up.
Jerry is the man.....at least for now.
Post by: booztravlr on June 24, 2008, 10:53:03 am
Quote from: Klout;178578
Johan Santana (7-6)
Pedro Martinez (2-1)
John Maine (7-5)
Oliver Perez (5-4)
Mike Pelfrey (4-6)
show me a better 1-5 in MLB. (Overall 25-22)
So basically we\'re fuckin stacked and we\'re gonna win a 100 games and the world series :D
They\'re currently 37-38. Sorry Chip.
Quote from: booztravlr;184293
AL East - Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays, Devil Rays, Orioles
AL Central - Tigers, Indians, Twins, Royals, White Sox
AL West - Angels, Mariners, Athletics, Rangers
AL Wild Card - Mariners (Rays)
NL East - Phillies, Braves, Mets, Marlins, Nationals
NL Central - Brewers, Cubs, Reds, Astros, Cardinals, Pirates
NL West - Diamondbacks, Padres, Rockies, Dodgers, Giants
NL Wild Card - Braves (Cardinals)
World Series - Tigers over Phillies
4 out of 6 Division Leaders are correct at this point. I was off by one with the Cubs and WAY OFF with the White Sox. The Wild Card teams don\'t look like they\'ll be right either but the Braves have a decent chance at making it, unlike the disappointing Mariners. World Series matchup is definitely a long shot.
Quote from: Klout;184434
Quote from: booztravlr;184293
NL East - Phillies, Braves, Mets, Marlins, Nationals
care to place a wager on that statment?
It\'s currently Phillies, Marlins, Mets, Braves, Nationals. Good thing we didn\'t bet :biggrin:
Quote from: leith;179982
Angels will win the W.S.
Looks like a good possibility.
Quote from: ChrisPitch;185347
Translation: Delgado is primed for a big year, as are the Mets, regardless of the outcome of Pedro\'s MRI.
Another Sorry Chip
.234 AVG (64/274), 11HR, 35RBI, 35R
Post by: Klout on June 24, 2008, 12:54:38 pm
NL East is still wiiiiide open
Sorry Chipper Jones
Post by: Yoda on June 24, 2008, 12:55:56 pm
Post by: ChrisPitch on June 24, 2008, 01:49:21 pm
I maintain my stance that they will win the National League East.
Post by: FrankZappa on June 24, 2008, 02:05:44 pm
man, poor hernandez from the mariners, looked pretty damn painful!
Also, it\'s minor league but still!!!:
Post by: Klout on June 24, 2008, 02:20:36 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on June 27, 2008, 10:26:25 am
(http://sonsofsamhorn.net/wiki/images/2/2d/Varitek-Arod.jpg)
guessing 03/04
also, we\'re doing a montage of photos for great moments from sox/yankees games throughout the years. Anyone have any please let me know.
Thanks!
Post by: booztravlr on June 27, 2008, 10:30:07 am
Post by: FrankZappa on June 27, 2008, 10:32:00 am
Post by: davepeck on June 27, 2008, 10:39:26 am
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1D7113DF933A05754C0A9629C8B63
Post by: FrankZappa on June 27, 2008, 10:54:28 am
Post by: Me! on July 02, 2008, 10:29:46 pm
you really gotta be kidding me, time for a new bullpen, Okie actually pitched well too.
oh and that you tube clip is staged. I heard the promotions director for that park on NPR this weekend talking about it.
Post by: jocelyn on July 06, 2008, 10:07:25 pm
Post by: Klout on July 06, 2008, 10:40:56 pm
Post by: Gordo on July 06, 2008, 11:50:26 pm
Quote from: jocelyn;195189
Sabathia going to the Brewers
no fucking way..... (quickly relocating to espn.go.com)
Fuck!
Post by: DocEllis70 on July 07, 2008, 02:30:21 am
Quote from: Klout;195194
insane mets game today
how did Wagner make the all star team??
Post by: Yoda on July 07, 2008, 09:31:19 am
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on July 07, 2008, 09:55:10 am
Quote from: Yoda;195209
Every team gets one spot on the roster. Maybe he\'s the best of the worst. Are there any other stand-outs that should have made the cut? Seriously, I don\'t follow the Mets, so I\'m clueless.
David Wright is on the fan ballot for "last player in". Chipper Jones was the obvious starter at third base (hitting fucking .388 in July), but there\'s no reason for Aramis Ramirez to be in over Wright.
Wright: .286, 16 HR, 66 RBI, 9 SB, 55 runs scored
Ramirez: .283, 15 HR, 60 RBI, 1 SB, 56 runs scored
Can we mention how ridiculous fan voting has gotten? Pedroia over Kinsler and Jeter over Young are fucking laughable. If fan voting is going to continue, the game should go back to being meaningless, instead of determining home field advantage for the World Series. It\'s also absurd than, when players retire, we look at All-Star appearances when considering them for the Hall of Fame. All-Star appearances means very little when injured players like David Ortiz and undeserving players like Jason Varitek and Derek Jeter are taking spots from guys like Evan Longoria (who could be a borderline Hall of Famer when his career is done).
Post by: booztravlr on July 07, 2008, 10:14:37 am
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;195213
Quote from: Yoda;195209Every team gets one spot on the roster. Maybe he\'s the best of the worst. Are there any other stand-outs that should have made the cut? Seriously, I don\'t follow the Mets, so I\'m clueless.David Wright is on the fan ballot for "last player in". Chipper Jones was the obvious starter at third base (hitting fucking .388 in July), but there\'s no reason for Aramis Ramirez to be in over Wright.
Wright: .286, 16 HR, 66 RBI, 9 SB, 55 runs scored
Ramirez: .283, 15 HR, 60 RBI, 1 SB, 56 runs scored
Can we mention how ridiculous fan voting has gotten? Pedroia over Kinsler and Jeter over Young are fucking laughable. If fan voting is going to continue, the game should go back to being meaningless, instead of determining home field advantage for the World Series. It\'s also absurd than, when players retire, we look at All-Star appearances when considering them for the Hall of Fame. All-Star appearances means very little when injured players like David Ortiz and undeserving players like Jason Varitek and Derek Jeter are taking spots from guys like Evan Longoria (who could be a borderline Hall of Famer when his career is done).
THIS!
Fan voting is the biggest crock of shit in sports.
Big cities and popular teams dominate the voting, which is fine, but don\'t make the game worth home field advantage in the World Series. That fat bastard Ortiz shouldn\'t even be considered in voting. He\'s hitting .252, with 15HR, 43RBI, and 36R. That\'s chump change in my book. Adrian Gonzalez is tied for 4th in the NL in HR and 2nd in RBI but only got in because each team has to send at least one player.
Post by: Klout on July 07, 2008, 10:28:11 am
The all star game is gimicky and for the fans and whatever so fan voting, even tho it makes it nothing more than a popularity contest, makes sense (sort of).
But to have it determine the home field advantage in the WS is totally insane.
I just see no logic in what so ever.
I know they say its is to add importance to it.
But in my mind its not supposed to be important.
Its a mid-season break and chance to relax, have some fun and showcase some great players, it should be left at that.
bottom line is baseball is kinda fucked up these days between this, the steroid era, the DH, the pampering of pitchers, salaries, etc.
but its still an escape from reality for three hours, 6 days a week, for half the year
Post by: DocEllis70 on July 07, 2008, 10:58:26 am
Quote from: Yoda;195209
Every team gets one spot on the roster. Maybe he\'s the best of the worst. Are there any other stand-outs that should have made the cut? Seriously, I don\'t follow the Mets, so I\'m clueless.
hes had 25 save chances and blown 6 before the All Star break, and most of the blown saves are with the Mets up by at least 2 runs in the 9th. All Stars perform when the pressure is on and this year looks like Wagner is not as reliable in that spot and shouldnt have a spot on the team. I dont think any of their bull pen is good enough. Id say Reyes who hasnt reached his potential, but has good numbers ( i think better than Wright) though has made a few costly errors in the field should have gotten the spot
Post by: Yoda on July 07, 2008, 11:31:59 am
Post by: Vassillios on July 07, 2008, 11:36:15 am
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on July 07, 2008, 11:45:51 am
Quote from: Yoda;195233
I say that we go back to two divisions in each league and the top team in each division plays for a spot in the series; I\'m sick of over a month of playoffs before the WS.
I know you\'ve stated that you\'re not the biggest baseball fan in the world, so I\'ll go easy on ya. :drew:
Four reasons why this is a bad idea:
1997 Florida Marlins
2002 Anaheim Angels
2003 Florida Marlins
2004 Boston Red Sox
All four team won the World Series out of the Wild Card spot. The Wild Card also gave us epic series like the 2003 and 2004 ALCS. Also, I\'m all for anything that adds relevance to at least half of the games being played on any given day well into September.
Post by: booztravlr on July 07, 2008, 12:00:34 pm
Quote from: Yoda;195233
I say that we go back to two divisions in each league and the top team in each division plays for a spot in the series; I\'m sick of over a month of playoffs before the WS. Sorry for the rant.
Do you realize the Wild Card round is only a best of five series? After a ~26 week regular season, adding one more week to double the amount of teams in the post-season just makes sense and creates excitement for all those involved.
Post by: Yoda on July 07, 2008, 12:06:28 pm
I undestand how it\'s a positive thing for cusp teams, but I\'m sick of all the extra weeks of playoffs. I\'d prefer a simpler system. I also long for the days where (and I don\'t know if it\'s at all stadiums) we could see the following:
- No intro song for every player
- No "F"ing YMCA crap at the begining of the 7th inning
- God Bless America / Take Me Out To The Ball Game (For the love of God, pick one and be done with it)
- Get rid of the dancing and kissing cams
We\'re there to see a baseball game, that\'s the entertainment. If you need added entertainment for the little ones, go to a minor league game. We pay way too much per ticket to have to put up with all that added crap.
And on a side note, I give two craps about the 03 Marlins and the 04 Red Sox.
Post by: Gordo on July 07, 2008, 09:47:46 pm
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;195213
but there\'s no reason for Aramis Ramirez to be in over Wright.
Wright: .286, 16 HR, 66 RBI, 9 SB, 55 runs scored
Ramirez: .283, 15 HR, 60 RBI, 1 SB, 56 runs scored
I agree that fan voting has become absolutely ridiculous. However this comparison of Wright vs. Ramirez is not substantial evidence of the problem, imo. Their numbers are very similar, Wright with a slight edge, but Ramirez takes the cake as far as clutch hits & HR\'s/being a leader on the best National League team to date. That being said I\'m absolutely a biased Cub fan and I\'d trade Ramirez for Wright straight up any day.
Varitek is the most pitiful all-star pick in a long time: .215 BA, 7 HR, 27 RBI, .297 OBP....?!?!?!?!
Post by: Wolfman on July 07, 2008, 10:53:12 pm
Post by: Gordo on July 07, 2008, 11:24:57 pm
Quote from: Yoda;195240
I also long for the days where (and I don\'t know if it\'s at all stadiums) we could see the following:
- No intro song for every player
- No "F"ing YMCA crap at the begining of the 7th inning
- God Bless America / Take Me Out To The Ball Game (For the love of God, pick one and be done with it)
- Get rid of the dancing and kissing cams
We\'re there to see a baseball game, that\'s the entertainment. If you need added entertainment for the little ones, go to a minor league game. We pay way too much per ticket to have to put up with all that added crap.
A time travel wish of mine is to go back to Wrigley when men wore suits and top hats and waved their newspapers in celebration or disgust. Back when Cracker Jacks mattered.
