MLB: Opening Day (or, the beginning of 162-0)

[BlackThoughT]

not...



to my real point for this thread, aside from general opening season talk, is who is with me on how having opening day in japan is bullshit. They're coming back and playing MORE PRESEASON GAMES? Bud Selig seriously needs to go... soon.

super ninja edit:
anyone who lives in NE watch this on NESN, i swear to god I didnt see Tom Caron's first postgame comment before I posted this thread

[Yukfo0]

a baseball game on at 6am instead of prime time is a blessing. Baseball makes even sportscenter boring to watch.

I don't see what the big deal is, there are 162 freaking games.
The following preseason games are given to the teams so they can get a couple of scrimmages in while recovering from the jetlag/time change. I guess you are opposed to your team getting that resting period though.

Face it if it were any other team but your team you woudln't give a shit either

[Suicidal Anomaly]

Actually I hate the red sox and I think it's retarded.

[tice]

Baseball makes even sportscenter boring to watch.

Agreed 100%. Seriously how often can you show a single home run as Top 10 play?

I would rather watch tennis or golf then baseball. I enjoy going to games but fuck it is boring on television.

[BlackThoughT]

um...
well since you think i care because its the redsox, I'll say the same thing bobby valentine said which I agree with. The japanese league has already started their season, so it interferes with their season (they did play exhibition games against both the A's and the redsox). Second, im PRETTY sure the league is based in AMERICA so it makes sense thats where it should start. They want the obvious extra revenue from advertising/etc they get from plkaying games in japan? Do it at some other point, not the FIRST GAME of the season. I'm not complaining about the rest either you dolt, the fact that they paly games that count, then play some that dont, then start up the real ones again. Its just a stupid idea for baseball as a league and as a sport for people to watch in genneral. How do you think A's fans felt they have to be up at 3am to see their team play its first game.

gj on telling me what I think though

[cryptopsy]

http://www.timboucher.com/journal/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/indians-braves0.gif

http://www.gamedayexp.com/EbayPages/Images/BravesvsReds05/1JeffF.jpg

[Magus]

Have fun finishing third, Bravos.

[Jarek]

i watched it, was a good game and I think its bullshit to start in Japan too... i went to my friend's apartment in jamaica plain for opening day last year (its like a 2-3 block walk to fenway)

would kick ass if they make the post season this year considering I'll be living in boston after the end of august :D

PS Moss is even a killer baseball player, sup

[BlackThoughT]

where do you live now jarek

[Cyrus]

Go rockies

[sw_vile]

go tigers!

[cryptopsy]

Have fun finishing third, Bravos.


you serious?

Hudson
Hampton
Smoltz
Glavine

will rape.

Still got McCann, Teixeira, Chipper, Francouer, etc. Gonna be 1st this year baby!

[VeeKaChu]

You think it's boring now? Wait'll September, when you're on your 10,000th helping of "it'll be a 100 years since the Cubs won a World Series", just prior to them getting mown down in the NLCS.

Seriously though, Cubbies in 08. Hollywood ending, and then the asteroids.

[BlackThoughT]

Hudson
Hampton
Smoltz
Glavine

lets take stock

Hudston: probably win around 15 games, has only won 20 games once, back in 2000 when oakland had the big three.
Hampton: correct me if im wrong but he hasnt pitched at all in like 3 years? and still hasnt come back from TJ surgery... good luck there
Smoltz: pretty durable, probably around 10-13 games won, but hes 41. yeah.
Glavine: another 10+ game winner, but again, 40+

two of your top 4 starters are over 40 years old, and a third hasnt pitched since 2005.
meh

[GoomZ]

baseball rapes golf and tennis, fack u tys!

[cryptopsy]

lets take stock

Hudston: probably win around 15 games, has only won 20 games once, back in 2000 when oakland had the big three.
Hampton: correct me if im wrong but he hasnt pitched at all in like 3 years? and still hasnt come back from TJ surgery... good luck there
Smoltz: pretty durable, probably around 10-13 games won, but hes 41. yeah.
Glavine: another 10+ game winner, but again, 40+

two of your top 4 starters are over 40 years old, and a third hasnt pitched since 2005.
meh


they're over 40, yet still badass, so this looks like the year... Hampton has been pitching in spring training and looking good for after a few years and tj surgery. We'll see how it goes tho...can't wait to start watching baseball and drinking beer together again.

[Jarek]

where do you live now jarek

back in palmer for now :(

[PaLaGi]

this thread got derailed pretty quick, but whatever. prob cause its not that interesting of a topic. anyways, i dont have a problem with it starting in japan. i doubt it will ever make it to the point where every team starts to play overseas, but its a good opportunity for the MLB to capitalize on some other lucrative markets. and considering the amount of japanese players coming over to play, it made sense to give it a whirl. look at the NFL playing games in london. and they cant do it any other time than now, midseason would be ridiculous and im sure players would never go for that.

[Redneck]

http://www.timboucher.com/journal/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/indians-braves0.gif

http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper410/stills/e2t80a9l.jpg

fixed for you but hell ya anyway.

