MLB 2007 Season Thread

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I believe it was the very first of it's kind. 'SkyDome'
lol no shit that makes sense

I am gonna assume I knew this previously and just simply forgot or something

Pretty dumb they changed the name from SkyDome to the Rogers Centre, I mean I can understand why they did it but the name "SkyDome" was pretty bad ass. And another thing, they really gotta change the layout of the turf they use. You can clearly see the square patterns and it looks real shitty, I know why they use that style (a lot more mobile) but it looks horrible.

[YOUR Hero]

Marketing bullshit, you know. As for the turf, I wish they could get some time of real grass in there, but the Rogers Center is used by tons of groups so I guess real grass wouldn't work. This turf they've got is the new improved stuff, but yeah you are right, you can see it for what it really is.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I don't mind the FieldTurf so much, its just the fact it looks like there is 1000 rectangles of turf all over the field...I've never really noticed that in other parks (I know its definitely not like that in Minnesota, where the Red Sox just played the other night)

[YOUR Hero]

yeah I hear you.

[Dragon]

Finally back to .500

Nothing like facing Texas to get us going again.

[OssMan]

Finally back to .500

Nothing like facing Texas to get us going again.lol

[OssMan]

Rangers hit Wang hard

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

wow 14-2

[MVP]

Halladay is getting hit hard tonight too. Lowell and Youkilis are on a tear.

[Boondock Saint]

Hallady sucking ass. LOwell :love:

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

lol wow the ball got stuck between the ground and the base of the wall or a second...don't see that everyday

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

http://images.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/NYY116051018_lower.jpg
A-Rod on his knees in front of Wang

[YOUR Hero]

Jays are in a nose dive.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

lol didn't realize that picture was from A-Rod fucking up til just now (saw the highlight)

Also real happy to see the Red Sox beating the Jays consistently, for the last few years it seems like the Jays have given the Sox a shitload of trouble

[YOUR Hero]

anyone that plays the Jays right now is going to have their way with them. It sucks so bad rite now

[ddpBANG]

JACK MOTHERFUCKING CUST!!!


I think I'm in love with that man. :love:



Blue Jays :nono:

[Supreme Olajuwon]

LOL Rickey Henderson caught a foul ball at the Giants game last night and wouldn't give it to the kid sitting next to him. That is just outstanding.

[FakeLaser]

lol

[Dragon]

Jays are in a nose dive.

Halladay out for about a month now.

[YOUR Hero]

Yup. Up to 6 weeks. Also after hitting a fly ball tonight, Glauss pulled a Hammy.

Bright spot is that the Jays are winning (so far) tonight against the Rays.

[Dragon]

The Yankees have about 4 guys that are hitting the ball at all lately. Bats are pretty dead.

5 of the starting 9 are batting under .250 for the season as well.

At least the Red Sox lost one.

[Boondock Saint]

God damn it, Tavarez.

[Dragon]

I thought Lester was back up for you guys, how come Tavarez is still starting?

[YOUR Hero]

Stima, that Willie Mo sure can play the outfield.

[VonErichLives]

Stima, that Willie Mo sure can play the outfield.

play it yes, play it well no... although he's not 1/2 bad in center field and has a great arm.

As for Lester, I think he's still on rehab in AAA no decisons been made yet to bring him up, Tavaraz hasn't been 1/2 bad and I think they'd rather have lester start in AAA then be middle relief in the bigs.

[YOUR Hero]

If you say so, VEL. I guess I just expect an outfielder to be able to judge a fly ball


oh and catch one.

[OssMan]

JOE SMITH finally gave up an earned run, too bad it was on a grand slam

[VonErichLives]

If you say so, VEL. I guess I just expect an outfielder to be able to judge a fly ball


oh and catch one.

Yes Hero, he's the first outfielder in the history of the game to make an error.

:roll:

[SammyG]

Dodgers really impressive so far. Our pitching is the fucking shit.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Woooooo Oliver Perez 8.1 IP 1 ER, Carlos Gomez with an awesome big league debut</font> :cool:

[VonErichLives]

backet left the game with torn skin on a finger... this ain't good, I'm assuming it's blister issues again, which means they're going to shut down his curveball and it will be like last year when most games all he had was "3 different fast balls, hard, harder and hardest"

[YOUR Hero]

Yes Hero, he's the first outfielder in the history of the game to make an error.

:roll:

no he's not. but this goes back to Stima's defending of him. The guy is just plain bad defensively.

