The 2007 Major League Baseball Thread

[leith]

haha I have always said I will root for The Angels over The Padres in any game they play against each other. What you have a problem with rooting for teams in opposite leagues? Oh ya I forgot you are younger than I am and probably have forgotten that the leagues used to only meet in the WS. So that was never a problem for me as both of the teams I root for never had a chance to meet. Now w/ interleague play I call myself an Angels fan first and always will. What I\'m supposed to just stop watching baseball because my team/s are out ?
I am a Baseball fan I like baseball so I root for a team to make it fun even if my team is gone. Sue Me.

so are you an Angels fan or a Padres fan? No matter what team from the National League is in the World Series, I will always root for the National League. I am a Braves fan. They are from the NL East. Maybe if the Mets were in the World Series, I would root against them, but if the Phillies made the Series this year, I would be rooting from them for sure. Go Rockies.

Personally, if your favorite team resides in the NL than you should root for the NL on the simple fact it gives recognition to your league and your team.Then again, I am not sure who your favorite team is, but I remember you giving more props to the Padres this season than the Angels.

On a side note, I think I had it right back when I called the Phillies winning the division and the Rockies the Wild Card.

Dude are you drunk and can\'t read what you just quoted? I answered that question.
As for posting more about the Padres well I can\'t answer that other than they had a more exciting season.
The Angels ran away w/ their division thus it was fairly boring. The Padres played more exciting games this year that\'s all.

Did anyone else laugh when Manny stood there like he hit a game winner?
That deserves a :doh: Sorry Chip for sure.

Douche comment. That was the third run in a back to back to back home run streak. Manny should have been pumped. That could\'ve been the rally that started a ser comeback. But it wasn\'t:banghead:. The Indians have been unstoppable as of late. I have a lot of confidence in Beckett for the next start but after that... I think I hear the fat lady warming up her vocal chords. I\'m still keeping the faith for now, but I can\'t deny It\'s gettin UGLY.

Dude I could see it if they were at Fenway but they were in Cleveland. That\'s why I laughed. Those melodramatic stances are for your home crowd to get them all jacked up or when you actually hit a home run that matters in an away park.

[davepeck]

but leith, dont\'cha know, that\'s just manny being manny!!1

[FrankZappa]

Douche comment. That was the third run in a back to back to back home run streak. Manny should have been pumped. That could\'ve been the rally that started a ser comeback. But it wasn\'t:banghead:.

:that:

[ChrisPitch]

I wonder what Manny was looking at. Was it his home run? Or perhaps it was the scoreboard, which, incidentally, read Indians 7, Red Sox 3, at the time of his wannabe, walk-off Sunday stroll. Pffffftttttt......

On the bright side, Beckett sure will be nice and rested for Game 5.

[tyzack]

[Wolfman]

*Again, I\'m not here to talk sports with mean-spirited imbeciles of 1/100th my intelligence.  I have much better people to talk sports with.  I am not reading any posts.*  I just thought this passage from today\'s Sports Guy was interesting to tie into my criticism of Fenway fans that I posted a couple of weeks ago:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/071016

"Let\'s face it: This series turned when the Fenway crowd mailed in Game 2 in the late innings and didn\'t even muster enough spirit to stand in the 10th for Big Papi or start a "Manny!" chant. This NEVER would have happened in 2004. As reader Nathaniel in Brooklyn, N.Y., points out, "I had the good fortune of getting a seat in the first row in the bleachers behind the Sox bullpen on Saturday for Game 2. The crowd was about as enthusiastic as a D-Rays game in April. You can blame it on the cold and the late start, but I\'ll blame it on the ticket policies (I\'ll admit I was tempted to scalp my ticket after looking at online auction sites) and the fact everyone around me was 65-plus years old or wearing a pink hat. A good way to warm yourself up is to stand in a group of people and support your team ... loudly."

[leith]

*Again, I\'m not here to talk sports with mean-spirited imbeciles of 1/100th my intelligence.  I have much better people to talk sports with.  I am not reading any posts.*  

:lol: Keep posting Seth. Dig that hole deeper. Keep showing that incredible intelligence.
Poor Loser. Can always dish it but can never take it.

[Gfunk]

Wolfman= way to hetty for this thread.

[bdfreetuna]

Sox have won 3 straight games 18 times already this season.

Well at least we got Beckett on the mound tomorrow....

[tyzack]

I know that there are alot of Yankees fans on this forum, but come on, something is wrong when you have to blame Loki and Megrid for your demise.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/sports/baseball/18bugs.html?ref=sports

[jocelyn]

So here we are. Francona is an idiot; trying to "save" your ace when you are down 2-1 is totally ridiculous. And even if we win the next 2 games, then, what... it all rides on the shoulders of Daisuke Matsuzaka? Great.


Well... I\'m not feeling entirely negative. I have great confidence in Beckett and Papelbon and I feel alright about Schilling. But for us to pull this off we can\'t just rely on power in the middle- the rest of the bums need to start getting some hits.

Also, fuck you Dane Cook. I am tired of your stupid face.

Can\'t wait for the game tonight, regardless of the outcome.

[Gfunk]

Also, fuck you Dane Cook. I am tired of your stupid face.

:lol:
There\'s only one................AWKTOBER!

[Me!]

Back to Fenway ladies and gentlemen.

It\'s anybody\'s series.


Oh btw:

I hate blind Yankee fans.

and for that matter I hate blind post 2004 Red Sox fans.

(sorry a guy at work is really loud and obnoxious and pissing me off)
I respect the fact that the Yankees are a good team I expect anyone who is a fan of baseball to be able to recognize the fact that boston has a good team as well.
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oh and what are Yankee fans reaction to Torre turning down New York for next year?

[Spacey]

Josh Beckett is having a great post-season. Alas, there is another day off. Didn\'t they always play 2-3-3? not 2-2-1-2? That extra day off between games 4 and 5 can impact the outcome of game 5.

My reaction is that the Yankees took a chicken shit way out of dealing with Torre. For a team that has never cared about money they decide to cut Torre\'s pay and offer him a performance based contract (which is a good deal), if they actually thought Torre would accept such an offer.The Yankees knew that deal would be turned down and then it would make it look like Torre didn\'t want the job. But, it is a business and as George gets closer to the grave, the entire Yankees organization is going to shift.

[Me!]

^^ Beckett is an absolute machine.  Personally I think he\'s a shoe in for Cy Young