[Scorcher]

ya go braves but seriously baseball is boring shit

to expand on the hr in the top 10 how about diving catches? yea it was cool the first ten times, after that it's the same thing. it's a sweet play, but come on it happens all the fucking time

[Jarek]

ya go braves but seriously baseball is boring shit

to expand on the hr in the top 10 how about diving catches? yea it was cool the first ten times, after that it's the same thing. it's a sweet play, but come on it happens all the fucking time

come on... diving catches are clutch and awesome to watch, i agree with the homeruns though.. especially on the obvious roid players too

homeruns are only interesting for the stats of the sport.. diving catches at least show heart.

[Tripwire]

March 29, Dodgers vs. Red Sox at the Colosseum. 90,000+ expected :D

[BlackThoughT]

can't wait to start watching baseball and drinking beer together again.

excellent spring/summer activity

[BoSlim]

ya go braves but seriously baseball is boring shit

to expand on the hr in the top 10 how about diving catches? yea it was cool the first ten times, after that it's the same thing. it's a sweet play, but come on it happens all the fucking time
by this argument the top10 just shouldn't exist since every sport has "repeat" plays. The fact of the matter is they are still amazing.

[BlackThoughT]

back in palmer for now :(

ooo scary

[kiken]

stop bitching was great being able to go see a MLB game while im over here. Even better seeing a sox game. Just wish my Crads played their opener over here.:D
couple of my buds met Curt and shit at their squadron. Said hes a cool individual.

[SoulEdge]

they should really consider lowering the number of games they play in a season.

[Tripwire]

they should really consider lowering the number of games they play in a season.

Why? Baseball isn't as physical so it doesn't wear out the players, it helps balance out environmental factors, proves that the sport is more about having a good team rather than an ok team with a few great players, and where else can you go to a day game in the middle of the work week :)


BT, I am with you, but this maybe just an Olympic year thing. However, if they continue this crap, why not just try establishing real MLB franchises overseas?

[Scorcher]

come on... diving catches are clutch and awesome to watch, i agree with the homeruns though.. especially on the obvious roid players too

homeruns are only interesting for the stats of the sport.. diving catches at least show heart.

i agree they're good plays, but i don't need to see 7 of them in the top 10 every night the entire summer ad nausea.

by this argument the top10 just shouldn't exist since every sport has "repeat" plays. The fact of the matter is they are still amazing.

the amount of diving catches per night pretty much overwhelms any other play that qualifies for the top 10. plus a super fantastic dunk is way cooler imo

[BlackThoughT]

well by the same token you could say super fantastic dunks happen just as often as super fantastic diving catches...

Trip: or another thing good ol bobby suggested, having a REAL world champion of sorts when a few yeras back he said having the team he managed to the japanese league championship against somone a few years back (might've even been the red sox) but i think selig shot that one down.

chalk another great choice up there for ol' bud

[Gr8Shot]

mets will win it all this year. (i said this last year too though..)

phillies will be quiet a challenge though, both teams bulked up since last year.

now all we need is for the knicks to do better...

[Tripwire]

BT: I know, but we have to settle for the World Baseball Classic which is just another Olympics mixer. It's better to have private clubs fighting over a title than countries. Too bad the Asian market is the only good place to start overseas clubs, even though Latin America can provide the fans, but not the cash.


BTW: Sad prediction: The LA area is going to basically repeat 2007. Angels will win the west and choke in the ALDS (but hopefully win "1" game). Dodgers will be hot up to the All-Star break, then go on to only win 20 more games for the rest of the season :(

[ricky]

go rangers :)

[BlackThoughT]

mets will win it all this year. (i said this last year too though..)

dont you mean another PATHETIC LATE SEASON COLLAPSE!!?!??!

HAH.. jk they got santana now

BT: I know, but we have to settle for the World Baseball Classic which is just another Olympics mixer. It's better to have private clubs fighting over a title than countries. Too bad the Asian market is the only good place to start overseas clubs, even though Latin America can provide the fans, but not the cash

yeah it is just another olympics mixer, that why we need something different.

[Cobalt]

You think it's boring now? Wait'll September, when you're on your 10,000th helping of "it'll be a 100 years since the Cubs won a World Series", just prior to them getting mown down in the NLCS.

Seriously though, Cubbies in 08. Hollywood ending, and then the asteroids.
Remind me never, ever, ever, to ever even have the slightest thought of turning on Fox broadcasts of Cub games this year. Listening to Joe "I Hate Everything Chicago" Buck ramble on and on about the 100 years crap that's already old...

Hell, that'll make Ron Santo seem tolerable.

That said, this season's going to be the most overblown baseball season ever, Veek. Bulls suck, Hawks are done, Bears aren't doing much of anything, every win has a meaning, every loss a portent of things to come. If I want that kinda pandering I'll turn on ESPN.

I sure hope you don't read the Sun-Times. The Sun-Times should pay you for putting up with Eddie Munster, otherwise known as Jay the Joke. Not like the trib's any better, with confirmed dumbass Phil Rogers claiming Dusty will make the Reds better. Sure, he will - god knows all the Reds need is Todd Hollandsworth and Neifi Perez.