Post by: Me! on July 08, 2008, 07:05:04 pm
Quote from: Wolfman;195317
Funny how we had a week of crickets in here and then the thread got bumped right after a 4-game Sox/Yankees series...and nobody is even talking about that.
cause it\'s irrelevant TB is gonna win it all this year. They are a fuckin MONSTER lately. Don\'t get me wrong I watch every Red sox game (that I can at least) and I still do have faith, the season is only half over, but TB just seems to have this energy and forward momentum that just seems unstoppable. Not to mention their absolutely incredible pitching staff, and quick footed fielders. It\'s just funny to me that they\'re the team to beat right now.
Quote from: Gordo;195308
Varitek is the most pitiful all-star pick in a long time: .215 BA, 7 HR, 27 RBI, .297 OBP....?!?!?!?!
even as a Red Sox fan I can agree with this. He\'s had an awful year. Something around 5 for his last 50 or so.
Post by: DocEllis70 on July 13, 2008, 03:07:50 am
Post by: Klout on July 13, 2008, 10:08:33 am
I\'ll wait till we are actually in first (half game out right now) to re-quote boozey\'s predictions hehe.
I think we need to go after a good corner outfielder before the deadline tho with alou gone for the year and church questionable with all his concussion and migraine complications.
Endy/Tatis/Nixon/ etc are working great right now but I think they are going to come back down to earth eventually.
I have a feeling omar is making moves though.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on July 13, 2008, 10:12:39 am
I\'m still rooting for the Rays to take the Wild Card, but it\'s definitely a relief that they\'re no longer running away with the division.
Post by: Me! on July 13, 2008, 05:15:45 pm
Go Sox!
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on July 13, 2008, 09:33:07 pm
American League Champion: Boston Red Sox
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Chicago White Sox
AL West: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Wild Card: Minnesota Twins
MVP: Justin Morneau
Cy Young: Roy Halladay
Manager of the Year: Joe Maddon
Rookie of the Year: Evan Longoria
Cy Young could very well go to Mariano Rivera, as a sort of "Lifetime Achievement" deal, but I don\'t believe a closer on a non-playoff team (which the Yanks are in my scenario) deserves the award.
National League Champion: Arizona Diamondbacks
NL East: New York Mets
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL West: Arizona Diamondbacks
Wild Card: Philadelphia Phillies
MVP: Chase Utley
Cy Young: Tim Lincecum
Manager of the Year: Jerry Manuel
Rookie of the Year: Kosuke Fukudome
World Series: Boston Red Sox over Arizona Diamondbacks
The D-Backs pitching is ridiculous, but the Red Sox pitching of recent years always steps up in big games. Also, I don\'t want the karma of picking against the Sox hanging over my head.
So no particularly bold predictions in the end (except maybe NL Cy Young and RoY), but it will interesting to see how they look in October.
Post by: Klout on July 13, 2008, 10:26:22 pm
Big Pelf is becoming the Ace we was projected to be. Really love watching him pitch these days. The way he attacks the hitters and pounds the bottom of the strike zone batter after batter with all the movement on his pitches is just really fun to watch. Especially tonight with the home crowd really getting behind him. good good stuff.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on July 13, 2008, 10:31:04 pm
Quote from: Klout;195965
kinda sucks that it;s the all star break now because we have won 9 in a row and don\'t really wanna mess with the momentum. but what can ya do.
Big Pelf is becoming the Ace we was projected to be. Really love watching him pitch these days. The way he attacks the hitters and pounds the bottom of the strike zone batter after batter with all the movement on his pitches is just really fun to watch. Especially tonight with the home crowd really getting behind him. good good stuff.
Speaking of tonight\'s game, Jon Miller (ESPN) should never be allowed to pronounce Hispanic last names. I suppose he is just trying to be accurate and culturally diverse or whatever, but he is often wrong when he does so, and it makes him sound even more like an old, white dude than usual.
Post by: Klout on July 13, 2008, 10:37:00 pm
Post by: bezerker on July 14, 2008, 12:10:49 am
Post by: Me! on July 14, 2008, 09:55:49 pm
Post by: Gordo on July 15, 2008, 01:20:12 am
Quote from: Me!;196037
Josh Hamilton putting on a show in the HR derby. Some BOMBS in there.
Unreal. He put on an absolute clinic.
Morneau should\'ve just handed over the trophy. You could tell he was reluctant when accepting.
Post by: bezerker on July 15, 2008, 09:52:59 am
Post by: Yoda on July 15, 2008, 10:07:24 am
Post by: weekapaug19 on July 15, 2008, 10:21:47 am
Post by: jocelyn on July 15, 2008, 02:45:02 pm
Quote from: Me!;196037
Josh Hamilton putting on a show in the HR derby. Some BOMBS in there.
That was so fun to watch, especially with his adorable pitcher who was 70-something years old. Hamilton\'s story is a pretty inspirational one.
Post by: booztravlr on July 15, 2008, 03:45:11 pm
Quote from: jocelyn;196106
Hamilton\'s story is a pretty inspirational one.
He is an athlete who almost pissed away a promising career in professional sports for drugs. How is that inspirational? I\'d call it fortunate. Try not blowing all your money on hard drugs in the first place while wasting away years of your life. If he was just an average person and wasn\'t involved with professional sports he would have become just another statistic. I\'ll tip my hat to him for coming back to the MLB after being in such a hole for so long but the only way that is going to \'inspire\' me is to stay the fuck away from stuff like that.
/leith\'s understudy
Post by: jocelyn on July 15, 2008, 08:34:03 pm
What\'s inspirational is the fact that he is busting his ass now to try and prevent others from doing the same thing he did. He does an incredible amount of charity work, and he does a lot to raise awareness and help others in bad situations.
When someone fucks up, and then turns their life around and tries to help other people, I think that is something inspirational. We have all made mistakes, and to recover from one and then try to help other people is something worthy of respect.
Post by: ChrisPitch on July 15, 2008, 08:39:39 pm
Let\'s go Mets!
Post by: jocelyn on July 15, 2008, 08:43:04 pm
Quote from: ChrisPitch;196170
You know what\'s inspirational to me? The resurgent, and suddenly within a whisker of first place, New York Metropolitans. The decision to fire Willie was obviously the right one, Reyes and the bullpen are on absolute fire, and even Carlos "Garbage" Delgado is doing alright for himself.
Let\'s go Mets!
:thumbsup:
Happy to see your guys looking so energized. Shame the break had to come now.
Post by: Wolfman on July 15, 2008, 09:28:47 pm
Quote from: ChrisPitch;196170
You know what\'s inspirational to me? The resurgent, and suddenly within a whisker of first place, New York Metropolitans. The decision to fire Willie was obviously the right one, Reyes and the bullpen are on absolute fire, and even Carlos "Garbage" Delgado is doing alright for himself.
Let\'s go Mets!
I, too, am inspired by the youthful exuberance and steadfast grit of the 2008 New York Amazing Metropolitans.
Agree that Josh Hamilton\'s story is inspiring.... inspiring to do hard drugs! "Hey kids, if you do lots of crack and heroin and live to tell about it, you can end up like me!"
BTW Yogi Berra is in the booth right now at the All-Star game and NOT coherent. He couldn\'t even remember Mariano Rivera\'s name, but rather described him as "the kid with the muscles". ??? Tough to watch. Looks like the Aflac commercial in the barber shop was his last great moment. Shame on Fox for embarassing him like this.
Post by: Gordo on July 15, 2008, 10:14:19 pm
Post by: Klout on July 15, 2008, 11:20:15 pm
I think the tide is finally turning now that the roid era is winding down and all the juice heads are becoming washed up has beens and the new generation is taking over. good to see.
yup there it is
well thats the reason wagner didnt even deserve to be an allstar in the first Place right there. sheesh
Post by: DocEllis70 on July 16, 2008, 01:10:16 am
Post by: Klout on July 22, 2008, 06:03:06 pm
we have beat on them all year so hopefully we can continue that trend over the next three days.
Post by: ChrisPitch on July 22, 2008, 06:16:35 pm
Let\'s Go Mets!
Post by: Wolfman on July 24, 2008, 04:08:53 pm
Post by: Klout on July 24, 2008, 04:22:09 pm
we need a legit corner outfielder though. i.e. nady or holliday. trade fmart, neise, and a few mid level pitching prospects should get it done.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on July 26, 2008, 12:45:36 pm
On one hand, Joba had great control all night (so good that the inside corner actually expanded all the way to Mike Lowell\'s belt buckle in the ninth inning), and he has thrown at Youkilis twice before.
On the other hand, it was a 1-0 game, and Youkilis was the leadoff man in the seventh inning with All-Star caliber player Mike Lowell (Joe Crede, my ass) and All-Star MVP J.D. Drew batting behind him. Thus, putting him on base intentionally would be pretty stupid.
But, on yet another hand, the count was 2-0, and Joba could have figured that he was better off walking him then giving him a pitch to hit (of course, the Yanks lucked out big when the ball over Youk\'s head happened to hit the bat for strike one).
And of course, maybe the pitch just slipped and this is a huge coincidence. You never know.
Or.... maybe Joba\'s just smarter than the rest of us, and he realizes that the Sox/Yanks feud needs a jumpstart. Sadly, it\'s the American League, and Joba can\'t just catch a fastball between the numbers in his next at-bat against Boston to settle the score.
Either way, looking forward to two more tight games this weekend, with the Sox hopefully picking up a couple wins to keep ahead of the Yanks and in step with the Rays (who are at Kansas City and likely taking at three out of four).
Post by: peaches626 on July 26, 2008, 02:53:21 pm
Quote from: Klout;197016
first places bitches. haters eat a d!
we need a legit corner outfielder though. i.e. nady or holliday. trade fmart, neise, and a few mid level pitching prospects should get it done.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/A_day_late_and_a_dollar_short.jpg/200px-A_day_late_and_a_dollar_short.jpg)
Post by: Yoda on July 26, 2008, 04:29:02 pm
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;197134
So what\'s the verdict, did Joba throw at Youkilis intentionally?
My answer is who gives a shit. In the past four years RS pitchers have hit Jeter and A-Rod 24 times. In that same time period, Manny was hit 5 times and Ortiz was hit 0 times. The Torre days of no retaliation are in the past. Maybe Girardi is trying to send the message that we\'re not going to put up with that shit from them anymore.
Post by: peaches626 on July 26, 2008, 05:20:37 pm
Post by: Yoda on July 26, 2008, 05:50:37 pm
Post by: peaches626 on July 26, 2008, 05:55:52 pm
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;197134
So what\'s the verdict, did Joba throw at Youkilis intentionally?
On one hand, Joba had great control all night (so good that the inside corner actually expanded all the way to Mike Lowell\'s belt buckle in the ninth inning), and he has thrown at Youkilis twice before.
On the other hand, it was a 1-0 game, and Youkilis was the leadoff man in the seventh inning with All-Star caliber player Mike Lowell (Joe Crede, my ass) and All-Star MVP J.D. Drew batting behind him. Thus, putting him on base intentionally would be pretty stupid.
But, on yet another hand, the count was 2-0, and Joba could have figured that he was better off walking him then giving him a pitch to hit (of course, the Yanks lucked out big when the ball over Youk\'s head happened to hit the bat for strike one).
And of course, maybe the pitch just slipped and this is a huge coincidence. You never know.
Or.... maybe Joba\'s just smarter than the rest of us, and he realizes that the Sox/Yanks feud needs a jumpstart. Sadly, it\'s the American League, and Joba can\'t just catch a fastball between the numbers in his next at-bat against Boston to settle the score.
Either way, looking forward to two more tight games this weekend, with the Sox hopefully picking up a couple wins to keep ahead of the Yanks and in step with the Rays (who are at Kansas City and likely taking at three out of four).
In my interpretation, Drew was merely questioning whether it was intentional or not. Not a bitch or moan anywhere in his post as far as i can tell.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on July 26, 2008, 07:52:14 pm
Quote from: peaches626;197163
In my interpretation, Drew was merely questioning whether it was intentional or not. Not a bitch or moan anywhere in his post as far as i can tell.