[Boondock Saint]

Holy shiiiit that was fucking amaziing! WOOOO SOXXXXXXXXX

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

no he's not. but this goes back to Stima's defending of him. The guy is just plain bad defensively.
When did I ever say he was that good of an outfielder? I just said he was better you

I am sure you really show off your arm and range for that beer league softball team you play on

Also, what a ridiculous finish to the Red Sox game...thank god that pitcher dropped the ball though because Lugo swung at ball 4

[YOUR Hero]

settle down, Stima. That's pretty close to a kano-esque spazz out rite thurr

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

How so?

I was actually giving you credit saying that could probably catch the easy fly ball, however I feel that Willie Mo being a major league player has better range and a stronger arm.

I still can't believe the Red Sox 9th inning though...Red Sox score 4 runs with 1 out(should have been 5 since Youk was definitely save at home) then Youk gets thrown at home (again, he was safe) so its 2 outs. Lugo works a full count with the bases loaded (Sox down by 1 now) only to swing at ball 4 which was grounded to Kevin Millar. Millar stabs it makes a pretty good throw to the pitcher covering first but luckily he was a stiff and dropped it, 2 men come around to score and the Sox win

Beckett's finger is really concerning though...if its worst case scenario that is gonna be a huge blow since he has been pitching unbelievable this season.

[SammyG]

Brad Penny will be the NL's starting pitcher in the All Star game

[ddpBANG]

JACK MOTHER FUCKING CUST!! :love:


I might have to become an A's fan.


Nah.

[MVP]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO complete game by the Dice-Man :cool:

[YOUR Hero]

Dice-K seems pretty good, but then pretty shitty. I think once he gets it all together, he's going to be the real dealio.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Yeah I am hoping he is able to gain some consistency, especially now with Beckett cutting his finger. I don't think Beckett will be out long, but they are going to cut down on his throwing on the side, which is really going to hurt him since that is the big change he made from last year.

[FakeLaser]

lol, Beckett must have the softest hands ever.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

It must be the way he grips the ball when he is going to throw a curve, since all the problems are related to that I think. The seems must just rub against his finger or something

[Dragon]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1wy7h_red-sox-love

manny being manny lol


Anyway, Yanks have a tough stretch of games ahead. Definitely need to have a solid couple of series. Not getting off to an ideal start tomorrow, having a game at 2:00, then 8:00, then 2:00 on Thursday.

3 games in 24 hours could be a good way to kill the pen again.

[Adder]

The announcers were what really made that video clip work. I was in tears watching that. :lol:

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Yea Don Orsillo and the Remdawg are always doing hilarious shit. I can't stand people from Boston who hate on the Remdawg

Yankees easily have the most annoying announcer I've ever heard though..DAADADADADADADAYANKEES WINNNNNNN!!!!!!!

[OssMan]

LETS GO METS!!!...
....
......
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10:17

[BCWWF]

Yea Don Orsillo and the Remdawg are always doing hilarious shit. I can't stand people from Boston who hate on the Remdawg

Yankees easily have the most annoying announcer I've ever heard though..DAADADADADADADAYANKEES WINNNNNNN!!!!!!!

White Sox on WGN is the worse... "He gone." It takes bias to a new level.

[YOUR Hero]

See yea!

[YOUR Hero]

For the second straight start, Johnson looked like the Big Unit who won five Cy Young awards. Johnson struck out nine and walked none in winning for the first time since his return to Arizona after two frustrating seasons with the New York Yankees. "I feel like I'm starting to hit my stride," Johnson said. "Things are starting to come around."

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

White Sox on WGN is the worse... "He gone." It takes bias to a new level.
But don't they have the guy that goes "PUT IT ON THE BOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD...YYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS"

That's kinda cool

[SammyG]

Dodgers playing amazing these days. This might be our year, fellas.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Holy fucking shit Mets with a 5 run rally in the 9th to win it</font>

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Tavarez 7 IP 1 ER 4 H
Okajima 1 IP 0 ER 0 H
Papelbon 1 IP 0 ER 0 H

Nice way to start the double header against the Tigers

[Dragon]

Awful, another loss.

Our offense has been awful for a while now. Some of the worst slumps I have seen are all happening at once. Could be 9.5 out by the end of the day.

[Dragon]

Also, this Mets series and then Boston series could be brutal if the Yankees keep playing this shitty.

[FakeLaser]

I hate life

[OssMan]

no idea what the yankees did but lol @ the yankees

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Okijima pitches again this time picking up the save

OKIJIMA FOR PRESIDENT (of Japan)

[MVP]

Tavarez outpitched Schilling. Hell has frozen over.

[SammyG]

lol, Yankees.

[FakeLaser]

It's ok, we will just win every game from this point onward.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/story/10186420

ATTA BABY FARNSWORTH

But really I don't think anything will come of this and he just was stating his feelings.....one can hope though right?