[polarity]

GO BREWE-



oh :(

[DildoBaggins]

da cubs

[BlackThoughT]

Kaz Matsui out for two weeks with anal fissure.

true story.

[Cobalt]

This must be the Baseball Year of Odd Injuries.
Felix Pie was out earlier this year for testicular torsion...ow.

[BlackThoughT]

This must be the Baseball Year of Odd Injuries.
Felix Pie was out earlier this year for testicular torsion...ow.


Torsion tor·sion /ˈtɔrʃən/ [tawr-shuhn]
–noun 1. the act of twisting.
2. the state of being twisted.
3. Mechanics. a. the twisting of a body by two equal and opposite torques.
b. the internal torque so produced.

4. Mathematics. a. the degree of departure of a curve from a plane.
b. a number measuring this.


wtf was that guy doing?

[Kuniva]

I have experienced testicular torsion and let me tell u its one of the most painful things you can go through. And there isn't one thing in particular that you can do that causes it, its totally random, something that happens in 1 out of a 100000 men or something. I feel for that guy, hope he was able to get his taken care of before he lost a testie.

[Tripwire]

http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/peds_urology/testor.cfm

[Jarek]

holy fuck reading that word made me cringe, thats gotta be awful

[janordy]

I hate seeing home runs in top 10 all time too, unless its bottom 9 down by 3 grand slam home run. I think all the NBA dunks are worst, Ive only seen 1 dunk in my life that impressed me and that was Carter dunking over some 7' guy. They need more catches in top 10 than homeruns, never get tired of seeing a guy go head first into bleachers fans/rail to catch a ball.

[Tripwire]

I agree, dives and home-runs are boring, but there aren't that many "better" plays that can happen daily, like infield home-runs, stealing home (without the pitcher fucking up by missing the catcher or throwing the ball into the dirt), or triple plays. Anyways, who cares?!? The NBA is virtually the same with dunks and buzzer beaters from half court.

[cryptopsy]

fixed for you but hell ya anyway.

francouer is home-town hero in these parts.

yes catches are better than a homerun, except for the clutch homeruns.

[Jarek]

Ive only seen 1 dunk in my life that impressed me and that was Carter dunking over some 7' guy.

haha yea that video is on youtube, watched it like 400 times

[Tripwire]

115,300 people at the Dodgers vs. Red Sox game, new world record!

Link (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/specials/spring_training/2008/03/29/coliseum.exhibition.ap/index.html)

[Sutterkane]

Why? Baseball isn't as physical so it doesn't wear out the players, it helps balance out environmental factors, proves that the sport is more about having a good team rather than an ok team with a few great players, and where else can you go to a day game in the middle of the work week :)

Having that many games honestly waters down the regular season and makes each game all the more meaningless. You wanna know why college football and the nfl are so exciting and destroying MLB in ratings? Because in football you better get the job done every week or you are not going to be a champion, no matter if you're playing the worst team or the best team. There's no room for upsets. Thus, when someone like the rays beat the yankees, it's not that big of a deal, because they're just going to play again like what 12 more times over the course of the season?

[_loche]

sports every day > sports once a week

[tice]

i prefer my sports to be highly anticipated and talked about on sportscenter for at least 4 days.

[Tripwire]

Having that many games honestly waters down the regular season and makes each game all the more meaningless. You wanna know why college football and the nfl are so exciting and destroying MLB in ratings? Because in football you better get the job done every week or you are not going to be a champion, no matter if you're playing the worst team or the best team.

Where is your logic? Football isn't the type of sport were you can play more than once a week due to the physical pounding. Basketball is limited to usually three games a week due to the high cardio level of play.

Baseball is pretty low on both factors (save pitching), so it allows for more games with ease. The pitchers are the only players that need rest, so it doesn't seem fair that an entire team should have to wait a week just because one guy's arm needs to heal.

There's no room for upsets. Thus, when someone like the rays beat the yankees, it's not that big of a deal, because they're just going to play again like what 12 more times over the course of the season?

It's about winning series with your pitching, not individual games. Like I said above, it's not fair to make the entire team wait just because one guy's arm needs to heal. More games mean more balance. The same would be true if football teams had 200 players so they could play every other night.

[kiken]

trip makes a decent arguement but what about hockey? its both Cardio and physical pounding. Yet they play 3 or more games a week sometimes.:D

[Tripwire]

True Kiken, but check out the padding hockey players have (it covers their entire bodies). Plus most of the hitting is a from "one" another player into a plexiglass wall, considerably softer than one football player getting sacked by 10 guys and the compacted earth while trying to shield a ball. Also, in hockey you're not going to bang or be banged into something every play; you're objective is to get the puck, which has no ownership. Football is the exact opposite, you MUST slam into the other team on every play in order to get to that ball, which is owned by the offense(except on a fumble of course, and when it is whoever goes after it will get slammed hard).

