MLB 2007 Season Thread

[Dragon]

First at-bat, ARod with another HR.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

What exactly happened with Donnelly, he struck out Guillen and then Guillen tried to charge the mound. Did Donnelly say something or something?

Also, A-Rod is tearing the cover off the ball thus far. Still a fag though

[SammyG]

Let's go Tomko

[FakeLaser]

A-ROD FOR MVP

[SammyG]

Tomko kicked ass. 6 Innings, 9 strikeouts, 1 hit. Pretty good. Dodgers win :)

[MVP]

What exactly happened with Donnelly, he struck out Guillen and then Guillen tried to charge the mound. Did Donnelly say something or something?

Also, A-Rod is tearing the cover off the ball thus far. Still a fag though

Guillen made a comment to Donnelly after an at-bat about how he got caught using pine tar last year. Next at-bat, Donelly struck Guillen out, then he made a gesture pretending to put pine tar on his hands, it was pretty ROFL. Guillen got wicked pissed and the benches cleared.

I know Donnelly isn't the most liked player in baseball, and I'm not trying to justify his getting caught using pine tar, but Jose Guillen has heat with other people (Pedro Martinez, Mike Scioscia), and seems to be a little bitch.

[ct2k]

Good to see both Pettitte and Pavano having good starts, fuckin rotation is so critical for us man.

Also, A-Rod:cool:

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Ichiro vs Matsuzaka in bout 10 minutes

Kinda wish Beckett was still pitching to Ichiro though, strike out city

[FakeLaser]

Watching it on MLB GameChannel because I'm at work, lol

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Ichirooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Perez was a disgrace. Walked 4 straight and then hit a batter, giving up 3 runs. Only 2 2/3 innings

Aaron Sele NEEDS to go at least 3 or 4 innings or else the bullpen will be screwed for this 15-game stretch</font>

[McLegend]

Relax there it's only the 4th innning you guys will take the lead in the 8th when Ryan Madsen comes in.

[SammyG]

Felix.. wow.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Oh yeah I'm not worried about winning the game. I just don't want the bullpen taxed.</font>

[Fenix122]

god i hate perez

[Nervous Ferret]

King Felix no-hitting the Sox?

[FakeLaser]

Moose just left the game with an apparant injury.

This doesn't bode well...

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

King Felix no-hitting the Sox?
1 hitter

Real impressive. Even though the Sox lost, I was happy to see Matsuzaka only give up 3 runs even though he definetly didn't have his stuff tonight.

[SammyG]

Dodgers combine to 2-hit the Rox. Awesome. 6-3 now.

[BCWWF]

People in Minnesota are pissed because they keep scheduling the Yankees series in April when attendance isn't very high yet.

[YOUR Hero]

well then they should go watch games in April.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

lol Complaining becasue attedance isn't very high yet, can't say I've ever heard an argument like that before

[Loose Cannon]

I love going to games in April and May just because of the heat factor. Or night games in the summer. I remember I went to a Yankee afternoon game in August once and sat in the upper deck and by the 2nd inning I was done.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I just think its funny that people are basically admitting they really aren't that big of fans yet they are still complaining

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yeah those August day games can get beyond brutal.

Bad memories of a game vs. the Nationals in '05. Sitting out there sweating my ass off watching Kris Benson give up 6 runs in 2/3 of an inning. Luckily I stayed cause I got to see Mike Jacobs hit a HR in his first at-bat.</font>

[BCWWF]

It's not that bad of an argument. When you play the biggest drawing away team in one series all year, it would be preferred to play them in the summer when school is out and attendance is higher.

It is probably hard to understand for Boston fans when you have a smaller stadium and it sells out every game, but there is no chance for a team like the Twins to sell out a 50,000+ seat stadium on weekdays before summer breaks start.

It is just something that gets pointed out in the newspapers because obviously when this happens the teams lose a lot of potential money.

SO JUST SAYING.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

The funny thing is Twins wouldn't even sell out Fenway, last few years they have only averaged like 25,000-28,000 (just did a big project on their new stadium)

I can see the arguement for day games, but other then that I don't see anything to complain about it. They maybe they go there early because they know the weather isn't going to be a factor like in a lot of places.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

That's a terrible argument. The playoffs are during the school year too.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

BTW BCWWF I hope you like the sales tax increase to pay for your new Twins stadium haha

[BCWWF]

A weekday series in the second week of the season is never going to draw as well as it would in July. It is rediculous to even deny that. There are maybe three or four teams that can maintain attendance all season. Sorry, that isn't the Twins, who play in one of the biggest stadiums in the league that also happens to be one of the worst to watch a baseball game. Anyway, here is the quote.