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Also didn't even realize the Red Sox had the best record in baseball, sweeeeet

I really hope they don't pull the typical bullshit and blow it

[FakeLaser]

I agree with Farnsworth but he should keep his mouth shut until he starts pitching better than a pile of leaves.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I still can't believe they are paying Clemens almost 1 mil per start, that is fucking ridiculous. I mean the amount ahletes make is absolutely retarded anyway, but wow

[FakeLaser]

Man, at least we were hitting last month. We've been fucking terrible lately.

[BCWWF]

The playoff outlook right now is so crazy in the AL. I know it's early to even be thinking of it, but I don't think the Twins have the arms to make a comeback like they did last year (granted they aren't in a huge hole...yet) and the Yankees are again a big mess. Boston looks like the team right now, but sometimes the team with a big jump early fades. I still see Boston being the top team in the AL come September followed by Detroit,
but as of right now I think the Indians take the wildcard and leave the Yanks out of it.

[Boondock Saint]

GRAND SLAM MIKE LOWELL WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. That'll help in fantasy. :love: You're my boy.

[Dragon]

Wow, Rasner out of the game in the first inning with a hand injury. Another starter down, and Myers in to pretty much start the game.

[ClockShot]

Wow, Rasner out of the game in the first inning with a hand injury. Another starter down, and Myers in to pretty much start the game.

And the hits just keep on coming.:(

Home run by Robbie Cano. Joe should have ripped him up on that lousy throw to first.

[Nervous Ferret]

wow Yankees gotta get their act together here

[ClockShot]

Just announced that Rasner got a fractured index finger.

[FakeLaser]

I HATE LIFE

[OssMan]

Eric Hinske lookin like Bill Buckner

[YOUR Hero]

Might be too late already, but the Jays are playing pretty solid.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Cano threw it off his foot, that was probably the greatest thing ever

[Triple A]

Terrible

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Also, Fox Sports is the worst in the history of the World. I like it when games are on there on Saturdays since I get to watch it at work, but the announcers/in studio people are so bad it almost makes me want to turn it off.

[OssMan]

yo I love how Fox advertises all their games to be at 3:35 when thats just when their pregame thing goes on and the games dont start until 4. classy shit right there

[BCWWF]

FSN coverage, which is local coverage to most teams in America, is awful as well. They do a decent job for baseball here because the commentators are great, but all of their other feature shit is terrible. That's not even mentioning Wild and Timberwolves coverage.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

FSN here only does the Celtics games and it's not bad. Red Sox are on NESN and it is the greatest shit ever

[FakeLaser]

Going to the Yankees/Red Sox game tomorrow night, BOWLIN'

Sitting right behind the Sox dugout so they are going to hear it from me!!!!!!!

[Dragon]

Nice, almost got tickets for one of the games but that didn't work out. Might still try and look around.

[Dragon]

Much needed win for the Yankees going into Boston tomorrow.

The rookie Clippard looked really good. Going 6 innings, 1 ER, 3 hits, 6 K's. And a double lol.

The offense was clicking and overall they looked really good. Mo gave up another homerun though, which I hate to see. Need to win the series against Boston somehow, really need to start taking some games off that lead.

[Nervous Ferret]

Yankees rotation in 3 years?

Hughes
Desalvo
Humberto Sanchez
Clippard
Wright

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Kevin Youkilis is the fuckin man

[YOUR Hero]

Help me out here...

Was it not already established that Giambi did roids? Did he not apologize and it seemed like everyone was forgiving him because he 'maned' up about it?

If what I've already typed is correct, then why are the Yankees now considering voiding his contract because he recently brought it up again and stated that baseball itself needed to apologize for the scandal.

To me that's sour milk. I bet if he wasn't struggling to put up monster numbers, there'd be no talk of voiding his contract.

Dunno, if the Yankees do, I think that's low. Had they done this when he first admitted it like 2-3 years ago, fine. But now? Nah, that moment has passed.

[Dragon]

Yeah, I'm not really understanding the situation all that well. A couple years ago he admitted the same thing. So I'm really not understanding why MLB is looking to suspend him and all the stuff about voiding his contract.

He pretty much is saying the same thing as last time so why is MLB trying to suspend him? Everyone knows he has done steroids. It seems like they are trying to punish him for telling the truth here. Not trying to side with Giambi or anything here, but just saying he should have been suspended/whatever the first time he said this.

As for the Yankees, I'm pretty sure it is just about getting rid of his contract. They tried to void it last time he said this, and are just seeing an opportunity to try it again I guess.

[Dragon]

Yankees rotation in 3 years?