Also, it comes down to the nature of the sport. Football you have to play hard on each play because it's a sprint. Hockey, basketball, and soccer are more about endurance. Baseball is mostly about concentration and good aim.

[mulisha]

True Kiken, but check out the padding hockey players have (it covers their entire bodies). Plus most of the hitting is a from "one" another player into a plexiglass wall, considerably softer than one football player getting sacked by 10 guys and the compacted earth while trying to shield a ball. Also, in hockey you're not going to bang or be banged into something every play; you're objective is to get the puck, which has no ownership. Football is the exact opposite, you MUST slam into the other team on every play in order to get to that ball, which is owned by the offense(except on a fumble of course, and when it is whoever goes after it will get slammed hard).

Also, it comes down to the nature of the sport. Football you have to play hard on each play because it's a sprint. Hockey, basketball, and soccer are more about endurance. Baseball is mostly about concentration and good aim.

You have obviously never played hockey. Just so you know, in hockey, you SPRINT when you're out there and always keep your feet moving. Since when is plexiglass soft either? And there is this hard thing called ice too. The padding is necessary because of ice; I've fractured my elbow in hockey by simply having my elbow pad slide down and my elbow hit the ice. This doesn't happen on grass/turf.

Hockey requires you to sprint, have endurance, and take a beating. This is coming from someone who played all sports at a high level (for the most part). I'm not trying to say football isn't extremely physical, which it is, I'm just saying that to try to diminish the physicality and speed required in hockey is not the smartest thing.

Either way, baseball needs this many games just because the way the sport is. There are so many factors that more games are required to reduce the margin of error and the sport allows it by its nature.

[BlackThoughT]

before you say, no i've never played hockey, so correct me if i'm wrong,

but most of the time hockey players play less than half the 60 minutes of a game right?

[mulisha]

before you say, no i've never played hockey, so correct me if i'm wrong,

but most of the time hockey players play less than half the 60 minutes of a game right?

The best defensemen play up to 30 min as it's a little less intensive and the top fowards played 20-22 min a game. Keep in mind that it is continuous play for the most part though.

[BlackThoughT]

The best defensemen play up to 30 min as it's a little less intensive and the top fowards played 20-22 min a game. Keep in mind that it is continuous play for the most part though.

well i've watched hockey plenty of times, i've never seen anyone play 20-30 minutes straight in a hockey game


back to sports that matter however,

Carlos Zambrano hurt, though only mildly.
lol cubs

[mulisha]

well i've watched hockey plenty of times, i've never seen anyone play 20-30 minutes straight in a hockey game

I think you misunderstood me. That's the total amount they play. When I say play is continuous I mean it's not like football where theres a play few a few seconds and then 30 seconds of down time. The average shift is usually 45 sec to 1 min.

[BlackThoughT]

ah, I did misunderstand

[Toastie]

Having that many games honestly waters down the regular season and makes each game all the more meaningless. You wanna know why college football and the nfl are so exciting and destroying MLB in ratings? Because in football you better get the job done every week or you are not going to be a champion, no matter if you're playing the worst team or the best team. There's no room for upsets. Thus, when someone like the rays beat the yankees, it's not that big of a deal, because they're just going to play again like what 12 more times over the course of the season?

its getting killed because baseball isnt fun to watch on TV... nobody can stand to watch baseball on TV.. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=mlb/stat/attendance.htm x 162 The Oakland Boston game is likely inflated because they played in Japan, but those are solid attendance numbers.

[Cobalt]

well i've watched hockey plenty of times, i've never seen anyone play 20-30 minutes straight in a hockey game


back to sports that matter however,

Carlos Zambrano hurt, though only mildly.
lol cubs
The guy is a chronic cramper. You could make him drink all the water in the world and his arm would STILL cramp when he starts.

[Suicidal Anomaly]

its getting killed because baseball isnt fun to watch on TV... nobody can stand to watch baseball on TV.. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=mlb/stat/attendance.htm x 162 The Oakland Boston game is likely inflated because they played in Japan, but those are solid attendance numbers.

Agreed. One of the worst times of the year is after the NBA playoffs when all you get on TV on Sunday is a baseball game while waiting for the NFL. Watching a game live is fun but following on TV gets boring particularly if your team forgets to show up which is something the Angel offense is well known for.

[kiken]

Im mostly wanting to see how many of the so called experts are truely idiots.
Saying the Cardinals are one of the worst teams this year. I remember them saying something like that in the 06 WS and look who won that.:D
Man do i hate these so called experts.

[Cobalt]

Im mostly wanting to see how many of the so called experts are truely idiots.
Saying the Cardinals are one of the worst teams this year. I remember them saying something like that in the 06 WS and look who won that.:D
Man do i hate these so called experts.
Tony is bad.
Your team is bad.
Your WS team was the worst ever.

[Tripwire]

Watching a game live is fun but following on TV gets boring particularly if your team forgets to show up which is something the Angel offense is well known for.

Too true, except the with the Angels you need to replace boring with depressing and insert postseason.