Thanks for saving me the effort.
Post by: Yoda on July 26, 2008, 09:42:34 pm
Post by: Wolfman on July 27, 2008, 01:50:54 pm
Post by: ChrisPitch on July 27, 2008, 03:42:45 pm
That\'s what an ace does.
Go Johan!
Let\'s Go Mets!
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on July 27, 2008, 05:29:25 pm
Post by: Yoda on July 27, 2008, 08:41:34 pm
Quote from: Wolfman;197200
Yoda, if you ever come to a Breakfast show, I\'m throwing at you. Intentionally.
been to two this year. make your pitch at the next donnegals show
Post by: bezerker on July 30, 2008, 11:55:45 pm
pudge to yankees !! ?? :no: :pout: :sigh:
Post by: tyzack on July 31, 2008, 07:36:39 am
(http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/tools/med/2008/07/ipt/1217477867.jpg)
...hmm, I think that the packers would be the better deal (though what would they do with one of the most consistently producing hitters of a generation)?
I have no idea what the red sox, or any team, would want with a washed-up ego-maniniac
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on July 31, 2008, 08:53:51 am
EDIT: Just read that the Red Sox could end up with Jason Bay in the deal. If that happens, ignore the above post.
Post by: tyzack on July 31, 2008, 09:24:34 am
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;197674
Trading Manny to the Marlins is accepting reality. To me, it is waving the white flag on the 2008 season. Because, yes, the Red Sox MIGHT still do well without Manny, but it\'s not the projected outcome. However, I can definitely understanding not wanting to let him go for nothing after the season. The Sox were on fire without Ortiz earlier in the season, so maybe the Sox sans Manny can turn it on, turn it on, turn it on, turn it on again.
EDIT: Just read that the Red Sox could end up with Jason Bay in the deal. If that happens, ignore the above post.
Red Sox sans Normar won the world series
Post by: booztravlr on July 31, 2008, 09:42:40 am
Post by: Me! on July 31, 2008, 09:57:10 am
BUT................. even as a Red Sox fan it\'s all just getting to be too much. TO me I think about all those guys in the clubhouse that are good attitude team players (Youk, Pedroia, Ortiz, Lowell) and how all this unnecessary drama effects the clubhouse as a whole.
I hate to say but I\'m getting to the point of saying let him go.
Post by: Klout on July 31, 2008, 09:59:39 am
Post by: bezerker on July 31, 2008, 03:18:04 pm
Post by: SlimPickens on July 31, 2008, 03:31:45 pm
Quote from: bezerker;197770
manny\'s safe in boston at least for the time being. pheeeeew
The rumor that this rumored trade is falling apart may just be a play.
Post by: Yoda on July 31, 2008, 03:35:03 pm
Post by: booztravlr on July 31, 2008, 04:28:53 pm
Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers, Jason Bay to the Red Sox, 4 minor leaguers to the Pirates.
Post by: Klout on July 31, 2008, 04:44:24 pm
at least he didnt go to florida though. mets have no games left with the dogers and the phils have 8 so thats good. maybe we can sign him nect year when he is a fa
Post by: FrankZappa on July 31, 2008, 04:52:33 pm
Post by: Wolfman on July 31, 2008, 04:54:11 pm
We are begging to get re-cursed. Next Sox championship: 2094? Hehe just kidding. As long as baseball has no salary cap then only 8-10 teams have a legit shot each year and the Red Sox will always be one of them so even though things will ebb and flow for a few years you can pretty much count on the Sox (and Yankees) averaging 1-2 championships every 8 years from here to eternity.
Post by: Klout on July 31, 2008, 04:57:11 pm
Post by: Nermel9 on July 31, 2008, 05:13:01 pm
Post by: Yoda on July 31, 2008, 05:13:06 pm
Post by: Klout on July 31, 2008, 05:30:25 pm
Post by: tyzack on July 31, 2008, 05:31:41 pm
Quote from: booztravlr;197773
Looks like I was a little off...
Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers, Jason Bay to the Red Sox, 4 minor leaguers to the Pirates.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3513383
HOLY SHITTY TRADE BATMAN.
I could see Manny for Jason Bay, but why are they giving up Brandon Moss and Craig "the big disapointment" Hanson?
Post by: bezerker on July 31, 2008, 05:37:02 pm
Post by: davepeck on July 31, 2008, 05:37:35 pm
Post by: Yoda on July 31, 2008, 06:25:19 pm
Quote from: Klout;197791
yoda were u glad the G-Men dumped shockey?
I\'m a Jets fan, but yes, I was happy when they got rid of him. I don\'t believe that any one player is better than the whole team.
Post by: Wolfman on July 31, 2008, 10:39:00 pm
Quote from: davepeck;197795
:banana:
You probably thought the same thing after the Nomar trade. Careful what you wish for Yankee Fan.
Post by: bezerker on August 01, 2008, 01:28:04 am
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on August 01, 2008, 08:47:26 am
Also, just a note that you can tell a lot about a Red Sox fan\'s bandwagon level by how shocked they were when Manny was finally traded. No disrespect to any real, female Red Sox fans reading this, but I\'m noticing a lot of female "fans" reacting this morning like the Red Sox just traded away "their best player" for "no reason". And sadly, neither part of that statement has been true this season.
Post by: jocelyn on August 01, 2008, 12:29:16 pm
I do know that in a couple of weeks this feeling will change, when I\'m not so irritated and the void where the Ortiz-Ramirez one-two punch used to be seems screamingly large.
I must say my heart was heavy when I was at Fenway on Wednesday, knowing I might not ever see Manny again in a Sox uniform. The crowd chanting for Manny sounded tremulous and uncertain, and at the end of the game, we all left the ballpark quietly
Post by: bezerker on August 01, 2008, 12:32:03 pm
Post by: estahwhaddup on August 01, 2008, 12:43:44 pm
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on August 01, 2008, 01:30:24 pm
Interestingly enough, Jonathan Papelbon started the aforementioned game in his major league debut.
Post by: jocelyn on August 01, 2008, 01:52:50 pm
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;197919
I was at Fenway on July 31, 2005, which was the trade deadline of that season. Manny wasn\'t in the lineup because they were trying to deal him (in what was pretty much the same situation as this year). With the scored tied in the bottom of the eighth inning, Edgar Renteria hit a two-out double. With Ortiz coming up for the inevitable intentional walk, Manny Ramirez stepped into the on deck circle to pinch hit for Adam Stern and was greeted by the loudest ovation I have ever heard in my life. He came through with the game winning single, and tipped his cap as he stood on first base to thank the Boston fans for still believing in him. It\'s because of this day that Jason Bay could single-handedly win the World Series for Boston this year, and it still wouldn\'t keep me from missing Manny Ramirez at least a little bit.
Interestingly enough, Jonathan Papelbon started the aforementioned game in his major league debut.
I was thinking about this game every single time Manny was up to bat on Wednesday.
Post by: Nermel9 on August 01, 2008, 04:59:43 pm
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;197855
Also, just a note that you can tell a lot about a Red Sox fan\'s bandwagon level by how shocked they were when Manny was finally traded. No disrespect to any real, female Red Sox fans reading this, but I\'m noticing a lot of female "fans" reacting this morning like the Red Sox just traded away "their best player" for "no reason". And sadly, neither part of that statement has been true this season.
Well I\'m a female "fan", and I admit, I was shocked to hear that they actually traded him. I honestly didn\'t think they would do it, he\'s done this so many times before-he wants to be traded, no, he loves Boston, wants to retire there-that I just assumed it was more Manny being Manny. I\'m upset that they traded him because he is one of my favorite players and I\'ve always looked the other way with him and never let his comments or actions bother me. At the same time, after having a day to really think about it, maybe the Red Sox are better off without him, he clearly didn\'t want to be here anymore and it seems like he was willing to do and say anything to get traded. I still don\'t really know how I feel about it yet, I guess that\'s just because I\'m a girl and don\'t really get it. :wink: (Just a joke! :) )
Post by: Ren on August 01, 2008, 06:53:34 pm
Post by: Wolfman on August 02, 2008, 11:23:00 am
Post by: bezerker on August 02, 2008, 08:47:40 pm
Post by: booztravlr on August 05, 2008, 04:39:46 pm
Go Padres :hair:
Post by: Klout on August 05, 2008, 04:42:14 pm
Post by: ChrisPitch on August 05, 2008, 10:04:12 pm
Post by: DocEllis70 on August 06, 2008, 01:16:56 am
Post by: Klout on August 10, 2008, 03:06:35 pm
I know its only been 20 something at bats or so but I got a great feeling about this kid.
What a way to break into the majors tho....batting over .500, 5 RBI, a homer, triple, couple doubles, lot of walks...and some nice plays in the outfield too! Looks great at the plate too. You can tell he is not just getting lucky. As keith would say...he has an idea up there.
We were all freaking out when he hit that pinch hit homer last night.
Post by: Yoda on August 11, 2008, 01:34:51 pm
http://web.yesnetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080809&content_id=1451588&oid=36019&vkey=4
Please God, don\'t let this happen. We have enough "ME" players without adding the biggest in the league. If they made this move, I\'d have to give serious consideration to boycotting going to see them until he\'s out of pinstripes.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on August 15, 2008, 09:23:51 am
Dioner Navarro
Adrian Gonzalez
Dan Uggla
Kevin Youkilis
Stephen Drew
Matt Holliday
Shane Victorino
Brian Giles
Troy Glaus
Fred Lewis
James Loney
Mike Lowell
I am obviously keeping Holliday and Gonzalez (and Tim Lincecum from my pitching staff). My question to you is, is Kevin Youkilis really my last keeper? I\'m torn between him and Dan Uggla. Help a brotha out. I\'m afraid my Red Sox bias may get in the way of making a rational decision.
Post by: ChrisPitch on August 17, 2008, 04:17:53 pm
Post by: jocelyn on September 07, 2008, 06:31:27 pm
Sox are now 1.5 games behind the Rays.
Post by: Ren on September 07, 2008, 07:32:19 pm
Post by: bezerker on September 07, 2008, 08:03:52 pm
Post by: DocEllis70 on September 08, 2008, 11:22:54 am
Post by: zuke583 on September 17, 2008, 11:12:04 am
in case of red x (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ARTxiBaLfnc/SM-eo9O7klI/AAAAAAAABtU/O8JXi7Nc77g/s1600-h/metschoke2.jpg)
Post by: MakisupaCJ on September 18, 2008, 09:14:06 am
Post by: Gordo on September 18, 2008, 06:31:20 pm
Brew Crew = The ~\'07 NYM Meltdown~ of \'08
Post by: ChrisPitch on September 18, 2008, 06:35:30 pm
Hang in there Mets!
Post by: Gordo on September 18, 2008, 06:45:38 pm
That being said the Cubs will not win the World Series. Of course I hope they do, but I\'d be a goddamn fool to set myself up after 24 years of wondering why my father raised me in blue pins. Do we have the team to do it? Absolutely. But, we won\'t. That\'s all.
(mutha\' fuck I hope I\'m wrong... I\'ve never been this nervous approaching any postseason for any sport for any team I love so dearly as this one...)
Post by: wildcoyote on September 18, 2008, 06:55:02 pm
Quote from: MakisupaCJ;203298
It still hasnt sunk in that this is gunna be the last 4 games played at the original yankee stadium. i think i got tickets for the last one. anyone else goin?
Sure am. Under the worst scenario possible.