Hughes
Desalvo
Humberto Sanchez
Clippard
Wright

Wright and DeSalvo probably won't be in the rotation in three years. Both aren't anything too special really. Sanchez might end up in the bullpen because of all his arm problems. He has good stuff though so maybe the closer of the future. We actually have a ton of solid pitching prospects, just a lot in the lower levels. The chances of having a whole rotation of farm hands is pretty slim though. I'd be happy if just some become solid major league pitchers.

Ideally we would have 3 of our prospects work out by then. But thats still a pretty big if.

Wang
Hughes
Free Agent
Clippard
Joba Chamberlain (University of Nebraska pitcher, pretty highly touted and upside is that of Hughes apparently).

Thats a lot of stuff working well though. It could probably look nothing like that.

[BCWWF]

Doesn't Giambi only have one more season left after this? Even as rediculous this timing is by the Yankees, it doesn't seem to do much for them. They save some money, not too much at this point though, and have to assume they find somebody better in free agency? Come on. Who finishes out this year, Doug Mientkiewicz? (Mind me, I haven't followed the Yankees to closely this season, so if the last couple lines are totally off base let me know.)

People hate Giambi for a lot of reasons, many of them justified to some extent. The only thing about him that I totally detest is how he was even nominated for comeback player of the year. I'm pretty sure he won the award too, but the fact that coming back from a non-steroid slump deserves an MLB award is just rediculous.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Why do the Yankees care about getting Giambi off the books after agreeing to pay Clemens 4.4 mil per month?

[FakeLaser]

We'd probably have a Mientkiewicz/Phillipps platoon with Phelps DHing. Either that or we'd deal for Todd Helton or something.

The whole thing is stupid though. The Yankees aren't going to void shit and they're going to be stuck with a miserable Giambi.

[Dragon]

Yeah, they tried to void it a couple years ago and nothing happened. It won't happen this time. I see them going hard for Teixeira if he becomes available; Texas is probably looking for a fortune though.

I have seen the Helton rumors, I'd hate to get him though. It would pretty much be how Giambi is now at the end of that deal, which is like 4 more years and a ton of money.

[FakeLaser]

I wouldn't want Helton even though he's tearing shit up right now.

Imagine Teixieria though. Better glove than Mientkiewicz, better bat than Giambi.

[Dragon]

Yeah seriously, I'd love to get him. We really haven't had a good all-around 1st baseman since Tino. We can't afford to keep having 1st base DH's especially since we have a ton of DH in the makings on this team already. Damon, Matsui, etc...are all going to be nothing more than DH's in a while.

Speaking of Damon, I've heard a lot during this Mets series of how we passed up Beltran even though he was asking for less money from us. Getting Damon instead of Beltran is looking like a pretty awful move right now. Damon is falling apart already; I thought he'd last a couple solid years before being injured all the time on this contract. I like Damon a lot but he is falling apart. Never really heard of them passing up that signing before but looks pretty awful.

[FakeLaser]

Yeah, Damon is going to be a liability sooner rather than later.

[Dragon]

I thought he'd start breaking down the last year of the contract. Wasn't quite expecting him to fall apart in the 2nd year.

[Dragon]

BTW, how much did those Sox/Yanks tickets cost you? Those are solid seats. Where do you usually get your tickets from?

[FakeLaser]

I think they're only 19 bucks. Stubhub.com

[ct2k]

Finally, first f'n Yankee game Ive been able to catch since like week 2:foc:

Jorge is absolutely ripping shit up, ridiculous. Also this Clippard kid looked the goods, first start never been seen and all but still:y:

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Kinda had a bad feeling that Maine was due for a really bad game. Meh, Mets are still the series winners and the better team :cool:

Glad to see David Wright finally realize that he's David Wright. He went on somewhat of a tear this series.

Also, if I'm the Yanks, I'm not satisfied until I see Mo go an inning without giving up a run.</font>

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Damn Lugo could have made some noise with the bases loaded in the 8th, instead he pops out to keep it a 6-2 game

Figured today would be a W for the Sox, tomorrow is gonna be tough with Tavarez on the hill but I dunno he pitched really well in his last outing against the Tigers.

[SammyG]

wtf Dodgers :(

[MVP]

It's a longshot, but if Tavarez can pitch like he did last week against Detroit and go 7 innings then we won't have to overwork the bullpen, seeing how they might be pitching more now that Beckett is on the DL.

[FakeLaser]

Possibly the best game I ever went to. Bleachers were pretty awesome. We sat right behind the Yankee pen so we watched Wang warm up before the game. It was pretty sweet, I was like 10 feet away from him. Yelled "GATOR" at Guidry and he waved at me. Ortiz blasted a home run into the bullpen during BP and the security guard gave the ball to my friend. I also watched Mo warm up in the 9th, like 10 feet away from him. Pretty amazing.