This is the second year in a row that the Major League Baseball officials who make out the schedule have brought the Yankees for their only visit to the Metrodome in April, costing the Twins capacity crowds that would have attended the games in June or July, compared with crowds of fewer than 30,000 for each of the three games this week.


The columnist who mentions it every year is known for his whining about shit like this, but there is some relevance to it.

For the stadium, I would rather pay a sales tax and have a baseball team than have them move to Las Vegas or Portland in 2010. Also, the stadium is going to completely change the character of western Minneapolis. It is going to include a new public transit hub and is going to connect what was once a dodgy area to the area where all of the nightlife is.

[The Miz]

King Felix >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hype-K

But he does throw that gyro ball!!!!!!!!! OR IS IT A GYRO BALL!!!!!!!! WHO KNOWS?!?!?!?!?!!?!?

[The Miz]

Ichiro vs Matsuzaka in bout 10 minutes

Kinda wish Beckett was still pitching to Ichiro though, strike out city

Yeah dude try hitting major league pitching after sitting in Cleveland for 4 days and taking no batting practice

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Yeah I was just joking around, the stadium is going to be really nice. The architect is HOK based out of Kansas City, they've done all the new really nice stadiums recently (Baltimore, Pittsburgh [baseball and football], and they are working on the new Yankee Stadium)

One thing though, they aren't including the a retractable roof since it would cost an extra 100 million. I dunno I can't see too many fans attending games in early April in Minnesota, but I guess they already don't so maybe it is a good move after all.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

lol Hype-K Good one VEL

Felix did pitch lights out though.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

What exactly are Twins fans bitching about? Last year the series against the Yankees was a Friday, Saturday, Sunday deal. 2005 it was a Friday, Saturday, Sunday series in June. 2004 it was in August. I'm sorry but talk about looking for any reason to bitch about something.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Here's an idea; Get people interested in going to Twins games and sell tickets to them.

[BCWWF]

I don't know why you keep talking about the Twins not having any fans. They averaged 28,210 fans per game last season while playing in one of the worst venues in Major League Baseball for watching a game. That is hardly low attendance for this team.

For comparison sake, the Reds averaged 26,351 fans in a brand new stadium. And they were in contention for the majority of the season.

I'm not complaining, I could hardly give a shit when the Twins play the Yankees. It was mentioned by a columnist in the newspaper though and, even though Supreme is completely befuddled, I am sure any team in Major League Baseball would prefer to play the Yankees in July instead of April, from a monetary standpoint.

As for the retractable roof comment, there is some merit to it but I prefer not having one. The concern is much more to do with rain than snow though. It is extremely rare for it to be snowing in April or October. The main reason they wanted to put it on is so people outstate don't come all the way to a game only to have it be rained out. But that said, all of the cool stadiums are open. I think having a roof takes away from the atmosphere a lot. Can you imagine if there was a retractable roof over Wrigley? The weather isn't that much different in Minneapolis and Chicago.

[McLegend]

In the Mets series the Phillies went 3-26 with runners in scoring postion and left 25 men on base

That's the mark of a true winner :y:

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Good to see them end the series on a winning note.

Now I sincerely hope they pound the shit out of the Nationals.</font>

[BCWWF]

In case you guys don't remember, batters are not affected by having men on base or other pressure situations.

[The Miz]

But some just know how to raise thir game to the next level when the game is on the line

[BCWWF]

Lol, we (I) missed you Miz.

[ct2k]

Miz that was so clutch

[SammyG]

Dooooooooodge show

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Harang/Zambrano rematch in a couple minutes. EXCITING

[Nervous Ferret]

Harangutan^

lol

[YOUR Hero]

Will Seattle ever play two games in a row?

[YOUR Hero]

Halladay pitched 10 innings for the victory tonight against Detroit. That's great. Here's the thing though. Rodney had to infield balls, one a bunt I believe it said hit to him, neither of them did he field clean, nor did he get an out. So Toronto got a sac fly in the 10th to win the game. 2-1. Bonderman pitched 9 complete innings and wanted to go back out for the 10th.

[Dragon]

Mussina will miss his next start and now Pavano too because of arm soreness or something

So our rotation right now is pretty much

Pettitte
Igawa
Rasner?

Nice

[YOUR Hero]

I heard the Yankees are going to sign free agent Jose Canseco to shore up their pitching woes.

[SammyG]

Dodgers 7-3 :D:D:D

[YOUR Hero]

Man this Tigers/Jays game is exausting.

It was 4-0 for the Jays, 5-3 Jays, 6-4 Jays, 6-6, 7-6 Jays. Now BJ Ryan is on and has walked 3 batters in the 9th....
OH my god.