Post by: ChrisPitch on September 21, 2008, 05:22:49 pm
Post by: Wolfman on September 21, 2008, 06:00:21 pm
Post by: Gordo on September 22, 2008, 12:10:56 pm
That being said I can\'t even imagine what it\'s like for all of you true Yank fans. Even worse has to be the 75-year-old man who has spent his whole life bleeding Yankee blue, going to games, keeping score... someone who actually saw #7 glide across center field.
At least I got to catch (39% of) a game at Yankee Stadium when I was 8. Donny Baseball went walkoff yardsky to top the Orioles 1-0. Unfortunately for me I only saw the first 3.5 innings. Thank god my father divorced that biatch!
(Go Cubs.)
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on September 23, 2008, 10:14:52 pm
For the record, if the wild card existed in 1993, the Yankees would have made the playoffs that year, too. It\'s not a perfect certainty, since the schedules were different due to the two division format, but it\'s probably true.
Post by: Spacey on September 24, 2008, 10:07:23 am
Deep down inside, I want to see the Rays take it all. Been playing solid baseball all season, I told plainandsimple at the beginning of the season to watch out for the Rays because of their youth.
Have no problem with the Rays taking it all.
Post by: Gordo on September 24, 2008, 11:49:01 am
Quote from: Spacey;203938
I am looking forward to a Cubs-White Sox World Series or Dodgers-Angels World Series.
Deep down inside, I want to see the Rays take it all. Been playing solid baseball all season, I told plainandsimple at the beginning of the season to watch out for the Rays because of their youth.
Have no problem with the Rays taking it all.
Although desirable, I don\'t think either scenario is likely (Cubs-Sox, Dodgers-Angels). The Dodgers have to be considered the heavy-dogs to reach the Series, worst division in baseball by far and they still haven\'t sealed it.
If the Cubs don\'t get to the Series, I would also like to see the Rays win it. Especially if they don\'t sell out. It\'s time they move that franchise. The Marlins weren\'t enough to realize pro baseball doesn\'t mean shit in Florida?
Post by: peaches626 on September 24, 2008, 12:20:14 pm
Post by: davepeck on September 24, 2008, 12:28:09 pm
Quote from: peaches626;203978
it\'s all well and good that people are gettin fussy about yankee stadium, but how bout the mets, jets, and giants, who all get new stadiums next year as well? they got no press love
well, for starters, yankee stadium is probably the most renowned stadium in all of sports.
and secondly, all those other teams still have games to play in their old stadiums, while the yankees have played their final game at yankee stadium.
Post by: Spacey on September 24, 2008, 12:36:49 pm
Quote from: Gordo;203972
Quote from: Spacey;203938I am looking forward to a Cubs-White Sox World Series or Dodgers-Angels World Series.
Deep down inside, I want to see the Rays take it all. Been playing solid baseball all season, I told plainandsimple at the beginning of the season to watch out for the Rays because of their youth.
Have no problem with the Rays taking it all.
Although desirable, I don\'t think either scenario is likely (Cubs-Sox, Dodgers-Angels). The Dodgers have to be considered the heavy-dogs to reach the Series, worst division in baseball by far and they still haven\'t sealed it.
If the Cubs don\'t get to the Series, I would also like to see the Rays win it. Especially if they don\'t sell out. It\'s time they move that franchise. The Marlins weren\'t enough to realize pro baseball doesn\'t mean shit in Florida?
I\'m on with the Rays. The larger the crowd the play in front of, the higher winning % they have.
Looks like they sold out the first two playoff games already.
Post by: Yoda on September 24, 2008, 01:18:26 pm
Quote from: peaches626;203978
it\'s all well and good that people are gettin fussy about yankee stadium, but how bout the mets, jets, and giants, who all get new stadiums next year as well? they got no press love
True, they are all getting new stadiums, but when was the last time you heard anyone say the following:
- I really want to see Shea Stadium before it closes
- I really need to get to Giants Stadium before it close (for Giants fans)
I know that I don\'t speak for all Jets fans, but I\'m looking forward to getting rid of that place so that I don\'t need to hear Giants fans saying, "You don\'t see a Jets Stadium" or such things. We will finally have a place that feels like our own and our own locker room.
But this Yankee Stadium is and will always be the most famous place that I have ever visited...period!
Post by: Gordo on September 24, 2008, 03:01:09 pm
Quote from: peaches626;203978
it\'s all well and good that people are gettin fussy about yankee stadium, but how bout the mets, jets, and giants, who all get new stadiums next year as well? they got no press love
Uhhhh yeah. For obvious reasons home slice.
The only other two stadiums that will receive even comparable press will be Fenway and Wrigley when (or if) they get torn down. Baseball = oldest game with the oldest houses in American sports, the two stadiums previously mentioned remain the oldest which is correlated with them being two of the oldest teams, therefore most historically celebrated and/or renowned. Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, Wrigley Field. That\'s thee short list that just got shorter. Sucks really.
Post by: Klout on September 24, 2008, 04:17:06 pm
Post by: Gordo on September 24, 2008, 04:23:22 pm
Quote from: Klout;204024
scrubs are goin down tonight gordo
I\'ll still be smokin my reg seazy cigeezy brotha. It\'s burnin slow while I wait for a post-season opponent to step up.
I hope we lose tonight, I want that Met bullpen soooo bad in the first round.
Post by: DocEllis70 on September 24, 2008, 05:34:52 pm
Post by: BennyBoomers on September 24, 2008, 08:02:16 pm
I\'m a Red Sox fan, but have always rooted for the Mets in the NL
Go Mets!
Post by: Klout on September 24, 2008, 08:11:27 pm
peep the meltdown!
zambozo is such a loooooser !
gado = mvp
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on September 24, 2008, 08:43:32 pm
Quote from: Klout;204047
gado = mvp
Albert Pujols is the NL MVP, no doubt about it.
For the record, Page 2 (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=keri/080923&sportCat=mlb) made the argument much more eloquently than I am about to. If you really care, you should read their article instead. My post is a cross between the cliff notes of that article and my own thoughts. Anyway...
Pujols\' batting average more or less equals Delgado\'s on-base percentage. Plus, Delgado has been batting either between or behind David Wright and Carlos Beltran, whereas Pujols is batting in a lineup where his batting average is 40 points higher than that of the next best hitter. Pujols is in the top five in a ridiculous number of hitting categories. Delgado leads Pujols only in home runs (by 3) and RBI (by 2).
As for the argument that the MVP needs to come from a playoff team, is it really Pujols\' fault, looking at his numbers, that his team isn\'t in the playoffs? Wild card race not withstanding, his team is going to be at least .500 and has a chance to finish with a better record than the NL West Champion. I do believe that the MVP shouldn\'t come from a last place team, but it shouldn\'t fall in Pujols\' lap that his team finished six games out of the wild race behind a team like the Mets that has a far superior lineup.
And this is not attack on Klout, the Mets or Carlos Delgado. There is a case for Delgado as MVP from the "inspirational story" and "team leader" perspective. But my career as a stat-hound has definitely shaped my definition of the Most Valuable Player.
Mmmm... longwinded and unnecessary.
Post by: Klout on September 24, 2008, 08:49:26 pm
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on September 24, 2008, 09:06:39 pm
Quote from: Klout;204049
its not about all about stats!!!!! I am believer of the mvp not coming from a shit team. a player that is huge down the stretch and hits huge home runs in clutch spots and pushes a team on the edge into the playoffs is much MUCH more VALUABLE than someone who hits .370 and 130 RBI and 50 HR in the middle of crap line up....how is that VALUABLE? It has no value. its worthless! pujols can get the biggest waste of talent award...but not most VALUABLE player! What makes a player valuable....what he does for his team. its all relative to the TEAM. not the numbers he racks up. while it might not be his fault he is on a shit team, pujols essentially has no more inherent VALUE to his team than the worst player on that team because neither could do anything to get them into the play offs which is all that matters. stats are good and useful when you have to split hairs between two or more players like gado and howard this year who are better and worse in different categories but both have huge value and impact on helping their team win down the stretch and make the playoffs. if your not helping your team win and make the play offs down the stretch then your intrinsic VALUE is nothing regardless of your numbers.
Fair enough. All I know is that the AL MVP had better not be Francisco Rodriguez.
Post by: Gordo on September 24, 2008, 11:24:41 pm
However based on your analysis Klout--- Aramis Ramirez is the MVP. Clutch clutch clutch.
Oh, by the way....
SOOOOORRRRRY CHIP.
Wild Card all even.
Post by: DocEllis70 on September 24, 2008, 11:37:44 pm
Post by: booztravlr on September 25, 2008, 09:12:00 am
On a side note, I\'d even put Howard in front of Delgado in the MVP race. He has solid numbers over the last couple months and the Phillies seem to rise/drop based on how well he is hitting the ball. [Ramirez, Pujols, Howard, DLgado]
Post by: Klout on September 25, 2008, 09:16:23 am
Post by: Spacey on September 25, 2008, 10:02:27 am
Quote from: DocEllis70;204054
they used 7 pitchers again.. they are arent gona win shit unless someone steps up and can be the one to go to. how they leave so many people on base is beyond me also. gona try to forget about it while down there tomorrow and pray Pedro can avoid getting blasted early.
I still blame the Wagner injury. He brought stability to that bullpen.
Can\'t win when you use your entire bullpen nightly.
Sad really.
Post by: Klout on September 25, 2008, 10:05:52 am
Post by: Spacey on September 25, 2008, 10:15:53 am
All tied up with the Brewers going into the final 4 days of the regular season. Did not expect that at all.
Post by: Yoda on September 25, 2008, 10:21:25 am
As far as I\'m concerned, I\'m now rooting for Tampa Bay and whoever play boston.
Post by: Spacey on September 25, 2008, 10:37:33 am
Quote from: Yoda;204088
I\'m not rooting for The Mets to lose, but I wouldn\'t be upset if they didn\'t make the playoffs. It definitely be Karma for what they did to Willie.
As far as I\'m concerned, I\'m now rooting for Tampa Bay and whoever play boston.
I never agreed with the style that the Mets handled the Willie firing but it seemed like it needed to be done for the betterment of the team.
Been routing for the Rays since the beginning of the year. Hope to see them continue to play good baseball. The playoffs are foreign ground to the Rays and that might mean something later.
Post by: Gordo on September 25, 2008, 11:01:58 pm
Now let\'s get a Brewer loss.
Post by: Klout on September 25, 2008, 11:12:15 pm
best thing about baseball is you could watch it for 40 years then still see something you never saw before. i.e. that play at the plate with church.
hope aruny stayed dry somehow or at least got good and drunk! it was pouring half the game.
Post by: Gordo on September 26, 2008, 01:37:09 am
That play at the plate was crazy indeed.
Post by: DocEllis70 on September 26, 2008, 02:23:00 am
Post by: Spacey on September 26, 2008, 08:09:49 am
Post by: FrankZappa on September 26, 2008, 11:29:11 am
Quote
The Curse of Fred Merkle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Fred_Merkle) has haunted the Chicago Cubs for many years. During the 1908 National League pennant race, the Cubs took advantage of a mistake by New York Giants\' rookie Fred Merkle. This served to give Chicago the title. They went on to win the World Series that year, but have yet to win another one.
The Situation
[edit] The Original Game
In 1908, the Cubs and Giants were in a fierce battle with each other for the National League pennant. The two teams played each other at the Polo Grounds in New York on September 23. It was a key matchup in the fight for the championship.
The game was tied, 1-1, in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Giants had Moose McCormick on third base and Merkle on first with two outs. Al Bridwell was the batter. Bridwell hit a single into the outfield, scoring McCormick. The Giants had an apparent victory, setting off an emotional scene of fans running onto the field.