It was like playoff atmosphere in the stands. Everyone was going crazy. I can barely talk today. So many people got tossed; there were fights everywhere. A Red Sox fan in my section got tossed by like the second inning because he was harassing everyone so much. It was like 70 degrees and sunny, the perfect day to go to the stadium.

I called A-Rod's home run. Non-chalantly, I said to my friend, "A-Rod is about to blast one right here." Next pitch he jacked it right to left field where we were sitting. I went nuts. The whole game we were standing on the benches screaming and shit. We won and won big so I couldn't have really asked for a better time. Can't wait to get back to the stadium again.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Big win by the worst pitcher in the majors today

[MVP]

Let's hope Schilling can repeat that performance tonight. Tavarez has been better than him in the last 2 games.

[FakeLaser]

Big win by the worst pitcher in the majors today
I'll give you that. He got lucky though, we should have blown him away like 4 times. Abreu has been absolute garbage.

Even though we lost, I felt pretty good about last night's game. We hit pretty well against Okajima and Papelbon who have both been unhittable up to this point. The few guys who aren't hitting (Abreu, Mientkiewicz, Cabrera) really fucked us up last night. I was really hoping A-Rod didn't walk in the 8th because I knew Abreu would strike out or something.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

How do you feel good about last nights game? Mussina on the hill giving up 7 ER and the offense can only muster 2 runs off of Tavarez in 5+ innings (one of which was him throwing the ball to the backstop) Plus Papelbon and Okajima gave up a combined 1 hit

[FakeLaser]

Mussina had a shitty 1st inning then was on until the 7th inning. It wasn't a good start but he didn't pitch as bad as the numbers show. He had a really low pitch count. He threw something like 30 pitches in the 1st inning and by the 6th he had only thrown 70 pitches because he was on for a few innings. The bullpen also did a good job not allowing a run which is something they haven't done in a while.

Tavarez didn't pitch as good of a game as the numbers show either; he got lucky that we didn't hit with runners in scoring position. He was constantly working out of jams. He didn't allow that many hits but he walked plenty of guys. We had a lot of chances to come back, we just blew them all. Abreu basically killed every rally we had going.

We almost came back against Okajima (had the bases loaded against him) who has been unhittable and the same for Papelbon, we had something going against him.

Maybe "feeling pretty good" was a bit of a stretch but it was a closer game than the scoreboard leads on. There were things to be optimistic about and I didn't shut the game off because of the score because there were so many points in the game where it looked like we were going to come back.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Yeah they had a shitload of walks, but the pitchers where able to work around them. I dunno, the Yankees had like 4 hits total. Eliminate the walks (something which Papelbon and Okajima aren't know for anyway) and that game was a blowout.

Also, Manny's homer in the 1st inning was some of the sickest shit I've seen in a while.

http://images.sportsline.com/u/photos/baseball/mlb/img10192792.jpg

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Curt better step his game up or he can kiss that contract for next year good bye


lol wow Giambi is the only Yankee without a hit thus far and it's only the top of the 5th :|

[YOUR Hero]

I remain very jealous of all you guys that get to go to MLB games. I've ssaid it before, if I lived in Toronto or another MLB city, I'd go to pretty much every game.

[toxic rooster]

I concur

but then again if I lived in an MLB city I'd probably take it for granted and never go anyway :o

God, Cliff Lee is getting shelled :'(

Sizemore and Blake led off with back-to-back jacks. Sizemore is a fucking beast.

[toxic rooster]

I should mention he's being shelled by Kansas City :(

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

If I didn't live in Boston I'd go a lot more, tickets are really hard to get here. I would rather have it that way though since it shows that the team is good/the park has a great atmosphere.

[Dragon]

Pettitte gave us just what we needed today. The bullpen has given up 20 runs in 22 innings in his games though. So this score won't last.

Curt will have quite the blog entry tomorrow.

[Dragon]

Yup, first pitch thrown by Farnsworth is a homerun by Coco Crispy. Ridiculous.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

They just said there was only one 1-2-3 inning for the Yankees yet the Red Sox have only scored 3 runs. Just can't string any hits together.

I think a 7-1 game is too much to make up, even against the Yankee bullpen

[ClockShot]

There's the Mo Rivera we all know and love.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[Triple A]

rofl @ the umpire

It was like The Naked Gun the way he was calling the strikeouts

[Dragon]

LOL yeah.

That ump was ridiculous.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>More brilliance from Oliver Perez. I'm lovin' it.</font>

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Why do the pitchers have to bat in the All Star game? Since this years game is being held in a National League park, Ortiz is being put on the ballot for 1B thus leaving Kevin Youkilis off of it.

[YOUR Hero]

That's how real baseball is played, son.