[YOUR Hero]

it is now 8-7 Tigers. Feeling sick.

[YOUR Hero]

Tigers won 10-7 BTW.

another blown save by Ryan. Not a good start for him so far this year. Fuck.

[Fenix122]

at least they didn't lose to the nationals....

[Dragon]

Yankees in their second straight extra-inning game. Bottom of the 11th at Oakland and Mo is in. We have used our whole bullpen today except for Bruney now.

[Dragon]

And with about 3 starting pitchers healthy there are no options there.

[FakeLaser]

Put Wade Boggs in.

[Dragon]

Finally, Giambi actually gets a hit and puts us in the lead.

We haven't allowed a run in 12 innings so Bruney just has to hold on for 1 more.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Rain pissing all over the East Coast - supposed to continue for a few days.

Not gonna see my Mets for awhile</font> :(

[YOUR Hero]

There sure are a lot of Postponed games early on this year.

Also, I believe today is Jackie Robinson day.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>It is. Every uniformed person is allowed to wear the #42 jersey today. Some teams are even having the entire team wear it.

I'm guessing teams whose games have been rained out will be allowed to honor Jackie the next time they play</font>

[FakeLaser]

It's like raaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiin on Jackie Robinson day

[SammyG]

The Dodgers should be the only team allowed that can have every player wear number 42.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Huh, so the only black person on the Yankees is Derek Jeter. Gotta be honest I did not know Derek Jeter was a black man.

[DaveWadding]

Ugh, watching Doug Davis is like torture.

[Dragon]

Yankees place Pavano and Mussina on the DL. Gonna have to piece together some starts from minor leaguers for a while it seems.

[toxic rooster]

But he does throw that gyro ball!!!!!!!!! OR IS IT A GYRO BALL!!!!!!!! WHO KNOWS?!?!?!?!?!!?!?

Yeah I'm quite sure that whole gyroball mystery is a myth.

My first clue came like 2 years ago when I achieved that spin in an attempt to throw a cut fastball, and nothing unexpected happened.

[FakeLaser]

Marco Scutaro batting .095 hits a walkoff 3 run shot off of Mariano Rivera. What the hell

[Dragon]

Yeah, definitely can't say I was expecting that. Pretty tough loss today after battling back and everything.

Tuesday should be interesting. We have Chase Wright pitching for us. He has only pitched two games above A ball level - two starts in AA. He didn't allow a run in either start but still gonna be a big jump. I'm guessing the reason he is being used is because he is on the 40-man roster while a couple of the other expected minor leaguers are not.

Pettitte has been everything we needed from him so far which is good. This week though we go up against some potent offenses in Cleveland and Boston so hopefully our starting pitchers can hold up and not kill the pen even more. A stat they were talking about is the starting pitching has pitched 78.2 innings and the pen has pitched 78; pretty ridiculous.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol Marco Scutaro. I got my picture taken with him once when he was a Mets minor leaguer :cool:

Can't believe Mo is still save-less after 2 weeks</font>

[SammyG]

I like this Jackie Robinson stuff goin on at Dodger Stadium right now.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Marianooooooooooooooooooooo

[SammyG]

ROFL, HENRY AARON THROWS THE FIRST PITCH, DODGER FANS SCREAMING BARRY SUCKS, BARRY SUCKS. Henry just laughed.

[Boomer]

Minus a glaring hole (Mark Redman) the Braves are looking pretty good.

[SammyG]

Dodgers :D

[YOUR Hero]

So they were talking about Jakie Robinson day and all that. Then they put up a little graph that totally blew me away. Did you know. African American only make up 8% of MLB's players. Wow. It's gone from 27% in the mid 80's to 17% in 2000 to what it is right now.

[ct2k]

Well I guess baseball isn't the most convenient of games to play in the inner city

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I don't get why its matters, its still a huge mix of players from all different backgrounds.

I don't see anyone getting mad about the lack of white people in the NBA. I dunno, I can see the argument for African American coaches in the NFL and things like that but I really don't see the problem with MLB.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Also Mike Lowell just hit another double

[weather vane]

beckett dominating again? weird, never saw that coming

[Boondock Saint]

Lowell loves his doubles.

[SammyG]

Apparently so.

[YOUR Hero]

I don't get why its matters, its still a huge mix of players from all different backgrounds.

I don't see anyone getting mad about the lack of white people in the NBA. I dunno, I can see the argument for African American coaches in the NFL and things like that but I really don't see the problem with MLB.

Yeah I see it a cyclical. Like a tide, you now.... I was simply surprised.