As McCormick scored, Merkle turned and headed off the field without reaching second base. Cubs\' infielder Johnny Evers saw that Fred didn\'t touch the base. Through the crowd of happy Giants\' fans, Evers tried to get the ball in order to get the force out at second. Giants\' pitcher Joe McGinnity, seeing what Evers was up to, grabbed the ball and threw it far away. Anyway, Evers managed to come up with a ball and stepped on second base. Following the rules, umpire Hank O\'Day called Merkle out, cancelling the winning run. The game was declared a tie.
[edit] The Replayed Game
The Cubs and Giants finished the regular season tied for first place in the National League. In order to decide the pennant (and a spot in the World Series), the teams had to replay the tie game on October 8. Chicago won, 4-2, to become the champions of the National League for the third straight year. New York was left without a title they thought was theirs.
[edit] World Series of 1908
The Cubs went into the World Series, where they defeated the Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 1 for their second consecutive world championship. This is the last World Series the Cubs have won - a Series in which they would not have been had they not taken advantage of Fred Merkle.
Post by: Spacey on September 26, 2008, 11:33:13 am
Post by: FrankZappa on September 26, 2008, 11:37:28 am
Post by: Me! on September 26, 2008, 11:43:54 am
Post by: Spacey on September 26, 2008, 11:49:35 am
Quote from: Me!;204397
I thought the Cubs curse was the curse of the goat or something.
It is the Curse of the Billy Goat.
Post by: Me! on September 26, 2008, 11:59:27 am
Quote from: wikipedia
The Curse of Billy "The Goat" Sianis
Main article: Chicago Cubs futility theories
The Curse of the Billy Goat is a curse on the Chicago Cubs that was started in 1945. As the story goes, Billy Sianis, a Greek immigrant (from Paleopyrgos, Greece[1]), who owned a nearby tavern (the now-famous Billy Goat Tavern), had two $7.20 box seat tickets to Game 4 of the 1945 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, and decided to bring along his pet goat, Murphy (or Sinovia according to some references), which Sianis had restored to health when the goat had fallen off a truck and subsequently limped into his tavern. The goat wore a blanket with a sign pinned to it which read "We got Detroit\'s goat".[2] Sianis and the goat were allowed into Wrigley Field and even paraded about on the playing field before the game before ushers intervened and led them off the field. After a heated argument, both Sianis and the goat were permitted to stay in the stadium occupying the box seat for which he had tickets. At this point, Andy Frain (head of Wrigley Field\'s hired security company at the time), waved the goat\'s box-seat ticket in the air and proclaimed, "If he eats the ticket that would solve everything."[2] However, the goat did not. Before the game was over, it started to rain and Sianis and the goat were ejected from the stadium at the command of Cubs owner Philip Knight Wrigley due to the objectionable odor of wet goat. Sianis was outraged at the ejection and allegedly placed a curse upon the Cubs that they would never win another pennant or play in a World Series at Wrigley Field again because the Cubs organization had insulted his goat, and subsequently left the U.S. to vacation in his home in Greece.
The Cubs lost Game 4 and eventually the 1945 World Series, prompting Sianis to write to Wrigley from Greece, saying, "Who stinks now?"
Post by: Spacey on September 26, 2008, 12:00:52 pm
Watch out who you offend.
Post by: Gordo on September 26, 2008, 12:09:48 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on September 26, 2008, 12:18:09 pm
Post by: derickw on September 26, 2008, 01:19:31 pm
Quote from: Spacey;204392
Our own DW has tickets to the last game of the season at Feway.
indeed, i\'m hoping this rain stops.
Post by: Spacey on September 26, 2008, 01:25:58 pm
Quote from: derickw;204446
Quote from: Spacey;204392Our own DW has tickets to the last game of the season at Feway.
indeed, i\'m hoping this rain stops.
I hope it rains on your parade.
Post by: derickw on September 26, 2008, 02:23:33 pm
Quote from: Spacey;204450
Quote from: derickw;204446Quote from: Spacey;204392Our own DW has tickets to the last game of the season at Feway.
indeed, i\'m hoping this rain stops.
I hope it rains on your parade.
NO WAMMY!!! NO WAMMY!!!!! STOP
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Post by: Spacey on September 26, 2008, 02:25:48 pm
Post by: derickw on September 26, 2008, 04:24:48 pm
Post by: ChrisPitch on September 27, 2008, 04:01:46 pm
Let\'s Go Mets!!!
Post by: Wolfman on September 27, 2008, 05:18:09 pm
Quote from: ChrisPitch;204641
Johan Santana deserves to be the National League\'s Most Valuable Player.
Let\'s Go Mets!!!
Is anybody with Pitchie today? I fear for his safety. Suicide watch should be in full effect. If it all ends for the Mets today make ure we get confirmation that this kid is alive, ok?
Meanwhile, with the Lowell and Drew injuries and Beckett and Ortiz not really themselves, the Red Sox enter the playoffs as the worst team to make the playoffs in th wild-card era that wasn\'t from the NL West. Oh well, let\'s shock the world again!
And what\'s up with the Yankees winning 19-8 at Fenway, the same score as the infamous Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS. There\'s something significant about that, I can\'t put my finger on what it is yet.
Post by: ChrisPitch on September 27, 2008, 06:58:03 pm
Post by: Gordo on September 28, 2008, 05:13:48 pm
Sorry Met fans, but that\'s two successive bed-shitters. These playoffs are going to be fun.
Post by: Wolfman on September 28, 2008, 05:23:08 pm
Quote from: ChrisPitch;204659
No suicide watch Wolf. Just a million thanks to Ted Lilly. And a begrudging congrats to the Phillies.
That was yesterday.
Somenoe please confirm the continued existence of Chistopher Piccorillo immediately. Thanks.
Post by: ChrisPitch on September 28, 2008, 05:55:37 pm
Sincerely,
Christopher Piccirillo
P.S.: Rays over Dodgers
Post by: DocEllis70 on September 28, 2008, 06:33:31 pm
Post by: Spacey on September 28, 2008, 07:28:24 pm
Post by: Gordo on September 29, 2008, 10:46:00 am
Quote from: ChrisPitch;204753
Their bullpen sucked all year. They didn\'t get two-out hits all year. They didn\'t deserve to make it.
Sincerely,
Christopher Piccirillo
P.S.: Rays over :point: Dodgers
Post by: Yoda on September 29, 2008, 10:52:39 am
1. Go Tampa
2. Go Angels
The national league could sniff a wet fart for all I care.
Post by: Spacey on September 29, 2008, 11:07:42 am
I am sticking with Tampa Bay. Might be a long shot because they lack post-season experience but I like the youth.
Post by: davepeck on September 29, 2008, 11:09:51 am
Quote from: Yoda;204856
My two thoughts for the rest of the postseason are:
1. Go Tampa
2. Go Angels
The national league could sniff a wet fart for all I care.
really? not rooting for Torre?
Post by: Yoda on September 29, 2008, 11:16:03 am
Quote from: davepeck;204861
Quote from: Yoda;204856My two thoughts for the rest of the postseason are:
1. Go Tampa
2. Go Angels
The national league could sniff a wet fart for all I care.
really? not rooting for Torre?
If it comes down to a Boston/Doger WS, I\'ll root for the Dodgers, but I\'m conflicted on that one. On one hand I want to root for Torre/Mattingly (for obvious reasons), but on the other hand, I don\'t want to because I think Manny is a big piece of dog shit. So, for that matter, I say go Tampa because I think they deserve it the way they\'ve played all year. And I think it\'s obvious why I would say go Angels.
Post by: Spacey on September 29, 2008, 11:19:23 am
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on September 29, 2008, 01:42:15 pm
Dempster vs. Lowe
Zambrano vs. Billingsley
Harden vs. Kuroda
The Cubs aren\'t a lock by any means, but I don\'t know how anyone could pick the Dodgers given that information alone.
Post by: Spacey on September 29, 2008, 02:13:05 pm
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;204923
The pitching matchups for the first three games of the Cubs/Dodgers series:
Dempster vs. Lowe
Zambrano vs. Billingsley
Harden vs. Kuroda
The Cubs aren\'t a lock by any means, but I don\'t know how anyone could pick the Dodgers given that information alone.
Agree but that is the beauty of baseball.
How did the Rockies make it to the World Series last year?
All a team needs is to be in that groove and it doesn\'t matter if you are farting the ball out of your ass across the plate.
Post by: Gordo on September 29, 2008, 05:45:39 pm
Quote from: Spacey;204928
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;204923The pitching matchups for the first three games of the Cubs/Dodgers series:
Dempster vs. Lowe
Zambrano vs. Billingsley
Harden vs. Kuroda
The Cubs aren\'t a lock by any means, but I don\'t know how anyone could pick the Dodgers given that information alone.
Agree but that is the beauty of baseball.
How did the Rockies make it to the World Series last year?
All a team needs is to be in that groove and it doesn\'t matter if you are farting the ball out of your ass across the plate.
And furthermore, we\'re, uhhhhhhh, the Cubs, right? I\'m nervous as fuck to be honest, and just got a phone call from my brother--- I got a ticket for Thursday night! Hell yeah, haven\'t been to a Cub playoff game since the NLDS \'03 against Atlanta, where Prior (pffft) shut them down and all of Wrigley was mock chopping the Braves with \'ol Cubby blue hats. Best live sports moment I\'ve ever had as a spectator in attendance.
It\'s all about Game 1. Seriously, if we lose on Wednesday I\'ll put my life on a series loss.
Post by: tyzack on September 30, 2008, 09:11:48 am
Post by: Spacey on September 30, 2008, 03:19:48 pm
Quote from: tyzack;205018
Sucks to be a Mets fan.
Nothing new here.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on September 30, 2008, 03:36:42 pm
(Wish I could take credit for that one... heard it on WPLR at work this morning)
Post by: Gordo on September 30, 2008, 03:46:29 pm
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;205098
The 2007 and 2008 Mets: Ya Gotta Bereave!
(Wish I could take credit for that one... heard it on WPLR at work this morning)
They should use Jong Il\'s voice from Team America to relay that quote.. It\'d be like, ironic, man.
Post by: Wolfman on September 30, 2008, 10:11:10 pm
Haha.
Go Red Sox...it\'s not gonna be easy. I can\'t believe the 2 most important arms in Boston (Beckett and Brady) both went down within 3 weeks of each other. Oof. Just goes to show how lucky we\'ve been here with everything.
Post by: Spacey on October 01, 2008, 10:01:50 am
Then Thome hits one out.
Fuck the Twins.
Tonight starts the 2008 playoffs with 3 games.
Milwaukee at Philadelphia 3:00 PM Gallardo vs Hamels
LA Dodgers at Chicago Cubs 6:30 PM Lowe vs Dempster
Boston at LA Angels 10:00 PM Lester vs Lackey
Taking the home team for all 3 to start.
Post by: bezerker on October 01, 2008, 10:03:24 am
Post by: Spacey on October 01, 2008, 10:04:17 am
Post by: zuke583 on October 01, 2008, 10:47:57 am
YES!!!!
(go chisox)
Post by: Gordo on October 01, 2008, 10:52:01 am
These playoffs will be interesting.
There is certainly a little butt nugget already in my drawers.
Do it Dempster. Go Cubs.
Post by: Me! on October 01, 2008, 11:51:26 am
Quote from: bezerker;205225
i\'m PUMPED for tonight. ready for another angels sweep. haha without beckett till game 3 it seems unlikely, but i think we got this series
Beckett has not been what he was the last few seasons. I think our one win (maybe two with a 3 pitcher roataion) this series come via our new ace Lester.
Post by: Spacey on October 01, 2008, 11:56:37 am
Lester proved to be a nasty pitcher and he can make something happen.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on October 01, 2008, 05:36:26 pm
Post by: Spacey on October 01, 2008, 06:07:33 pm
I\'m going to hang out with some Red Sox fans tonight.