[kiken]

Tony is bad.
Your team is bad.
Your WS team was the worst ever.


yeah ok so right thats why he is considered by many as one of the greatest coaches ever.
at least we dont spend like crazy and still choke in the playoffs with a $ 99,670,332 salary
,....how long since you guys won a championship?
lets have some fun Cubs salary for 06 was 2006: $ 94,424,499
Cardinals who WON the championship that year$ 88,891,371 now this years salary for cards this year $100,624,450
Cubs this year $118,595,833

AND YAS STILL WONT WIN A WORLD SERRIES..............

[_loche]

they were pretty bad

[chi-town]

yeah ok so right thats why he is considered by many as one of the greatest coaches ever.
at least we dont spend like crazy and still choke in the playoffs with a $ 99,670,332 salary
,....how long since you guys won a championship?
lets have some fun Cubs salary for 06 was 2006: $ 94,424,499
Cardinals who WON the championship that year$ 88,891,371 now this years salary for cards this year $100,624,450
Cubs this year $118,595,833

AND YAS STILL WONT WIN A WORLD SERRIES..............

comparing the cards to the cubs doesn't change the fact that the cards WS team was one of the worst. i'm a sox fan by the way, not a scrubs fan.

[BlackThoughT]

pedro martinez hurt already

[Cobalt]

yeah ok so right thats why he is considered by many as one of the greatest coaches ever.
at least we dont spend like crazy and still choke in the playoffs with a $ 99,670,332 salary
,....how long since you guys won a championship?
lets have some fun Cubs salary for 06 was 2006: $ 94,424,499
Cardinals who WON the championship that year$ 88,891,371 now this years salary for cards this year $100,624,450
Cubs this year $118,595,833

AND YAS STILL WONT WIN A WORLD SERRIES..............
a) It's about time the Cubs finally realized they could out-spend everyone in their division.
b) Tony LaRussa managed human chemistry sets in Oakland and in St. Louis and has repeatedly buried his head in the sand. On my baseball hit list, he barely edges out Jose Canseco for #4..(Behind Clemens, Selig, and Dusty Baker, in that order.)
c) Winning >=90 games 5 times in the '00s yet winning a single world series. And that was when you went 83-79 in an absolutely awful NL Central.

[Thoth]

Im mostly wanting to see how many of the so called experts are truely idiots.
Saying the Cardinals are one of the worst teams this year. I remember them saying something like that in the 06 WS and look who won that.:D
Man do i hate these so called experts.

I'm a Cardinals fan and even I can admit we're going to be terrible this year.

I went to the game last night, and let me just say its going to be a long season. I really, seriously hope I'm wrong, but I'm probably not. Lohse looked good last night, but we can't expect that on a consistent basis.

[Magus]

Cardinals team slogan

"We have no pitching, but at least we can't hit or field! Come see us before Pujols lands on the DL!"

[BlackThoughT]

lolz

[Thoth]

Cards offense is all or nothing basically. We're either going to score 2 or less runs, or we're going to score 8 or more. We explode for 5 in 2 innings in the rained out game, and the very next day we get shut down by fucking Kip Wells.

I don't think our defense is going to be completely terrible, though our whole outfield is pretty young and/or just new at playing out there. Iztruis could be ok but will most likely be shit, and who knows with Glaus. He cost us the game last night.

Our bullpen is still probably our strongest asset, but Ryan Franklin is turning back into a pumpkin. Who knew it would be a bad idea to give him a deal after he had his first ever good season but didn't even pitch 100 innings last year? Cardinals management sure didn't!

[Headshot]

are Cubs fans already claiming the season's over?

JK, what a great game yesterday to open things up. Gagne struggling kind of worries me, with not having Cordero as our closer anymore. If the Brewer's bullpen holds together, i see no problem being 10 or so games above 500.

[Cobalt]

Problem is, your pen won't :P

[Randy Travis]

i think the brewers could be the most exciting team in baseball. ryan braun is an animal.

[BlackThoughT]

Gagne struggling kind of worries me, with not having Cordero as our closer anymore.

trusting anythign to eric GONEgne is a bad idea

[Aic]

Watching Gagne and Fielder on the field at the same time made me feel sorry for Twinkies everywhere.

[chi-town]

gagne is terrible. brewer fans, have fun watching him give up late inning runs.

[kiken]

a) It's about time the Cubs finally realized they could out-spend everyone in their division.
b) Tony LaRussa managed human chemistry sets in Oakland and in St. Louis and has repeatedly buried his head in the sand. On my baseball hit list, he barely edges out Jose Canseco for #4..(Behind Clemens, Selig, and Dusty Baker, in that order.)
c) Winning >=90 games 5 times in the '00s yet winning a single world series. And that was when you went 83-79 in an absolutely awful NL Central.

ok lets look at this a sec
1) early 90s with the A's i cant argue that. with the Cards who did he have ohh yeah Mcgwire and i do believe thats it. what about slammin Sammy Sosa, or was that entire thing in 98 because of him using a Corked bat. Not sure if yer a Cub fan judging by how yer trying to slam the Cards i would say you are. I bet you were following the race on the edge of your seat that entire season just like everyone else.