[The Miz]

Jose Goddamn Vidro. Note to all pitching prospects: dont ever get traded to the Rangers

[OssMan]

Anyone else that a ton of players wearing #42 was kinda disrespectful, i thought that number was retired for a reason, so NO ONE could wear it again...

i think its kinda ironic that 6 games got rained out that day...

[OssMan]

wait doesn't mariano rivera wear #42? what the hell?

[The Miz]

Rivera was the only player in baseball who wore 42 when they retired it when you were like 7 so they decided to let him keep it until he retired or wanted to change it

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Yeah Big Mo Vaughn wore it for the Red Sox when it got retired so he got to keep it too

Also, how was that disrespectful at all?

[BCWWF]

I am with Stima on the whole 8 percent thing. I mean it is a bit low, but it isn't too disproportional from the population, and there are tonns of latino, asian, and other minorities in the game. Fuck, Mike Piazza is Italian. But other minorities are really beyond the point and now I am just rambling.

[Dragon]

Could be a brutal week for the Yankees.

First we have Cleveland and our starting pitchers are Chase Wright, Igawa and Rasner. Then we have Boston and the best case scenario is Pettitte, Karstens and Wang. Karstens and Wang aren't definitely going to be ready by then so it could be very ugly.

[toxic rooster]

Yeah but, you're coming up against the 2-3-4 of the Indians rotation (Westbrook, Sowers, Carmona), which is in truth, not really that hot once you get past Sabathia.

Westbrook and Sowers have both had trouble with their control so far, so it could be brutal against the Yankees lineup

Westbrook v Wright today's probably gonna be a run-fest

[SammyG]

Dodgers 9-4!

[FakeLaser]

A-ROD WITH ANOTHER HOME RUN

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Matsuzaka K's 10 and gives up 2 ER in 6 IP and still can't get the win....can the offense score for anyone other then Beckett?

[Boondock Saint]

Seriously. Three strong starts with two weak offense performances. This better not become a routine thing.

Also I wish Lugo hadn't let that ball through and made a double play. Would have been 2 runs easily avoided.

[The Miz]

King Gustav baby!

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Josh Hamilton is so good at baseball. He hasn't seen major league pitching in years and he looks like he's not even trying and he just mashes the ball. Maybe I should get addicted to coke and see if it gives me super powers.

[Fenix122]

Mets creaming the Phils 8-1. moises alou is 2-3 2HR 3 RBIs. only phillies run is because glavine walked it in.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Wily Mo's blast off the top of the resturant in center field was wasted

[SammyG]

Sweet, I got Alou on my fantasy team.

[Boondock Saint]

A-Rod is pretty much the saving grace on my team.

[MVP]

Ryan Howard clearly isn't my saving grace

[SammyG]

yeah wtf he is killing my fantasy.

[MVP]

Ian Kinsler hit another HR. You think he's the real deal or this year's Chris Shelton?

[SammyG]

Not sold on him yet. By the way, best record in baseball baby.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I don't think Kinsler is gonna hit 50 homers but he's definitely much better than Shelton. I mean Shelton's collapse was unheard of but he came out of nowhere to have a fluke month and then his real talent came through the rest of the year. Kinsler's actually supposed to be a star.

[McLegend]

Charlie Manuel tried to fight Howard Eskin who hosts a radio show and is actually a reporter for local news. I find it to be hilarious.

Also Ryan Howard will have a good year he is a slow starter.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

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Watch the fan throw the pizza for no reason, usually I never watch these YouTube videos when people post them either but this one is hilarious trust me

[FakeLaser]

lol, amazing

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

My high school math teacher is actually in the video, around the 1:35 mark he is the dude laughing in the cellphone lol

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>LOL Brett Myers has been moved to the bullpen in favor of Jon Lieber</font> :|

[SammyG]

rofl @ that video. That was one of the funniest things I've seen in a while.

[The Miz]

lol congrats on debunking the stereotype that all Boston sports fans are drunk assholes

[McLegend]

<font color=goldenrod>LOL Brett Myers has been moved to the bullpen in favor of Jon Lieber</font> :|
What a great team The Phillies are.

[Loose Cannon]

A-ROD is the son of NY.

JACKIN

[Loose Cannon]

GIAMBINO. GET IN LINE

[YOUR Hero]

wadda ya mean no reason, he caused the OF to miss the catch.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Buehrle threw a no hitter tonight. I coulda sworn people said he was washed up.

[The Miz]

More proof the Rangers are completely useless outside of their ballpark

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>FUCKING SHIT I sat Buehrle in one league where I had two better starters going</font> :(

[MVP]

It's never the ones you expect to throw no-hitters.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Timmy Wakefield 7 IP 1 ER

Papelbon 3k's in the 9th (after giving up a hit and a walk tho)

[SammyG]

Meh, Dodgers started their B-squad tonight, so we lost. gay. Lowe wasnt too good either. damnit.