Mission=annoy and make them cry
Hamels and the Phillies take game 1 versus the Brewers. I don\'t think any of these games go past 5.
Post by: bezerker on October 01, 2008, 06:08:43 pm
Post by: Igziabeher on October 01, 2008, 06:10:01 pm
Post by: Me! on October 02, 2008, 01:29:17 am
Let\'s go Sox!!!
Post by: FrankZappa on October 02, 2008, 07:33:18 am
Let\'s go cubbies! Get there so we can stomp on you!
Post by: tyzack on October 02, 2008, 08:01:59 am
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;205422
I am definitely not a fan of the resurgence of the phrase "Beat L.A." amongst Red Sox fans.
100% agree.
Also, "Beat LA" has to be the worst chant ever.
Post by: booztravlr on October 02, 2008, 08:55:44 am
Quote from: tyzack;205488
"Beat LA" has to be the worst chant ever.
J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS
Post by: Spacey on October 02, 2008, 09:30:22 am
Did anyone else witness Manny running an infield grounder out and getting to the bag safely?
Post by: bezerker on October 02, 2008, 09:34:51 am
Quote from: Spacey;205500
Dodgers looked good yesterday.
Did anyone else witness Manny running an infield grounder out and getting to the bag safely?
infield hit. what a prick. lester was lights out and ellsbury was playing aggressive as hell. aswesome game
Post by: Spacey on October 02, 2008, 09:37:52 am
Quote from: bezerker;205503
Quote from: Spacey;205500Dodgers looked good yesterday.
Did anyone else witness Manny running an infield grounder out and getting to the bag safely?
infield hit. what a prick. lester was lights out and ellsbury was playing aggressive as hell. aswesome game
that is the 2nd Dodger game I watched this year where Manny was running down the first baseline compared to the Boston Strut.
The first time I saw Manny try was after laying down a bunt and running it out.
He has worked well in LA.
Post by: peaches626 on October 02, 2008, 12:02:28 pm
it\'s unfortunate that he became such a lazy player that the sox were forced to get rid of him while still paying his salary for the rest of this year
Post by: Gordo on October 02, 2008, 12:05:07 pm
That being said I refuse to talk about anything else playoffs. I will go continue to craft my noose.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on October 03, 2008, 07:14:07 am
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;204923
The pitching matchups for the first three games of the Cubs/Dodgers series:
Dempster vs. Lowe
Zambrano vs. Billingsley
Harden vs. Kuroda
The Cubs aren\'t a lock by any means, but I don\'t know how anyone could pick the Dodgers given that information alone.
BUMP... just in case anybody was wondering why I still work in collegiate volleyball instead of working for Baseball Tonight.
Post by: Spacey on October 03, 2008, 09:01:29 am
Post by: Spacey on October 03, 2008, 04:32:58 pm
Got a feeling the Rays are taking this one tonight.
An a 180%, the Red Sox sweep the Angels.
Possible the 2 teams with the best records in baseball take a seat after the first round.
Post by: bezerker on October 03, 2008, 09:48:33 pm
Post by: Spacey on October 03, 2008, 10:22:35 pm
Go Rays!
Post by: Me! on October 03, 2008, 11:21:47 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 03, 2008, 11:27:46 pm
Post by: Me! on October 03, 2008, 11:36:47 pm
Post by: Spacey on October 03, 2008, 11:58:20 pm
Post by: mcajam on October 04, 2008, 12:02:27 am
Post by: Me! on October 04, 2008, 12:05:47 am
Quote from: mcajam;205885
Do we Start Wake if we take a 2-0 lead? I would say yes..
Beckett starts on Sun.
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081003&content_id=3586983&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos
Post by: bezerker on October 04, 2008, 12:08:21 am
Post by: BennyBoomers on October 04, 2008, 12:12:24 am
Post by: Me! on October 04, 2008, 12:14:31 am
Quote from: bezerker;205887
beckett game 3. i\'d say wake game 4 if necessary
That\'s the beauty of this whole day off every other thing, we could go right back to Lester, who would be a better decision IMHO.
Post by: bezerker on October 04, 2008, 12:17:32 am
Post by: Me! on October 04, 2008, 12:58:12 am
Scratch that.
JD Drew 2 run homer top of the 9th. FUCK YEAH!!!
Post by: bezerker on October 04, 2008, 01:09:31 am
Post by: Spacey on October 04, 2008, 01:25:19 am
Quote from: BennyBoomers;205889
(http://bp2.blogger.com/_NKcmPrAjak4/RwZgZTLJ3dI/AAAAAAAAAQg/VnUReoRJtU8/s400/Choke+Cubs_02.jpg)
LOL!
Funniest shit I have seen in a while.
Quote from: bezerker;205895
J D motha fuckin DREW !!!!!!
JD Drew has proved to be a great acquisition and proved it this ear.
Great catch by Youkilis.
Post by: bezerker on October 04, 2008, 01:28:50 am
angels fans HATE us
Post by: mcajam on October 04, 2008, 01:44:25 am
Post by: Wolfman on October 04, 2008, 02:42:12 am
Now hear this everyone in SanFran and LA: I am a New England fan, and this Sunday I own you. 49ers, Angels, you\'re both dead meat.
Post by: Me! on October 04, 2008, 03:00:14 am
Post by: bezerker on October 04, 2008, 03:10:27 am
Post by: mcajam on October 04, 2008, 04:05:04 am
awful.........
Post by: Spacey on October 04, 2008, 12:55:04 pm
Post by: Spacey on October 05, 2008, 03:59:34 pm
Hope the Phillies win this afternoon. Don\'t mind the Brewers.
Beginning to root for the Dodgers because of the Red Sox and Yankees transplants.
Got a feeling the Sox sweep tonight behind Beckett.
Rays sweep but we already know this is inevitable.
Dodgers versus Phillies for the National League Championship.
Who would have thought that Joe Torre would be one series win away from the World Series in his first year with out the Yankees.
Now lets see if the Red Sox and the Rays nail the coffins shut.
Post by: bezerker on October 05, 2008, 04:15:00 pm
Post by: peaches626 on October 05, 2008, 11:47:55 pm
goo!
stop it!
Post by: bezerker on October 06, 2008, 12:10:59 am
nothing better than 5+ hour baseball games tho ! !
Post by: peaches626 on October 06, 2008, 12:18:15 am
now thats dick
Post by: bezerker on October 06, 2008, 12:21:26 am
Post by: peaches626 on October 06, 2008, 12:46:53 am
tomorrow?
Post by: bezerker on October 06, 2008, 12:49:29 am
Post by: Me! on October 06, 2008, 12:16:46 pm
Quote from: peaches626;206159
good game
I disagree, I didn\'t think either team deserved to win that game. Beckett didn\'t pitch well LA didn\'t field well, Boston didnt\' hit at all really. Lester tonight though, our new ace. Pressure\'s on us now though.
Post by: peaches626 on October 06, 2008, 12:57:25 pm
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on October 06, 2008, 03:40:49 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 06, 2008, 08:31:13 pm
or have that brutal song play every before every commercial break
Post by: Me! on October 06, 2008, 10:58:29 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 06, 2008, 11:00:56 pm
Post by: Me! on October 06, 2008, 11:09:31 pm
(atleast the part of this one I\'ve seen)
Post by: Gordo on October 06, 2008, 11:20:39 pm
Post by: Me! on October 06, 2008, 11:20:52 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 06, 2008, 11:25:12 pm
Post by: Me! on October 06, 2008, 11:27:14 pm
Fuck Yes!!!!!!!
Post by: Gordo on October 06, 2008, 11:27:21 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 06, 2008, 11:28:47 pm
Post by: Gordo on October 06, 2008, 11:30:31 pm
Congrats BoSox fans! Sick ending. That had to be the four quickest at-bats in post-season history.
Post by: Wolfman on October 06, 2008, 11:31:15 pm
Post by: Me! on October 06, 2008, 11:32:14 pm
Quote from: Gordo;206318
At least my team #2 is doin\' it. I should just become employed full-time.
^^ Yes, yes you should
Post by: bezerker on October 06, 2008, 11:33:03 pm
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on October 06, 2008, 11:34:06 pm
Did anybody else have a Tony Clark flashback (2004 ALCS) when Bay\'s hit took an impossible bounce to become a ground rule double? I thought that was the sign that the Sox weren\'t meant to win this one.
I definitely fear the Rays: A young team with nothing left to prove that has taken it to the Red Sox all season long.
Post by: Me! on October 06, 2008, 11:41:29 pm
Quote from: Drew_Kingsley;206323
I definitely fear the Rays: A young team with nothing left to prove that has taken it to the Red Sox all season long.
Yeah I do as well. But the match up was pretty even all season, they\'ve got the edge, esp at "the Trop" (god I hate that) But it should be a good match up
Post by: Gordo on October 07, 2008, 12:01:28 am
I\'m hoping for a Dodgers-Red Sox WS with Boston really stickin\' it to them. Ideal ending would be Game 7--tie-game, two outs, top of the 9th, men on 2nd and 3rd: Manny K\'s. Bay leads off the bottom half with a towering shot to left, though playable, in which Manny mis-plays, falls down, then chucks 6 rows deep behind Boston\'s dug-out as Bay is half-way home.
After my last reply in the Phish thread, I showed up as the last reply: #400. I was also listed as the last reply here: #500. They were stacked. Wolfman, this must be the first occurrence in .info history that two threads reach 400 and 500 posts almost simultaneously and sit on top of the board. Furthermore, I\'d like a probablility figure showing what those chances are, and what the chances that the same person has numbers 400 and 500 respectively.
I cannot believe I\'m not studying and typing some useless bullshit like this instead. Total lack of discipline and focus at the moment.
Post by: mcajam on October 07, 2008, 12:10:09 am
Quote from: Wolfman;206320
Lowrie comes through!!! WOW! He\'s missed so many opportunities on huge at-bats, including last night and several times late in the season. I was starting to worry his confidence might really be getting f^%*$d. So much for that! Bring on the Rays! I hope we have more fans at the games in Tampa than the Rays do, per usual.
game 4, lets go!!!
Post by: peaches626 on October 07, 2008, 12:23:05 am
Post by: Me! on October 07, 2008, 01:07:21 am
(http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6243/37baybygross12233509413iw7.jpg)
from that to Tampa
(http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/2120/largecrisppunchcz7.jpg)
Bring it on.....
Post by: bezerker on October 07, 2008, 09:33:41 am
Post by: Spacey on October 07, 2008, 10:18:01 am
Let\'s go Dodgers!
Post by: Gordo on October 07, 2008, 11:53:44 am
Post by: Spacey on October 07, 2008, 12:05:53 pm
Quote from: Gordo;206407
Who is actually your MLB team Spacey? Generally speaking.
Yankees by Birth.
Red Sox by living in MA for 8 years.
I am generally a Red Yankee.
I am however prone to following players around and generally, I like good sports. I like when teams click and all that.
Post by: Gordo on October 07, 2008, 02:52:47 pm
Quote from: Spacey;206413
Quote from: Gordo;206407Who is actually your MLB team Spacey? Generally speaking.
Yankees by Birth.
Red Sox by living in MA for 8 years.
I am generally a Red Yankee.
I am however prone to following players around and generally, I like good sports. I like when teams click and all that.
What the fuck? That\'s crazy man. Yankees didn\'t make it, so I\'d assume you\'d root for the Sox (which doesn\'t make any sense to begin with). So you cheer on the Sox until the ALCS when they meet the Rays, whom you are now pulling for. What a ridiculous synopsis. You are the walking definition of a fair-weather fan, and I\'m jealous. I guess you win every season then. Unless you gamble on sports of course.