2) even though we went 83-79 we STILL WON THE WORLD SERRIES end of discussion.

[SoulEdge]

Pedro down after first start. Hope the mets collapse again.

[Headshot]

oops, double post.

[Headshot]

Watching Gagne and Fielder on the field at the same time made me feel sorry for Twinkies everywhere.

Prince turned vegan, he may be losing weight.

[BlackThoughT]

sure fielder may not be fat tomorrow, but gagne will still suck

[Solo]

WTF 0-2 tigers to the 2-0 Royals?

[Halfbreed]

I think the Redsox should just permanently move to Japan and get out of the Major Leagues. That would make baseball fun again. I'm sorry, I am not big into baseball but you can always tell an annoying Redsox fan by his religious brainwashed mentality which attempts to spread the fact that the Redsox are not the most annoying team in baseball.

Meanwhile, the Redsox fans ARE the most annoying fans in all of sports. It's like two gay guys waiting for movie tickets in line squeezing each others butts and giving each other the tongue and then acting like they aren't gay. It just doesn't work Redsox fans. We will always know Boston fans are the most annoying egotesticle pettifoggers on the planet and honestly I really hate hearing anything about the Redsox unless your going to tell me they are no longer playing baseball.

[BlackThoughT]

http://home.hawaii.rr.com/ax1s/dumbass.jpg


back to things that matter:

john lackey is out 3-4 weeks with a strained triceps

[ruker]

Haha, the Dodger game went so late last night that they don't have the results in the paper.

[Tripwire]

Haha, the Dodger game went so late last night that they don't have the results in the paper.

Were you able to get better seats after the rain delay? Also, the Dodgers would have won that game if both managers weren't betting that the game would be postponed till tomorrow.

[janordy]

Sup Nationals 3-1, Zimmerman 1 man team.

[_loche]

zimm is going to hit 50 homers in that new park

[HellFire]

Cardinals are very underrated this year, which makes them very dangerous. There are a lot of expectations on the Cubs and Brewers to perform this year, but I don't think it's going to happen.

The Cardinals have a solid bullpen, and their rotation just has to hang on until after the All-Star Break when they'll have Carpenter, Mulder, Wainright, Pineiro, and Clement all back and healthy. The team finally dumped Rolen and Edmonds, who have been practically useless the past several years, and the youth in the outfield is something to watch. I think they'll take the mediocre NL Central and perform well in the playoffs.

[Magus]

Brad Lidge coming in for the first time!!

[chi-town]

0-5, keep them tigers winless. do I smell another sweep to start the season? :p

[Jarek]

booyah, i got tickets behind homeplate for the boston/texas game on the 19th

[cryptopsy]

So braves....took a chick to the game, they won, i got lucky, and they've won every game since....WWOOOOOOO!

[janordy]

Hold up a sign that has a link for 2girls1cup on it and put a shout out to catacombs.

[Falcon-[CfH]-]

is this gonna be the official 2008 MLB thread?

cause if it is....GO ORIOLES!!!! 6-1 now, woohoo! lol

[BlackThoughT]

dont worry falcon, peter angelos will find some way to ruin it :)

Tigers 0-7, worst start since they lost 119 in 2003 and started 0-9

[chi-town]

common tigers keep losing, one less team the white sox have to worry about in the al central :D

[Falcon-[CfH]-]

dont worry falcon, peter angelos will find some way to ruin it :)
Yeah he always does. Thats why the O's fans will enjoy it atm till like maybe a month later, then its back in the dumps for us :cool:

[Jarek]

sox better be the first to lose to the tigers, but there is no way they will lose 119 with that lineup

[Cobalt]

-;1630590']is this gonna be the official 2008 MLB thread?

cause if it is....GO ORIOLES!!!! 6-1 now, woohoo! lol
Save yourself unneeded headache and trade us Brian Roberts. Now, Andy.

[BlackThoughT]

i'm too lazy to look, but you better not be a sad pathetic cubs fan cobalt

[Magus]

Yo, Mets.

You can't beat us. At all.

- Phillies

9 in a row bitches!

[Jarek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8ErbVOfvqw

mets got rick rolled (seriously too)

bunch of forums got together and voted rick roll to play in the mets 7th inning stretch, rofl.

[Redneck]

haha Mets got owned.

[kiken]

i'm too lazy to look, but you better not be a sad pathetic cubs fan cobalt

BT i asked him this earlier and he wouldnt answer it. I think he is a Cubs fan though. 9 games in and we are still making the experts and Cobalt look like idiots. Will it last i dont think so but im living it up while it does.

[Jarek]

BT i think you forget that 4 years ago we were sad pathetic boston fans

[kiken]

:)BT i think you forget that 4 years ago we were sad pathetic boston fans

Wait a minutes yas still are just yall got big egos now......

[Magus]

they are happy pathetic boston fans now

[BlackThoughT]

BT i think you forget that 4 years ago we were sad pathetic boston fans

i KNOW you didnt just compare boston to chicago...

