Author Topic: The 2009 Major League Baseball Thread (Read 42662 times)

leith · « **Reply #375 on:** September 25, 2009, 02:29:35 pm »

Btw
**** The Yankees
**** The Redsux
Go Angels!

Yoda · « **Reply #376 on:** September 25, 2009, 02:31:59 pm »

Jumped off the loser Padres bus did you... An easy enough hop on the homer bus...

Drew_Kingsley · « **Reply #377 on:** September 25, 2009, 02:50:43 pm »

Don\'t sleep on Detroit against the Yankees. If Verlander beats Sabathia once (Game 1 or 4), then the Yanks would need two wins from the combination of A.J. Burnett (very capable but unreliable) and Joba/Pettitte to win the series.

Of course, the Yanks are also quite capable of putting up 13 runs every game and just avoiding the whole pitching thing whatsoever.

ChrisPitch · « **Reply #378 on:** September 25, 2009, 03:51:56 pm »

As much as I hate to say it, I predict the Yankees to defeat the Cardinals in the World Series.

leith · « **Reply #379 on:** September 25, 2009, 08:40:03 pm »

Quote from: Yoda;242219

Jumped off the loser Padres bus did you... An easy enough hop on the homer bus...

Nice try but not even close if you had been paying attention you would know I\'m an Angel fan first and foremost.

I root for the Padres as I\'ve live here.

So go wipe some baby ass and leave the ball busting to the pros.
TIA

Yoda · « **Reply #380 on:** September 28, 2009, 09:23:17 am »

Pretty nice weekend for Yankee fans...

- Clinched playoff birth
- Clinched AL East Division
- Clinched home field advantage throughout the playoffs
- Won its 100 game and guarranteed that they will have the best regular season record for 2009

But the best of all...

All those Sox fans that were pounding their chests about how the they started 8-0 against the Yankees, but the Yanks ended the seried at 9-9...

Vassillios · « **Reply #381 on:** September 28, 2009, 10:04:55 am »

wait til the playoffs, yoda. wait til the playoffs.

Yoda · « **Reply #382 on:** September 28, 2009, 10:13:59 am »

I live in the now, not in the future...

Spacey · « **Reply #383 on:** September 28, 2009, 10:24:34 am »

I agree, Yoda. It was nice to beat the Red Sox to clinch the AL East. Could not have happened any better way.

Drew_Kingsley · « **Reply #384 on:** October 06, 2009, 01:26:56 pm »

So assuming the Yankees do the smart thing and choose to start their series tomorrow, they\'ve got Sabathia (presumably) against the third or fourth starter from Detroit/Minnesota and a lineup that has to play an emotional game today and fly straight to New York.

Get the best free agent bat and arm in the off-season, win 103 games and get a tired opponent with a messed-up pitching rotation in the ALDS. Any of you Yankee fans who believe in destiny can probably go ahead and stake out a nice spot for the victory parade.

Or, if you\'re the eternal analyst/pessimist like myself, you can focus on the downside of being the team that is "supposed to" win the World Series. A lot of Yankee fans (no one in particular) seem to me to be faking it right now. I\'m not going sports-talk radio route and accusing them of "not being real fans", but I get the feeling that the collective disappointment of the Yankees not winning the World Series would be a bigger response than the collective excitement of the Yankees winning it all. But maybe those of you closer (or further) from New York feel differently.

Yoda · « **Reply #385 on:** October 06, 2009, 01:55:02 pm »

I definitely think they should choose the series that starts tomorrow... Do I think that they\'ll beat the first round opponent, yes, but I\'ve been burned to many times in the recent past to take any playoff series for granted... If they win it all I\'ll be happy as a pig in ****, but if they lose, it\'s not the end of the world. No team is destined to win every year, even if they continually have the highest payroll... I\'m happy that they played good this year and I\'m happy that they won the division... I think the win at all cost is the mentality of steibrenner and he burned that into the mind of Yankee fans who aren\'t old enough to remember the 80\'s and early 90\'s... They\'re in the game, everything else is gravy...

ChrisPitch · « **Reply #386 on:** October 06, 2009, 02:14:25 pm »

So let\'s see:

I like the Twins to win today and the Yankees to then beat them in 5.

Elsewhere, Red Sox over Angels in 4; Cardinals over Dodgers in 4; and Phillies over Rockies in 5.

Still sticking with Yankees over Cardinals in the World Series.

Igziabeher · « **Reply #387 on:** October 06, 2009, 07:52:47 pm »

since when is playing a game of baseball this huge exhausting ordeal? so they played a game tonight and on sunday, they play 6 games a week for 7 months straight. I doubt playing a 1 game playoff is gonna send either Minnesota or Detroit on the skid. Granted they won\'t have their pitching rotation set proper, but I\'m sure Verlander will be ready to pitch games 2 and 5 if need be(if in fact Detroit wins).

bezerker · « **Reply #388 on:** October 08, 2009, 08:56:46 pm »

anyone know what channel the red sox game is on tnite ?

Spacey · « **Reply #389 on:** October 08, 2009, 09:15:08 pm »

TBS, brah!

Won\'t be on until the Dodgers win.