Post by: Spacey on October 07, 2008, 03:01:40 pm
Quote from: Gordo;206503
Quote from: Spacey;206413Quote from: Gordo;206407Who is actually your MLB team Spacey? Generally speaking.
Yankees by Birth.
Red Sox by living in MA for 8 years.
I am generally a Red Yankee.
I am however prone to following players around and generally, I like good sports. I like when teams click and all that.
What the fuck? That\'s crazy man. Yankees didn\'t make it, so I\'d assume you\'d root for the Sox (which doesn\'t make any sense to begin with). So you cheer on the Sox until the ALCS when they meet the Rays, whom you are now pulling for. What a ridiculous synopsis. You are the walking definition of a fair-weather fan, and I\'m jealous. I guess you win every season then. Unless you gamble on sports of course.
Benefit of living in CT. We have access to Red Sox nation and the Yankee Universe.
I have ALWAYS been a Yankees fan first.
I like the Sox because they play good baseball and because 90% of the people I knew in MA believed I was a Sox fan, so I started going with it.
I like the Rays in this series because they are a young bunch of guys playing baseball for baseball. I don\'t think they have too many players on that roster that are currently making a lot of money.
I did call the Rays in the beginning of the year and I\'m sticking to them.
I blame fantasy baseball for making me love the game of baseball again.
Post by: Spacey on October 09, 2008, 11:16:49 am
Game 1 of both League Championships.
Any Phillies fans?
Post by: Me! on October 09, 2008, 11:36:19 am
Quote from: Spacey;206927
Big night of Baseball.
Game 1 of both League Championships.
Actually Boston vs Tampa is tomorrow night.
Game 1 Dice-K vs Shields
Game 2 Beckett vs Kazmir
Game 3 Lester vs Garza
Game 4 Wakefield vs Sonnanstine
not the line up I was expecting, I think Lester deserves that #1 spot.
Post by: peaches626 on October 09, 2008, 11:39:09 am
Post by: Spacey on October 09, 2008, 11:45:04 am
Quote from: Me!;206943
Quote from: Spacey;206927Big night of Baseball.
Game 1 of both League Championships.
Actually Boston vs Tampa is tomorrow night.
Game 1 Dice-K vs Shields
Game 2 Beckett vs Kazmir
Game 3 Lester vs Garza
Game 4 Wakefield vs Sonnanstine
not the line up I was expecting, I think Lester deserves that #1 spot.
Fair enough.
I\'ll watch the Dodgers pounce on Phillies.
Did Lester pitch well at the Trop this year or better at home?
Would Lester be pitching on too short of rest if he went #1?
Post by: Me! on October 09, 2008, 11:59:23 am
Quote from: peaches626;206947
it means lester gets game 7 most likely if it comes to that
^^ ah, true. Didn\'t think of that. Fair enough
Quote from: Spacey;206953
Did Lester pitch well at the Trop this year or better at home?
Would Lester be pitching on too short of rest if he went #1?
I\'m actually not sure about his home vs away stats, I just know he\'s our ace this year.
Too short rest? All of Baseball has had the week off.
Post by: Spacey on October 09, 2008, 11:59:51 am
Quote from: Me!;206954
Quote from: peaches626;206947it means lester gets game 7 most likely if it comes to that
^^ ah, true. Didn\'t think of that. Fair enoughQuote from: Spacey;206953
Did Lester pitch well at the Trop this year or better at home?
Would Lester be pitching on too short of rest if he went #1?
I\'m actually not sure about his home vs away stats, I just know he\'s our ace this year.
Too short rest? All of Baseball has had the week off.
I thought I heard one of the sports show say that Boston wanted to give him time off between starts but maybe they were talking about more time off because they wanted to watch his arm and not over work it.
Lester is 3-0 vs the Rays and has never pitched at the Trop this year.
Post by: Me! on October 09, 2008, 12:09:34 pm
Quote from: Spacey;206973
Lester is 3-0 vs the Rays and has never pitched at the Trop this year.
That\'s great news, but he still won\'t have pitched at "the Trop" unless it goes to game 7.
Post by: Spacey on October 09, 2008, 12:12:03 pm
Quote from: Me!;206987
Quote from: Spacey;206973
Lester is 3-0 vs the Rays and has never pitched at the Trop this year.
That\'s great news, but he still won\'t have pitched at "the Trop" unless it goes to game 7.
Right.
Thats is probably the factor that pushed him back to #3 this time. Win the game at Fenway first.
Post by: Spacey on October 10, 2008, 10:52:21 am
Post by: bezerker on October 10, 2008, 10:02:02 pm
Post by: jocelyn on October 10, 2008, 10:45:48 pm
Post by: Klout on October 10, 2008, 10:53:14 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 10, 2008, 11:03:26 pm
Post by: Me! on October 10, 2008, 11:11:23 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 10, 2008, 11:24:30 pm
Post by: jocelyn on October 11, 2008, 12:03:26 am
Huge win.
Post by: bezerker on October 11, 2008, 12:05:32 am
Post by: Wolfman on October 11, 2008, 12:42:09 am
I\'m sorry, but this actually makes me yearn for the Yankees. I wish we were playing the Yankees right now. I obviously don\'t like the Yankees but I realize now that I have some level of respect for them as an established and respectable baseball franchise. I will never have this respect for the Rays. Forgive my use of the term, but playing the Rays in the ALCS in a dome in Florida is just gay. Even though my Sox won I think this whole series is stupid to some extent because we\'re playing the stupid Rays. Bring on the Yankees next time.
Post by: Yoda on October 11, 2008, 07:15:09 am
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on October 11, 2008, 07:50:42 am
Quote from: bezerker;207412
redsox = most dangerous team in the postseason. rays and their fans dont know what postseason baseball is. chumps
Snap judgment after just one game is that the ALCS will be a battle of whose bats wake up first. Hopefully Beckett can keep the Sox afloat today while they find their swing.
Right now, the most dangerous team in the postseason is the Phillies.
Rollins > Victorino > Utley > Howard > Burrell > Werth is just as dangerous up-and-down as Ellsbury > Pedroia > Ortiz > Youkilis > Drew > Bay. Plus, should Philly advance to the World Series, they add Pedro Feliz\'s 14 home runs as a designated hitter in the AL park.
The Phils were the one team in the NL that nobody was talking about, but they were my pick for the World Series from the start of the postseason. Shane Victorino = World Series MVP.
Post by: bezerker on October 11, 2008, 10:00:49 pm
Post by: Klout on October 11, 2008, 10:32:28 pm
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on October 12, 2008, 10:33:06 am
Post by: bezerker on October 13, 2008, 06:58:04 pm
ortiz had better get his shit together QUICK
my god the sox are absolutely sucking tonight. garza\'s got their numbers
Post by: Wolfman on October 13, 2008, 11:24:13 pm
Post by: Yoda on October 14, 2008, 08:25:11 am
Post by: skalnbyc on October 14, 2008, 02:45:59 pm
Post by: booztravlr on October 14, 2008, 03:01:47 pm
Quote from: alexanderzurflu;207787
Leith was pretty happy last night: Back-to-back Boston losses for the Patriots and Red sox.
Don\'t forget about the Red Sox loss on Saturday too.
Go Padres! (Please don\'t trade Peavy)
Post by: skalnbyc on October 14, 2008, 03:05:47 pm
Quote from: booztravlr;207791
Quote from: alexanderzurflu;207787Leith was pretty happy last night: Back-to-back Boston losses for the Patriots and Red sox.
Don\'t forget about the Red Sox loss on Saturday too.
Go Padres! (Please don\'t trade Peavy)
noted.
We were discussing sports team affinities at dinner last night. Your name definitely came up for all the random, geographically-scattered teams you are a fan of.
Post by: tyzack on October 14, 2008, 03:14:02 pm
Quote from: booztravlr;207791
Quote from: alexanderzurflu;207787Leith was pretty happy last night: Back-to-back Boston losses for the Patriots and Red sox.
Don\'t forget about the Red Sox loss on Saturday too.
Go Padres! (Please don\'t trade Peavy)
The bRuins also lost on saturday.
Post by: Yoda on October 14, 2008, 08:10:50 pm
3-0 Tampa after 3 batters (back-to-back homers)
Post by: Wolfman on October 14, 2008, 09:14:16 pm
Quote from: Yoda;207830
2-0 Tampa after two batters.
3-0 Tampa after 3 batters (back-to-back homers)
Today\'s Red Sox stats:
Wakefield 3 IP 5ER...
Cash 1 HR...
Today\'s Yankees stats:
Jeter 10 under par
Giambi 4 over par
Post by: Yoda on October 14, 2008, 09:30:39 pm
To me, this isn\'t a Yanks/RS thing, but you made it that with your comment above... You even went as far in previous posts to wish that it were the Yanks rather than the Rays, hot un-Red Sox like...
I don\'t need the Yanks to win every year... Like most fans my age, we grew up with the shitty 80\'s and early 90\'s... But history has proven that even though we haven\'t won in 8 years, it sure won\'t be 80+ years before we win it again...
Final thought, my comments are not nearly as annoying and time consuming as your self-serving / pat myself on the back Patriot posts from last season...
Post by: bezerker on October 15, 2008, 08:50:03 pm
Post by: Wolfman on October 16, 2008, 09:22:21 pm
But what I can\'t believe is getting destroyed three nights in a row in Fenway Park. I am in shock. I LOVED the Sox tonight. I bought into Joe Maddon overthinking things with starting Kazmir and I never thought that the defending champs would allow themselves to by destroyed again in what must surely be the quietest 3 night run of baseball Fenway history. (I mean, if the Sox get killed in a regular season game nobody goes catatonic, everyonr just drinks more and forgets about it and ends up loud and rowdy and the place doesn\'t feel like a morgue like it has the last 3 nights.) I can\'t get that upset at the Sox for losing a series to what is clearly a better team right now. But getting rocked at home like this is downright embarassing. I\'m just glad I didn\'t go to any of these games. My god.
Well, maybe they\'ll come back tonight and prove me wrong, but this is what I\'m feeling right now as I watch.
Post by: Me! on October 16, 2008, 11:41:10 pm
Bottom of the 8th 7-6.
OH SHIT!!!!
Tie ball-game.
Post by: Wolfman on October 17, 2008, 12:00:17 am
Cowabunga.
Post by: Me! on October 17, 2008, 12:13:58 am
Post by: Wolfman on October 17, 2008, 12:14:36 am
Post by: Gordo on October 17, 2008, 01:46:52 am
Granted, I think they\'re one and done back in Tampa, but at least they give their fans some incredible shit like this year after year in the post-season. Unreal. I fucking HATE the Cubs right now. Seriously, hate.
Post by: bezerker on October 17, 2008, 04:14:00 am
Post by: SlimPickens on October 17, 2008, 07:22:38 am
Quote from: bezerker;208262
i cant believe i stopped watching early :no:
OOoooooo sorry chip! I\'m not even a sox fan and I kept watchin\'.
Textbook choke.
Post by: FrankZappa on October 17, 2008, 09:01:26 am
Post by: tyzack on October 17, 2008, 09:02:56 am
Quote from: bezerker;208262
i cant believe i stopped watching early :no:
I stopped watching in the 5th
Post by: Vassillios on October 17, 2008, 09:34:55 am
Quote from: tyzack;208273
Quote from: bezerker;208262i cant believe i stopped watching early :no:
I stopped watching in the 5th
7th for me. What the hell.
Post by: Gordo on October 17, 2008, 12:15:16 pm
Only thing that was annoying was the looong interview session after the game on the field. They\'re down 3-2, maybe a quick word with Drew would be alright but the tone and length was way too celebratory. Get over it and move on to Tampa. TV + sports as been getting on my nerves more and more lately. Most announcers sound like fuckheads.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on October 17, 2008, 02:02:22 pm
1. Giving us a sign that the Red Sox are going to win it all
2. Punishing all of the fans who gave up on last night\'s game by having the Red Sox mount an historic comeback, thus ensuring that we watch every out of the team\'s upcoming Game 6 defeat
I hope for the former and fear the latter.