[Splaya]

Buerhele needs to thank his defense. ESPNnews showed like 5 or 6 plays where his defense gave him that no hitter

[FakeLaser]

What Buerhle threw a no hitter? Unbelievable.

[SammyG]

Unforgivable.

[Dragon]

Wow, down 6-2 in the 9th against Cleveland.

It comes down to A-Rod again as usual, at that point it was 6-5 with 2 men on. Another walk off HR for A-Rod follows. Crazy.

[Dragon]

All 6 runs in the inning came with 2 outs as well. Pretty awesome.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Manny finally hit a homer, which tied the game 3-3 in the 8th then Cora drove in Lugo in the 9th to put them ahead..pretty hot game I don't even need to tell you how Papelbon did

Also, I just saw this in my friends away message;
"I hope he arouses fire thats dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul. I plan to face him with the zeal of a challenger"
- Ichiro talking about Daisuke

LOL what the fuck

[Dragon]

lol @ Ichiro

Boston series next. This Cleveland series definitely got us on the right track.

Pitching match-ups obviously favor the Red Sox right now but we have two lefties going which won't hurt against them. Definitely can't wait to see Dice-K pitch against us on Sunday. Seen him in spring training one or twice before.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Damn didn't know it was two lefties, hopefully Manny starts jacking bombs now though.

[SammyG]

Wow. A-rod is awesome.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

The booing fans must have aroused fire that was dormant in the innermost recesses of his soul.

[FakeLaser]

What, another walkoff? Most ridiculous start to a season EVER

A-ROD FOR PRESIDENT

[el fregadero]

lol at the Ichiro quote, and A-Rod is trying his hardest to earn that paycheck.

[McLegend]

It's like A-Rod is the greatest player of all time...

[McLegend]

O wait he is.

[SammyG]

Wanna just pencil in the Dodgers in the World Series already?

[The Miz]

Japanese doesn't translate literally to English sillies

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Whats hilarious is that A-Rod can probably break the single season HR record and if he struggles in the playoffs he'll still be run out of town</font>

[MVP]

God I hope A-Rod falls off the map during this upcoming series, but that is highly unlikely.

[FakeLaser]

lol, that Ichiro quote is genius.

[SammyG]

rofl Ichiro

[YOUR Hero]

AROD is going to put togerher a great season, then opt out of his contract. :wave:

[FakeLaser]

If he does that, he better go to a NL team.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

He'd go to the Cubs I know they already have a good 3B but I can see a few things happening to get A-Rod in Chicago

[Dragon]

Yeah, I can definitely see him opting out as much as I'd hate to see it. I'm sure Boras is already putting together a whole package on this run he is on.

I hope he stays but I think its 50/50 right now. I don't know if he'd go to the Cubs though, Aramis isn't gonna move and he hasn't played shortstop in years so who knows. If they want him enough they'll put him at short.

[FakeLaser]

I really don't think he's going anywhere, to be honest.

[BCWWF]

I really don't think A-Rod would opt out and go for the same size or a bigger contract. He has so much money, he will either finish out this contract or take something more modest. Having that contract would just be too much pressure for him, methinks.

[MVP]

I'd love to see A-Rod playing shortstop again. It's his natural position and he could pull together another gold glove or two to go with his MVP awards.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

he hasn't played shortstop in years so who knows. If they want him enough they'll put him at short.I dunno A-Rod isn't exactly a defensive wizard out there at 3B, he'd probably be better off going back to short

[FakeLaser]

YANKEES/RED SOX TONIGHTTTTTTTT

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Sox rockin' Green jerseys tonight to honor Red, that's fucking awesome

[Kris P Lettus]

The green jerseys are pretty fucking sweet..

[Dragon]

Another 2 home runs for A-Rod so far today. This is ridiculous.

[Dragon]

Right now he is at 12 HR and 30 RBI

[ct2k]

I bet there's still some fans in Yankee stadium not satisfied

[Dragon]

Yup, as sad as that is.

[ct2k]

Yankee fans are just more passionate *CONTROVERSY ALERT* I Mean WAY more passionate than any other fans, particularly Red Sox fans.

I mean come on right?

[ClockShot]

Good game the Yanks got going. Went nuts on that gundown Wil Nieves pulled out. Fucking perfect.

[OssMan]

Shawn Green HR in a blowout

[MVP]

WOW, wouldn't have expected the Red Sox to take the lead against Mo.