[Cobalt]

i KNOW you didnt just compare boston to chicago...
Yeah, really Jarek. Way to bring down Chicago.

[BlackThoughT]

yup, cubs fan.

[Cobalt]

yup, cubs fan.
at least I'm not spewing the Sox 'Chicago Tough' garbage.

[Jarek]

people who trash talk any teams but their rivals can blow me

thats when you are past loyal fan and onto ego driven cocksucker

[Gr8Shot]

people who trash talk any teams but their rivals can blow me

thats when you are past loyal fan and onto ego driven cocksucker

whine more, you're just upset boston is the least favorite team in the nation

[BlackThoughT]

wait let me guess, yankees

[kiken]

wow this thread went from about MLB to trash talking your rivals to now guessing who you are a fan of. Man im enjoying this.

[Pug]

^5 wang

[chi-town]

hey tigers, whats going on? 2-10? :p

whitesox are looking great so far, back to back shutouts. the bullpen is looking great (something i was worried about) and we have bats throughout the whole lineup (2 grand slams today). picking up nick swisher has been the best thing so far. he brings so much energy to the team its crazy. its fun watching him in the dugout pumping his team up. now if the sox can get thome to starting hitting.

[BlackThoughT]

if you'd have told me yesterday that ortiz would sit out a game against the yankees in april I would've asked if you'd have been talking with agile or something...

but damn pick it up papi

[Redneck]

He's pressing bad. Earlier during their game vs. the Indians (on TV right now), Westbrook put three fastballs past Papi for a 3-pitch K. Ortiz was pulling off of every pitch.

[BlackThoughT]

he looked more confidant and calm before he had surgery on his bad knee last year...

I'm sure he'll pick it up again but jeez its weird especially for him

[Gr8Shot]

seems like no teams are really dominating so far this year, all the big powerhouses have meager records =\

[Pug]

I'm rooting for KC to have a winning record this year and finish ahead of the tigers lol.

[chi-town]

i don't know what it is but the royals always give the white sox trouble every year. we lost a close one last night to the A's 2-1. all around pitching has been great except macdougal. god does he suck, he absolutely has no control of his pitches. the way the season is going so far its going to be a good one in the AL central. all the division games will be huge.

[Redneck]

How about Chipper for MVP?

[_loche]

if he doesnt miss 25+ games its very possible

[Redneck]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3355807

You bastard.

[_loche]

lol

[DildoBaggins]

damn the cubs are looking good

[Cobalt]

That was the Pirates, though.

[cryptopsy]

rofl redneck. Saw that shit yesterday, fuckin' sucks but I don't think it's anything too serious.

[BlackThoughT]

seems ortiz is finally starting to hit, another good game yesterday morning
also, extremely pleased with what i've seen from Jed Lowrie so far.

[Cobalt]

Psst, Brewers? Without HGH, Gagne is a blown save waiting to happen.

[BlackThoughT]

Ellsbury with another awesome game... get coco out of here already, trade him for a bag of bats or something.

[5p`]

im trying not to get too excited about the cubbies.... everytime i do, they turn into the flubbies. so, for now, reserved optimism.

[Jarek]

lol bye bye lugo and coco before the end of the year

this is only the beginning of a long home grown rape fest, lowri, ellsbury, pedroia, youk, bucholz, papelbon

i love baseball

[BlackThoughT]

you forgot delcarmen, lester, moss, and hansen (once he stops sucking)

im trying not to get too excited about the cubbies.... everytime i do, they turn into the flubbies. so, for now, reserved optimism.
just curious, how'd you get to be a cubs fan living in FL

[5p`]

ive only been in florida for about 2 years now, so i have no ties to the state or its teams.

i became a cubs fan through my dad. he was raised in the outskirts of chicago, so he was a big cubs/bulls/bears fan, and i inherited that from him. since then, though, the bears have been replaced by the titans, and i stopped caring about basketball after the strike in the mid 90s. so, really, the cubs are the only team that i still root for outside of my obsession with notre dame.

[Redneck]

How about the White Sox having blow up dolls in their clubhouse? Classic slumpbusting. I'm actually surprised they aren't making a huge deal out of this considering how most liberal media members would view this as objectifying women.

[Cobalt]

'cause it's just stupid all around.

[BlackThoughT]

anyone from NE watching the redsox game see manny's catch in the bottom of the 4th where he jumped and high fived a fan and then threw the ball in for a relay for a double play?


very unusual at the very least

[Redneck]

Haven't seen it, any link?

[_loche]

amazing

[Aic]

Manny's catch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3axStsYQP08

[_loche]

http://www.risemag.com/images/FE/chain195siteType8/site161/client/MAY07_CheckitOut_GoldGlove.jpg

[Redneck]

Oh my god...only Manny could make a play like that.

[Jarek]

rofl i came here to post that, damn you

[_loche]

FUCK YA

[Suicidal Anomaly]

Cool story to see Lester come back from cancer to pitch a no no. That aside, fuck Boston. I'm sure ESPN will blow the Redsox non stop and contact the president to demand tomorrow be made a national holiday.