Also, I\'ve seen written a few places that J.D. Drew\'s game-winner (or at least, part of the at-bat) took place five years TO THE MINUTE (12:16 a.m.) after the Aaron Boone walk-0ff.
I suppose that would mean more, in a cosmic sense, if the Red Sox hadn\'t won two World Series in the meantime, but it\'s still pretty cool.
Post by: bezerker on October 18, 2008, 08:05:47 pm
Post by: jocelyn on October 18, 2008, 08:58:01 pm
Also...
Post by: bdfreetuna on October 18, 2008, 09:33:36 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 18, 2008, 09:36:02 pm
Post by: Me! on October 18, 2008, 10:31:39 pm
Post by: jocelyn on October 18, 2008, 10:38:16 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 18, 2008, 11:54:07 pm
tied series folks. lets go sox !!!!
Post by: Me! on October 18, 2008, 11:54:55 pm
Let\'s go Sox!!
Post by: jocelyn on October 18, 2008, 11:58:48 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 19, 2008, 12:56:09 am
sidenote : New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain has been arrested for allegedly driving under the influence, speeding and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle.
Deborah Collins is a spokeswoman for the Nebraska State Patrol.
She says Chamberlain was stopped for speeding on U.S. 77 near his hometown of Lincoln at about 1 a.m. on Saturday.
Collins says Chamberlain was taken to the Cornhusker Place Detox in Lincoln, which she says is the normal protocol.
what a dangle doo. been there beat that
Post by: Wolfman on October 19, 2008, 02:34:06 am
Me: Man, we\'d be better off if we had the pitcher hitting. Remember when Dice-K got that huge RBI hit in Game 3 of the World Series last year?
Buddy 1: You know, I think you can have the DH substitute for anyone in the lineup.
Buddy 2: So wait, you could have the pitcher in the batting lineup and use the DH in place of any position player?
Buddy 1: I think so. If your pitcher is a better hitter than one of the other fielders, for example the catcher, then you could have the pitcher in the batting lineup and have the DH bat instead of the catcher.
Me: Wow, I never thought of that. I wonder if anyone ever...
All: WHOA! HOME RUN TEK! WOW! ......
Post by: FrankZappa on October 19, 2008, 02:35:24 am
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on October 19, 2008, 07:23:48 am
Quote from: Wolfman;208452
Actual conversation that took place b/w me and my buddies as Varitek stepped to the plate before hitting the game winning home run:
Me: Man, we\'d be better off if we had the pitcher hitting. Remember when Dice-K got that huge RBI hit in Game 3 of the World Series last year?
Buddy 1: You know, I think you can have the DH substitute for anyone in the lineup.
Buddy 2: So wait, you could have the pitcher in the batting lineup and use the DH in place of any position player?
Buddy 1: I think so. If your pitcher is a better hitter than one of the other fielders, for example the catcher, then you could have the pitcher in the batting lineup and have the DH bat instead of the catcher.
Me: Wow, I never thought of that. I wonder if anyone ever...
All: WHOA! HOME RUN TEK! WOW! ......
Buddy #1 is correct, the designated hitter can hit for anyone in the lineup. Back when Mariners\' closer J.J. Putz was at Michigan as a catcher, they used to pinch-hit for him and let the pitcher bat.
Post by: Wolfman on October 19, 2008, 12:43:08 pm
Post by: jocelyn on October 19, 2008, 08:35:05 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 19, 2008, 08:43:47 pm
Post by: jocelyn on October 19, 2008, 11:01:18 pm
Post by: FrankZappa on October 19, 2008, 11:28:29 pm
Quote from: bezerker;208486
im lovin it. hang in there !
Post by: bezerker on October 19, 2008, 11:38:56 pm
i hate you spacey
Post by: FrankZappa on October 19, 2008, 11:39:52 pm
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on October 19, 2008, 11:44:58 pm
Quote from: jocelyn;208495
Damn. Pedroia doesn\'t miss fastballs like that one very often.
Pedroia definitely did his part for the Sox, but not hitting pitches like that is precisely how to lose a series.
The Rays were the better team, and they definitely deserved to win this series. I\'m not saying it doesn\'t sting, but at least the Red Sox made it respectable.
Post by: TeddyT on October 19, 2008, 11:49:06 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 19, 2008, 11:56:29 pm
Post by: Wolfman on October 20, 2008, 12:20:02 am
At least we made them earn it and made it entertaining. Letting them walk over us in games 3-5 at Fenway would have been unforgivable. Losing sucks but at least they generated some entertainment value in games 5-7. Nothing cheap happened the whole series either. The games played out properly, there were no bad calls or stupid bounces, and thus the better team won. You can\'t play with fire every time the way the Sox have done. Sooner or later you\'re going to lose one of these series trailing 3-1 or 3-0.
The Rays and Sox will be going at it for quite a while here. (Unlss the Rays go with a Marlins-style firesale of the whole team, which I don\'t forsee.) They both have so much young homegrown talent carrying their teams. The only team in baseball with more homegrown talent contribution than the Sox is the Rays. I\'m looking forward to continuing the current run with Youkilis, Pedroia, Lowrie, Ortiz, Varitek, Ellsbury, Lester, Delcarmen, Masterson, Buchholz, and Papelbon for a long time. I can\'t believe that it\'s this part of the season and the Yankees really are so forgotten at this point. They\'re so far behind in terms of bringing up talent and their big-free-agent model is so outdated that I don\'t think we\'re going to hear from them for at least 5 years while the Sox and Rays carry the AL East. Weird.
I am curious to see some TV ratings from Tampa Bay for tonight. I bet that the Buccaneers\' Sunday night football game was a bigger draw than the Rays playing game 7 of the ALCS. I know the concept is crazy to any Boston/NY fan, but the Rays are to Tampa what Major League Soccer is to Boston or New York.
At least I can catch up on some sleep this week. Congratulations to all you Rays fans! (Crickets.) Well, everyone have a great time watching the Phillies-Rays World Series! (Crickets.) Enjoy the rest of this thread! (Crickets.) New England is Cassel Country now! (Muffled groans.) Time to end this post! (Hearty applause.)
Post by: bezerker on October 20, 2008, 12:27:27 am
actually he isnt even signed for next year is he
Post by: Yoda on October 20, 2008, 09:01:40 am
Go Rays!
Post by: Vassillios on October 20, 2008, 10:56:35 am
Quote from: Wolfman;208510
I\'m looking forward to continuing the current run with Youkilis, Pedroia, Lowrie, Ortiz, Varitek, Ellsbury, Lester, Delcarmen, Masterson, Buchholz, and Papelbon for a long time.
you think he\'ll be back? he really needs to re-learn how to hit in order for the sox to want him.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on October 20, 2008, 10:57:41 am
After observing the out-of-proportion joy exhibited by non-Red Sox fans since last night’s loss, I have decided the cheering for the Red Sox is now like cheering for the dealer in a game of blackjack. I can’t force myself to stop rooting for the Red Sox, because all that the players have done to merit this reaction is win two World Series championships in the past five years, but I’m tired of being a Red Sox fan. I know that I\'m not the type of fan that makes people hate the Red Sox (read Wolfman\'s posts about the Patriots in last season\'s NFL thread if you don\'t know what type of fan I\'m talking about), but I don\'t like being associated with Simmons et al. and dealing with the ensuing visceral reaction from every other baseball fan in America.
And, as far as Yankee fans are concerned, it puzzles me to watch them cheer so adamantly for the Rays over the Red Sox. I understand that the Rays winning is great for baseball, as I too want to see the Rays win as a "baseball fan", but it’s being taken to a dangerous extreme by Yankee fans. The Red Sox winning would be par from the course, whereas the Rays winning is just miring the Yanks deeper in the ranks of third place in the AL East. I would be cheering for the Rays to beat the Yankees too, but I wouldn\'t be gloating as if Tampa Bay has been my favorite team for the past decade. To turn this into a college football analogy (because, why not), it would be like Florida fans going crazy that LSU beats Georgia in the SEC Championship.
Red Sox-Yankees will ALWAYS be a rivalry- even if it’s just in the way that Raiders-Broncos is still technically a rivalry- but as it stands right now, the Yankees are on the outside looking in on the best rivalry in baseball: Red Sox-Rays.
Post by: tyzack on October 20, 2008, 11:50:30 am
Quote from: Wolfman;208510
At least I can catch up on some sleep this week. Congratulations to all you Rays fans! (Crickets.) Well, everyone have a great time watching the Phillies-Rays World Series! (Crickets.) Enjoy the rest of this thread! (Crickets.) New England is Cassel Country now! (Muffled groans.) Time to end this post! (Hearty applause.)
The Bruin\'s home opener is tonight, then a game tomorrow against Buffalow, then Toronto on Thursday and Atlanta on Saturday.
What is this sleep thing?
Post by: Gordo on October 20, 2008, 11:52:32 am
Dude, try living in Chicago as a Cub fan. The same bullshit goes on between Cubs and White Sox fans, maybe not to the same extent, but shit gets ugly and ridiculous often. I\'m personally not one to gloat when the Sox lose here, I enjoy both teams successes. On top of it I find that the collective Cub fan community could be the WORST of any. I hate going to Wrigley Field, especially if it\'s a important game. I hate all the retarded drunk assholes that forget about the game, I hate the fucking "Go Cubs Go" song when we win, I hate all the kool-aid drinkers that really do still think next year is our year, I hate the 7th inning stretch sing along, I hate Wrigleyville bars stocked with raging meatheads and pink pin-striped frat girls, I hate Cubs talk radio. Fuck it, the culture around the Cubs sucks now. All of the magic I felt as a kid is gone. As much as I want to, I will never be able to realistically turn my back on this team. If I ever see them win a championship I might seriously shed some tears. But as far as the grand culture goes I have all but removed myself from it. I love baseball, I love the Cubs, and that\'s where my focus lies. I have consciously faded out all of the bullshit surrounding Cub-nation and feel better off because of it.
Post by: Drew_Kingsley on October 20, 2008, 12:10:52 pm
Quote from: Gordo;208543
I love baseball, I love the Cubs, and that\'s where my focus lies. I have consciously faded out all of the bullshit surrounding Cub-nation and feel better off because of it.
Replace "Cubs" with "Red Sox", and that\'s pretty much what I\'m getting at. Like I said, I can\'t stop rooting for the Red Sox, I just want to do it without being considered a "Red Sox fan", as the definition currently stands.
Post by: Gordo on October 20, 2008, 12:44:05 pm
I just re-read your post and you expressed yourself articulately explaining exactly what I questioned you on. I always have to remind myself to not speed read through long posts, for reasons like this.
Post by: ChrisPitch on October 22, 2008, 08:19:15 pm
Post by: Gordo on October 22, 2008, 08:49:33 pm
Post by: bezerker on October 23, 2008, 12:25:50 am
Post by: Me! on November 06, 2008, 07:44:17 pm
P, Mike Mussina, NYY
C, Joe Mauer, MIN
1B, Carlos Pena, TB
2B, Dustin Pedroia, BOS :)
3B, Adrian Beltre, SEA
SS, Michael Young, TEX
OF, Torii Hunter, LAA
OF, Grady Sizemore, CLE
OF, Ichiro Suzuki, SEA
Post by: Me! on November 19, 2008, 11:16:03 am
(by a landslide)
well deserved. :)
Post by: ds673488 on November 19, 2008, 11:27:51 am
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Post by: SlimPickens on November 27, 2008, 09:48:39 pm