[Dragon]

Yeah, Mo has not looked good. His control has been pretty bad. Two blown saves in one week.

At least we don't have to face Papelbon so there is some hope.

[ClockShot]

I know. The hell happen? I change the channel real quick. Next thing I know, Sox are up? I thought Proctor would go till the 8th.

[Dragon]

It was a bad move bringing Myers and then Vizcaino in there. Should have stuck with Proctor one more inning or brought Bruney in. Vizcaino got lit up the other day and Myers obviously cannot get Ortiz out.

[Dragon]

Some questionable moves here by Torre. This is where Bernie is needed; now it all depends on Kevin Thompson.

[Dragon]

Wow, awful loss today. The game was ours to win or lose.

[MVP]

Yeah it seems like every time Myers is up against Ortiz he gives up a hit. Probably psychological. Mo definitely wasn't himself.

Can't believe we came back in the 8th though. That was unreal.

[ClockShot]

We had that game put away. Posada would have been clutch there, but I guess Andy put a little too much heat on the ball or Jorge didn't feel right in the glove today to make him leave due to a bruised thumb. But as I said a few posts earlier, nice job stepping up by Nieves.

I have some trust Karstens will do good tomorrow. But I'm gonna sleep like shit tonight.

[Dragon]

Yup, Myers was brought here specifically for Ortiz and he seems to get rocked by him everytime.

Don't really understand why Phelps didn't hit for Thompson there. Pretty bad decisions all around with managing the pen and pinch-hitting.

[Dragon]

You obviously expect a lot from Mo but when he only gets in one game a week he is gonna be a little rusty.

Pettitte looked really good today at least. This was our game today though; next two games are gonna be tough.

[The Miz]

Oakland 16, Texas 4. Forget the Rangers being useless in their own ballpark. The Rangers are useless, period. Hey Tom Hicks: why change what hasn't worked in...................... ever?

[The Miz]

LOL fuck my bad I am drunk and cleared my cookies without realized. nite

[SammyG]

Dodgers. 12-5. World Series.

[Boondock Saint]

lol Yankees

[FakeLaser]

A-Rod is carrying the team, Jeter has 6 errors already and Rivera has 2 blown saves. What the hell is going on here?

[ct2k]

We need to pick up the pace pretty soon, can't let the Red Sox get the kinda lead they got last year again

[FakeLaser]

We'll be fine. It would have been nice if we won last night though, with Pettitte pitching.

[ct2k]

A-Rod > the world

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I was so drunk last night when the Red Sox won and I was giving high fives to everyone. Except I was in a room full of fucking people from Connecticut and I was the only who cared lol...it was hilarious

Red Sox own Marianooooo, they showed the clip from opening day 2005 when the fans cheered him, that was the greatest shit of all time

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Jeter will still win the Gold Glove no matter what

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Really nervous about Perez today. He shut down the Braves last time he faced them but his last game he looked like total shit. He's had 10 days of rest...so that either means he'll be rusty or he'll be well-rested and ready to go. Completely inconsistent.

Interested to see how Wright does batting in the 2-hole today with Lo Duca getting an offday. If he does well he might actually stay there because Lo Duca's been slumping.</font>

[YOUR Hero]

Wait until ARod makes mention of Jeter's errors. LOL, EXPLOSION OF CONTROVERSY.... Think he will? I bet he wants to.

[Innovator]

"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?! ISN'T THIS WHY YOU ARE HERE?!" - A-Rod very soon

[Boondock Saint]

Let's go Beckettttt.

[Fenix122]

<font color=goldenrod>Really nervous about Perez today. He shut down the Braves last time he faced them but his last game he looked like total shit. He's had 10 days of rest...so that either means he'll be rusty or he'll be well-rested and ready to go. Completely inconsistent.

Interested to see how Wright does batting in the 2-hole today with Lo Duca getting an offday. If he does well he might actually stay there because Lo Duca's been slumping.</font>

yeah perez always makes me nervous when he pitches but he did great today. 9 Ks and 0 BBs

[ClockShot]

Yikes. Yanks getting beat again. But we've got some time.

[YOUR Hero]

Jays can't hold a lead.

Like early last year, their middle relief is very suspect.

[McLegend]

Cole Hamels is amazing.

[Nervous Ferret]

Went to a Lakewood Blueclaw (Phillies farm) game a few years ago when CH was pitching, and some guy kept yelling "That's why you'll never make it in the big times" to Cole Hamels.

Also went to a game where Gavin Floyd piched a no-hitter but the Claws still lost. :cool:

I probably had a Ryan Howard home run ball too :cool:

[McLegend]

lol Gavin Floyd. He was supposed to be the next big thing for the Phillies didn't work out though.