[BlackThoughT]

would you rather them cover the yankees?

[Suicidal Anomaly]

That's like choosing between a douche and a turd sandwich.

[Jarek]

and i could have been at the Cask n Flagon tonight too, son of a bitch.

[BlackThoughT]

at least the redsox are good...

[Jarek]

listening to nesn in the background i have to say...

Tek's 4th no-no caught.. but coulda been his fifth if schilling didn't shake him off the last fucking batter last year!

[Count]

In other news, cubs with second best record in baseball :D.

[Redneck]

This season is getting crazy!

edit: Big props to Lester of course...how about that catch Edmonds made too?

[XDog00]

I'll never understand why they have a hill in center-field, so damned retarded.

[Redneck]

Some guy who takes it in the ass and designs buildings for a living thought it would look cool when he was developing Enro---errr----Minute Made Park.

[BlackThoughT]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Enron-Field-Inaugural-Cap-Opening-Day-Baseball_W0QQitemZ290231799851QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4 094QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

edit:
theres also another one for $20,000

[senor-turkey-lurkey]

Sorry for liking the brewers everyone. It will never happen again.

[Redneck]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3407384

Yay for the most redneck of all the MLB teams :(

[BoSlim]

That makes 3 people I think in the last calendar year who have fallen to their death at professional sports games...perhaps a few more railings are in order, or maybe people should just be less stupid. Either way this can only cause alcohol costs to go even higher inside parks :( cause they'd never stop selling completely.

[AGT-Shady]

Darwinism.

[ricky]

bow down
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0acq4ulbBZ9cM/340x.jpg

[Redneck]

He might be the biggest bad ass in baseball. Drug-rehabilitated, tatted up, and leading the triple crown race in the AL.

[Jarek]

what the fucking fuck tampa bay and the cubs are supposed to be terrible

and lol lester's no hitter was the start of a 10 game slide for the royals so far

[Cobalt]

and the cubs are supposed to be terrible
Have you -seen- the rest of the NL?

[GriffiN^]

With the Jays and Tampa Bay playing good baseball the AL East is ridiculous. Even Baltimore is shows flashes of consistency. And of course Boston and New York are still around... Best division in baseball by far.

[Redneck]

NY shouldn't even be considered in that talk. They are this year's Baltimore.

[Kaptain Kracker]

o's sox game last night was fun as hell (atleast the bars were), but i only saw about half an inning @ the stadium because camden yards is fenway south when boston is in town.

so sad when the only way the orioles sell out is when NY or boston is in town! gotta love angelo$

[Magus]

It happens like that in Philly too. Boston comes to town and the "fans" just take over.

And by fans I mean the bandwagon fucking douches.

Oh, and Phils win the NL East by 5+

[kretz]

RedSox nation is gay. Who do you think you are?? The Yankees?

[_loche]

It happens like that in Philly too. Boston comes to town and the "fans" just take over.

And by fans I mean the bandwagon fucking douches.

Oh, and Phils win the NL East by 5+

im going on the 16th and 18th

cant wait for those parking lot soft pretzels

[GriffiN^]

That Jay's game made me want to put my head through the TV. They looked like they were feeling nostalgic about how they played last year..

[BlackThoughT]

It happens like that in Philly too. Boston comes to town and the "fans" just take over.

And by fans I mean the bandwagon fucking douches.

Oh, and Phils win the NL East by 5+

lol.

Phillies are easily the best team in the east, so far. Florida could give 'em some trouble though, but no real worry from anyone else.

[Redneck]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=280628119

No-hitter in a loss. If you don't respect anything else about baseball, at least you can respect that it has the craziest shit go on in it.

[Suicidal Anomaly]

As an Angel fan this unfortunately isn't a surprise. Great pitching and offense that swings at anything = first round exit in the playoffs again.

[Redneck]

Fuck you Boston...Rays sweepy sweepy

[_loche]

july

[Redneck]

And Manny's still under .300...and Ortiz is still on the DL. Just sayin :)

[BlackThoughT]

And Manny's still under .300...and Ortiz is still on the DL. Just sayin :)

yeah imagine when neither of those are true after the allstar break

[_loche]

And Manny's still under .300...and Ortiz is still on the DL. Just sayin :)

i had a long post typed out then my computer died so fuck it

basically: sox have done very good (15-11 in june/ 13-13 in june last year) without ortiz/dice-k/schilling; rays are very good but also young and inexperienced; i dont think they can keep it up thru september; sox will only get better with ortiz; should be an interesting playoff race

[Streetwolf]

Man I feel like the Yanks should be able to handle things this weekend but I just know better. Anything to fuck up their playoff chances...

Should be a great 4th of July weekend for baseball though.

[_loche]

nothing like a weekend in the bronx to bust up a manny slump :]

[Redneck]

I agree...I just like ruffling the BoSox feathers a little bit. One of my best friends is a diehard Sox fan so I get to hear alot about how great they are haha.