[ct2k]

Says the Jays fan:p


Good to see Pettitte continue to do well last night. We're edging back to .500now, not bad considering our pitching nightmare and lack of offense from some key guys.

[SammyG]

Brad Penny will be the NL starter.

[VonErichLives]

If I didn't live in Boston I'd go a lot more, tickets are really hard to get here. I would rather have it that way though since it shows that the team is good/the park has a great atmosphere.

The Yankees are a good team and the park has great atmosphere, yet someone just said they got tickets on stubhub for 19/ea...

Stima, are ticket prices/avail are driven more by the park size, add another 10-20K seats like most places have and you'd be going to a lot more games.

[VonErichLives]

So, Josh Hancocks fathers must have been talking with Donna Lewis (Reggie Lewis Wife) he's suing the bar owner and manager for over serving his son (ok, I can see this argument) but he's then also suing the driver of the Tow Truck his son ran into and the driver of the stalled car that the Tow Truck driver was helping.

The claim on the driver of the Stalled car is improper driving which allowed the car to stall and not getting it off the road.

The claim on the Tow truck driver is he was there for to long, didn't put out flares and didn't get the car off the road.

Now, let's keep in mind he had almost twice the legal BAC, had weed in the car (wasn't reported if it was in his system), was speeding, not wearing a seatbelt and talking on his cellphone at the time of the crash.

As I said, I can see a case against the bar owner/manager but the reality is the only person who will really get held liable is the bartender/tenders who served him.

Suing the Tow Truck driver and the driver of the stalled car is just silly.

This just brings back memories of Donna Lewis continuing to make an ass out of herself by suing doctors over and over, when the reality was his heart was damaged from Coke use and it was her idea to in the middle of the night pull him from a team of the best doctors in the country to another hospital. (yeah, I still after all the years am bitter that his death could have been prevented if not for her).

Anyway, will be interesting if any of the suits actually make it to trial.

[FakeLaser]

The Yankees are a good team and the park has great atmosphere, yet someone just said they got tickets on stubhub for 19/ea...

Stima, are ticket prices/avail are driven more by the park size, add another 10-20K seats like most places have and you'd be going to a lot more games.
Bleacher seats.

[VonErichLives]

Bleacher seats.

What about them? (just not sure what you're getting at).

Fenway has bleachers, those sell out also and even on stubhub you're looking at 40-50 for the worst of the worst seats against a bad team, expect to pay $75-$100 for bleachers vs. the top teams.

Although, they keep finding ways to add a few seats at fenway... the new rumor is move the bullpens under the bleachers and turn the bullpens into seats, there's also talk of them trying to do like wrigly and put seats outside the park, problem with that is the height of the wall and CF "diamond vision" plus the roofs across the street are either parking and clubs.

There was also talk of them moving the field lower to the earth to add seats, I'm not a design person but I don't see that one working.

[Dragon]

Yankees really need to start winning some games here. Didn't watch the game today but it looks like we went through 6 pitchers. No idea why Clippard was taken out after 4 innings and 77 pitches; he did give up a couple runs it looks like but you think he'd stay in at least a little longer.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim seem to always give us trouble but whatever. They need to just start winning some series and get back to .500 and go from there.

[FakeLaser]

Desalvo was pretty much the worst pitcher ever tonight. Well, Vizcaino gave him a run for the money.

[Dragon]

Yeah, Vizcaino has been really awful. Kind of weird because he was good last year and great during spring training but has just been shit during the season.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

The Yankees are a good team and the park has great atmosphere, yet someone just said they got tickets on stubhub for 19/ea...

Stima, are ticket prices/avail are driven more by the park size, add another 10-20K seats like most places have and you'd be going to a lot more games.I know that, that is pretty obvious.

[Dragon]

This sucks

Another loss. Bobby Abreu has to have the most strikeouts looking ever. Big spot in the 9th and one hit could have tied the game after two singles off K-Rod. Instead he decides to sit up there and not swing at all.

So the Sox win tonight and it erases those two wins we just had against them.

[OssMan]

shut the fuck up Yankees fans your team might be on its way to their first losing season in like 20 years, it must suck to taste what its like to be a fan of an actual team. and yo didnt this happen to you for the past 2 years. like all star break 2 years ago you were like 10 games out of first and you won the division so chill out.

[YOUR Hero]

That's Assman, the National's fan for you.

[OssMan]

That's Assman, the National's fan for you.Our Team Our Time

[YOUR Hero]

EXPOS!

