MLB 2011 Season Thread

[Kris P Lettus]

Aguakate, do you work for FOX 4 KDFW??

http://i.imgur.com/jztZs.jpg

[Aguakate]

No, I work for Reebok:

http://i42.tinypic.com/2dccrdg.jpg

[screech]

You know they print gear for both teams before the series starts, right?

[ClockShot]

So do we have a volunteer to start up the MLB Offseason thread once the game ends?

[ClockShot]

Brian Cashman staying with the Yankees. 3-year extension. Gonna wait till after the World Series to make the announcement.

[Droford]

If these playoffs and last week of the season have proven anything, you dont fucking leave the game (or turn it off) in the 7th if your team is losing.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Pretty sure if the Cards hold on here, this Game 7 will be essentially forgotten about ala Game 7 of the 1986 World Series. The only highlight you'll see in the future is the final pitch.

It'll be one of those "the epic Game 6 comeback made it fait accompli that they would win Game 7" deals.</font>

[OssMan]

Now reminded that Endy Chavez is on the Rangers, wanting them to win.

[OssMan]

So apparently Joe Buck has a vocal cord injury that prevents him from raising his voice

lol

[Droford]

Rangers are done

more than likely

[Innovator]

Let's see if Droford carries Aguakate's jinxing abilities.

[Droford]

I only jinx teams I care about

[Droford]

David Freese for MVP

[Innovator]

3 more outs

[Kris P Lettus]

http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CRAZEDRANGERSFAN.gif

[Droford]

Rangers should blame whoever was playing for the AL in the All Star game that wasn't a Ranger.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>And there it is. Cardinals complete the greatest month and a half surge in baseball history.</font>

[owenbrown]

ugh

[Emperor Smeat]

Carpenter was great outside of the first inning. Rangers didn't have a real chance once St. Louis tied and regained the momentum.

Texas was too quick on changing the pitcher last 2 games and it especially hurt today once both Harrison and Wilson was out to ensure a better batter hit in the 9 spot.

Should be interesting what happens to St. Louis now because there is no real incentive for La Russa and Pujols to return.

[Kris P Lettus]

Pujols almost Tebowed there..

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>And since Spring Training doesn't really count.....no real baseball for 5+ months</font> :(

[Kris P Lettus]

FOOTBALL

[DaveWadding]

Does anybody have any hydrochloric acid? Or a shotgun? Thanks in advance.

[Kris P Lettus]

http://i.imgur.com/IPhFj.jpg

[D Mac]

lol Krispy

Awesome. MISSOURAH!!!!!!

Next year it will be the...




KANSAS CITY BASEBALL ROYALS

[OssMan]

No sorry D Mac the correct response was "lol baseball"

[D Mac]

lol baseball

[screech]

Incredible post-season.

[Triple Naitch]

Amazing what the Cardinals were able to do this season withoutt Wainwright throwing a single pitch. Congrats to them. Once again, the hottest team wins it no matter what their record was.

[Droford]

We don't know his name. We just know he's out there, somewhere, and he has possessed two betting slips worth a total of $375,000 after the St. Louis Cardinals (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/teams/stl/) won Game 7 of the World Series on Friday night (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/David-Freese-wins-World-Series-MVP-gets-keys-to?urn=mlb-wp25813).
[Related: Cardinals win World Series the easy way (http://yhoo.it/v4OI8D) | Highlights (http://yhoo.it/rpMEMf)]
As we reported (thanks to Deadspin and Joe Sports Fan), an unnamed individual (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Fan-in-Vegas-bet-Cardinals-to-win-World-Series-a?urn=mlb-wp24823) made two wagers at the MGM sports book in Las Vegas on Sept. 12 that the Cardinals would win the National League pennant and the World Series, respectively. He put $250 on each possibility and won $125,000 after the Cards beat the Brewers in the NLCS. He has since cashed in that slip.
The Redbirds were 999-to-1 to win the World Series when the man placed his bets and, as we know, the Cards won their 11th World Series on Friday, making Johnny No-Name $250,000 richer. (Although, he technically came out ahead with $150,000 more because he hedged his bets before the Series started, Deadspin says (http://deadspin.com/5854422/tonight-one-shy-gamblers-impossible-quarter+million+dollar+dream-lives-or-dies), putting a hundred grand on Texas to win just in case.)
[Related: Eight unbelievable celebration bills rung up by athletes (http://bit.ly/sP3Zsc)]
Still, that's a net of $275,000 won betting on baseball — betting on a team that was 10 1/2 games out of a playoff spot on Aug. 25. Jay Rood, an MGM vice president who sets the line at 12 books in Nevada, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/article_f2616efa-fe7a-11e0-b131-0019bb30f31a.html) that the man bet with "perfect timing."