Also this getting older sucks. Cole Hamels is only couple months older then me, and he is pitching in the majors, and will eventually make millions of dollars.

Sucks :(

[McLegend]

Also is lakewood blueclaw in New Jeresy or is this Florida somewhere? I honestly don't remember hearing about this Farm team

[SammyG]

Russel Martin GRAND SLAM bottom of the 10th!!!! Dodgers win! 13-5 now.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

http://images.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/MAME118042121_lower.jpg
Red Sox baby woo

[SammyG]

Dodgers>Red Sox.

Actually, Dodgers>Rest of MLB

[Boondock Saint]

lol Yankees pt. 2

[BCWWF]

I still can't get over how Ortiz was an average, injury plagued DH on the Twins and now he is one of the best hitters in the game. I'm glad it worked out for him though. As good as he is now, I don't think he ever would have done that with the Twins.

[MVP]

Ortiz said in an interview in Sports Illustrated that he couldn't adjust to Minnesota's hitting coaching, which was hit and run style in 2001. Not sure if that is still how they hit, but I imagine it's a little more diverse with Morneau in the lineup.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I think its because he can now play in front of fans who actually go to all the games, not just the ones during the summer :shifty:

[Innovator]

pumped to see how the yankees do against dice-k, could be good game if Wright can hold up

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Wow, heartbreaker today. The Mets bullpen which had been so great yielded 6 runs. I put most of the blame on Scott Schoeneweis. Two straight games now where he walked the lefty he was brought in to face. It definately seems that Pedro Feliciano is the better lefty specialist in the Mets bullpen.</font>

[Fenix122]

i was at work and i checked on my phone. it was the top 7 6-3 Mets and i thought alright another win...then on the way home i asked my dad, "The Mets won right?" that's when i found out they lost 9-6 and i just knew that heilman had something to do with it.

[Boondock Saint]

Damn it, Dice-K. Stop hitting guys.

[Boondock Saint]

Manny and Drew :love:

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Wow Manny just hit a fucking bomb onto the street

JD Drew just jacked one too yessssssssss

[Boondock Saint]

LOWELL! HOLY SHIT

[ClockShot]

TORRE! GET THE FUCKING HOOK!

[Boondock Saint]

Holy fucking shit. V-TEK

[McLegend]

Wow 4 home runs in a row

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Solo homeruns don't hurt.............unless they are 4 in a row...

[Dragon]

Jesus christ, 4 in a row.

At least we see Dice-K is human after all. Although he is embarassing a couple hitters right now.

[Dragon]

I don't think the two hit batters from Dice-K were intentional but the Yankees need to pitch inside sometimes. They never retaliate at all and need to start backing people off the plate. Guaranteed if Manny was knocked down with an inside pitch those 4 home runs in a row wouldn't have happened. They just need to make them move their feet a little.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

MIKE LOWELL BABY

[YOUR Hero]

I didn't realize Dice-K got the ball up in the mid/high 90's

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Sweep

[Dragon]

Obviously not a good weekend for Yankees fans. Not too worried though. We hit Boston's three aces around a bit which was nice. And even though we sent guys like Karstens and Wright out there we only got outscored 21-17. Probably the only good thing to think about for this series.

[Boondock Saint]

SWEEP

[SammyG]

13-6. Still better than every single one of your teams.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

National League

[SammyG]

Last time I checked, the National League won the world series last year.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

And an Eastern Conference team has won the NBA title recently too, still isn't an indication of which league is tougher

[SammyG]

Dodgers would kick some Bosox ASS if we played.

[VonErichLives]

I still can't get over how Ortiz was an average, injury plagued DH on the Twins and now he is one of the best hitters in the game. I'm glad it worked out for him though. As good as he is now, I don't think he ever would have done that with the Twins.

I think it also helps having one of the best hitters in the game hitting behined you. They pitch to Ortiz because Many is on deck and they try to pitch around Many, although now they try and pitch around both.

If I recall correctly, he was out of baseball playing back home and Manny went to the Red Sox and said "you need to sign this guy". What's funny is, when he resigned (Ortiz) one of the reasons was Pedro convinced him to stay in Boston even if he could get more money somewhere else... then like a year later, Pedro leaves :)

[ct2k]

SammyG its still a little early to be blowing the trumpet too loud

[Hardkore Kidd J]

Obviously not a good weekend for Yankees fans. Not too worried though. We hit Boston's three aces around a bit which was nice. And even though we sent guys like Karstens and Wright out there we only got outscored 21-17. Probably the only good thing to think about for this series.