[SammyG]

I agree with Assman. Fuck the Yankees.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I am probably the hugest Yankee hater on here, but what the fuck do you want them to talk about? "Oh this is fine, we win a lot so I'm not gonna talk about my favorite team doing really bad right now"

[Dragon]

Yup, not sure what you want Yankees fans to say if not to talk about how they're playing. If they're losing a lot we're gonna talk about them losing.

[RP]

Think i'll take in the Cubs game today.

[BCWWF]

Chief Silva with the win

[BCWWF]

The reason this thread is fucked is because all of the Detroit fans are spazzes and Joey Slugs doesn't exist anymore. The central is the division this year.

[MVP]

Yeah, AL Central is immense. I'm still surprised by Cleveland's run right now.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Good thing Pedoria had a 13 pitch AB against Gagne (which ended with a HR) in the top of the 9th to provide an insurance 2 run lead cuz Okajima gave up another run today in the bottom of the 9th (raising his ERA to 0.76)

AL Central is the division this year, and I hope it stays that way - since it would mean the Red Sox are running away with the AL East lol

[BCWWF]

I thought preseason that the Yankees were again way stronger than the Red Sox, but I guess this just goes to show, as many big bats as the Yankees acquire, the Red Sox have been much better in terms of acquiring pitching. It will be considerably harder for the Yankees to catch up this year, IMO.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I think the one thing that has been going well for the Red Sox this year as compared to last is the fact that coming into both season where was a lot of "ifs" and it just that most of them (thus far anyway) have been working out, where as last year they all blew up in the Sox faces.

I am really interested to see how Beckett does coming off the DL, and I am even more interested in how the cut he had will affect his off day throwing routine. I guess he changed his routine up a lot this year, and has been having great success. I heard something about the cut possibly forcing him to go back to last years routine which will blow ass.

Pretty good weekend baseball wise though, Red Sox sweep and Yankees get swept :cool:

[toxic rooster]

Yeah, AL Central is immense. I'm still surprised by Cleveland's run right now.
Yeah. Didn't hold much expectations from the pitching preseason. But Carmona's been a revelation, Sabathia's dominant again and could have had 10 W's by now, and Westbrook's injured =) If Sowers can make the step up, it's actually gonna be quite the solid rotation.

just gotta work on the bullpen now

Oh, and Grady Sizemore is just a beast. But that goes without saying

[toxic rooster]

Can't wait for Thursday's game

Verlander v Sabathia II

[MVP]

I thought preseason that the Yankees were again way stronger than the Red Sox, but I guess this just goes to show, as many big bats as the Yankees acquire, the Red Sox have been much better in terms of acquiring pitching. It will be considerably harder for the Yankees to catch up this year, IMO.

I think John Kruk said it best on Baseball Tonight, that when the Yankees hit, their pitching blows the game, and when their starter is doing really well they can't give him run support. There's no unity in the field for them. But I also thought the Yankees were gonna be immense this year.

Abreu must be hitting like .230 now

[SammyG]

Dodgers Cubs was sweet today. 29-21 baby.

[FakeLaser]

Abreu must be hitting like .230 now
I think it's worse than that.

[YOUR Hero]

Gotta love all that money Clemens is getting and he's telling then (the Yankees) he's still not ready. That he'll "let them know" when he is. LOL.

Pedro Martinez said he was in better pitching shape than Clemens. Double LOL.

[MVP]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOUKILIS INSIDE THE PARK HOMERUN

[Dragon]

Is McGowan anything special at all or are the Yankees just making another weak pitcher look like a cy young candidate?

[Triple A]

God how are they so terrible

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Kevin Youkilis 4 MVP

[ClockShot]

4 straight. :nono:

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Schilling 7 IP 1 ER vs Cleveland tonight....and the Yankees lost again.....nice

[YOUR Hero]

McGowan has some decent stuff. Prob be a bonafide starter in a year or two.

[SammyG]

are the yankees back like 15 games.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

13 1/2 right now

[BCWWF]

Tied with the Devil Rays now right?

[FakeLaser]

We are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!

on opposite day

[YOUR Hero]

IF the Rays can find another legit starter, they are going to be a tough team down the road.

[FakeLaser]

Not with that bullpen. They have a closer, but they have nothing else.

[Team Sheep]

Lol Yankees

What is going on.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

KEVIN YOUKILIS FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

[Dragon]

The Yankees making another pitcher look dominant so far. And Pettitte pitching great as well with no support. If he got any run support this year he would have about 7 wins.

[YOUR Hero]

Man.
Adam Lind should have tagged up and scored from 2nd base on that deep fly ball to Damon.

[Dragon]

I am waiting for Damon to just fall apart the next time he hits the wall.

[Dragon]

Speaking of falling apart, Giambi hits a home run and has to limp around the bases.

[YOUR Hero]

So much Kirk Gibson going on right now.