Yeah, the good thing is we didn't get smoked. I thought for sure the Yankees would get smoked. Except for Friday the games were pretty lopsided in Boston's favor. The good thing is that Next week we have another opportunity against Boston at Yankee Stadium. And if I'm not mistaken on Sunday Wang is against Tavarez. Now I like our chances facing Tavarez with someone like Wang. As long as our relievers/ MO don't blow it like they've done about 3 or 4 times this season I think we'll be fine.

[MVP]

Dodgers would kick some Bosox ASS if we played.

Don't tell me you're gonna be this season's L L Cool G.

[ct2k]

Worse, he's gonna be Gertner and Joey Slugs combined:(

[Dragon]

Its kind of crazy seeing people on ESPN saying this sweep of the Yankees could be the turning point for the AL EAST. We threw two minor league pitchers out there. Oh yeah, it is also about the third week of the season.

[ct2k]

Yeah a turning point right, because we've DOMINATED the East thus far:roll:

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

While the Red Sox starters didnt throw their best stuff this weekend I would still take them over anybody the Yankees are going to trot out there. If the Yankees don't make some type of changes to their rotation I can't see them making much noise in the post season

[Boondock Saint]

WAKEFIELD TONIGHT WHAT

1.35 ERA bitchessss.





Watch him do terribly tonight. :(

[MVP]

Its kind of crazy seeing people on ESPN saying this sweep of the Yankees could be the turning point for the AL EAST. We threw two minor league pitchers out there. Oh yeah, it is also about the third week of the season.

haha yeah anything Red Sox/Yankees related just bring out the worst in reporters and writers. I mean I'm pretty happy that the Red Sox swept the Yankees after the massacre last year, but I know come September it'll probably be both teams competing for 1st place, pending injuries to either team.

[Dragon]

Yeah, the starting pitching situation is really spreading to the bullpen because they are pitching so much. Wang is back tomorrow so thats a huge plus for the pen; he will be miles better than any one of those other guys we sent out there.

[ct2k]

Gotta agree with Stima though if we can't get a solid rotation or eve a solid core of 3 or 4 starters we're gonna do nothing in the post season again, assuming we get there.

[Dragon]

Wow, just heard on Mike and the Mad Dog that Phil Hughes will pitch Thursday against Toronto. Haven't seen anything else about it though so who knows if it is happening yet. I know we are having troubles but I really wasn't expecting him to be up this early. I'm guessing its just one or two starts unless he does really well.

Kind of suprised, a lot of people were saying he isn't ready yet and to take him slow. I can't wait to see him pitch, but I hope people don't expect too much out of his first start though.

[FakeLaser]

Hughes already?

[Dragon]

Yeah, I dunno. Kind of have a bad feeling about bringing him up so soon. They were limiting his pitches in AAA so they obviously won't let him go deep into a game.

Just yesterday on the Yankees site they were saying how Hughes will be down in AAA until at least the all-star break and now he is up now. Should be intereting.

[FakeLaser]

He got rocked in spring training and hasn't looked too great in AAA so far. Kind of worried...

[Dragon]

They said they weren't gonna rush him, but Cashman and Torre have both said its a necessity to have him up right now. I think they should have went to someone else for now.

Ohlendorf was the kid we got in the RJ trade and he was supposed to be competing for a spot on the D-Backs team I thought so bringing him up would have made more sense.

[RoXer]

Harden's on the DL

The sky is blue

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I don't think it's that bad of an idea to bring Hughes up. I mean what's the worst that could happen?

[Supreme Olajuwon]

especially if Igawa is gonna get rocked by the D-Rays

[RoXer]

Milton Bradley looks like Grover



http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_150396.jpg



http://www.bearst.com/images/grover2.jpg

[Dragon]

Awful

82 pitches through 3.2 innings. Last thing we needed.

[ClockShot]

Not bad Robbie Cano.

I'm kinda surprised that he hasn't changed back to #22. I've heard nothing from Clemens. He'd probably get mad money right now if he decided to come back.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Is that why he changed to #24? I figured it was a tribute to Jackie Robinson (42 reversed) since he is named after him

[ClockShot]

Is that why he changed to #24? I figured it was a tribute to Jackie Robinson (42 reversed) since he is named after him

Nah. Before the season started we were sorta making moves to grab Roger Clemens. One of them was asking Cano to change numbers so #22 would be waiting if Clemens came back to New York.

Still waiting.....

[Dragon]

Solid 4-inning 6 run performance by Igawa.

[ClockShot]

Igawa better hook up with Wang and show him some pointers. I got faith in the guy, he just needs to build himself up, gain confidence, etc.

Henn is back in. I pray Pettite don't go triple duty.

Damn, Posada had that.