1) Kirk Gibson would tag up and score from 2B on deep fly balls to center

2) Kirk Gibson limped around the bases after a HR.

3) Kirk Gibson was a beast.

[Dragon]

Wow, he just stole home

[YOUR Hero]

*head explodes*

[Dragon]

That was pretty crazy, he was about 3/4 of the way to home before they even threw.

[YOUR Hero]

Toronto used to have a pitcher back in the early 90's. Juan Guzman. He was so slow with his delivery that runners would steal home off him. It's so nice to actually witness the Jays steal a run for a change.

[YOUR Hero]

what the fuck with all these infield fielding errors.

[Dragon]

We just got handed 2 baserunners, hopefully they can actually get something out of this.

[YOUR Hero]

there you go.

can't give the opponent 5 outs in an inning and expect not to get stung.

[YOUR Hero]

ugh. Still only 1 out with 2 base runners on.

[Dragon]

Yup, so many errors in this game. Both Yanks errors led to runs as well.

[Dragon]

Really should have been able to get more than 1 run that inning.

[YOUR Hero]

Matsui should have been playing deeper. No way you give up that type of a double at this stage of the game.

I thank him.

[YOUR Hero]

good small ball by the Jays to score that 3rd run.

[Dragon]

Even where Matsui was playing that should have been caught. Incredible how hard it is to score one run only to give it right back.

[YOUR Hero]

yes.

i dunno how this game was for you, Dragon. I know your team lost, but none the less this game was pretty damned entertaining.

[Dragon]

It was a fun game to watch; that steal of home was great even if it did lead to a loss.

The team this year is just pretty frustrating. No hits with RISP and not taking advantage of the baserunners they gave us; they really should have had more than 1 run in that inning. So many problems with this team it seems. Our outfield is pretty much dead on both sides of the ball, no hitting and no defense.

Pretty tiring seeing Pettitte pitching great games and getting saddled with losses as well. 2.40 ERA and a 3-4 record.

I still believe they will make a run soon but every game they lose is that much bigger of a hole to climb out of. Boston could really kill us this weekend if they have a big series.

Nonetheless, it was still a fun game to watch lol.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Wow really surprised Beckett bounced back strong; 7 IP 2 ER 7 K 1 BB....Red Sox looking really good right now, Youkilis is playing out of his mind and they just beat the Indians twice in a row without David Ortiz taking an at bat yet in the series.

Blue Jays stealing home was wild, today on WEEI they where talking about how the inside the park homerun is most the exciting play in baseball (since Youk just got one last night) but I dunno, stealing home might top it.

[SammyG]

PEENNNYYYYYY

[BCWWF]

Obviously you guys meant to be talking about how dominant Morneau is.

[SammyG]

9 games over .500. Loving this season so far.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Saw the Mets' AA team play last night. Pretty crazy that their top prospect, CF Fernando Martinez, is 18 born in October. Just 2 months older than me :|

The MLB game was crazy too. Good to see Delgado is back, now once Wright gets going - look out. The 12th inning was crazy. Down a run, Reyes walks, Benitez balks him to 2nd. Chavez sac bunt. Beltran doesn't get him in, so Delgado is in with the Mets down to their last out and Benitez balks AGAIN, giving up the tying run. Delgado walkoff shot 4tw.</font>

[YOUR Hero]

Saw the Mets' AA team play last night. Pretty crazy that their top prospect, CF Fernando Martinez, is 18 born in October. Just 2 months older than me :|

LOL. This reminds me of when I was younger and suddenly pro atheletes were starting to be younger than me. Made me feel like I was getting old and not achieving my goals in life. :lol:



:'(

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Yeah the age thing is depressing. It didn't bother me when NBA players were younger than me and Crosby and Ovechkin didn't bother me either, but when Felix Hernandez started playing that was depressing. And now the NFL rookies are my age and younger which is even worse.

[FakeLaser]

Yeah, Phil Hughes is like 3 months older than me and almost pitched a perfect game.

[Dragon]

Finally a win.

LOL though. I do start to see how A-Rod is hated by most teams. He was on second base and Posada popped up to the infield, as he was running behind the third baseman he apparently was calling "I got it" and the guy let the ball drop. I dunno, pretty dirty but kind of hilarious at the same time.

[Dragon]

Just saw a replay. I guess he didn't say I got it, but he did say something to make the guy let it drop. Looked like he just yelled or something.

That said, I'm pretty sure he can expect some pitches up and in the next time we face the Jays.

[YOUR Hero]

I think he said "mine"

[YOUR Hero]

he's getting a reputation for doing bush-league things.

[Dragon]

Seen the replay a couple times and it looks like he just said "Ha" or something. Different than saying I got it or mine or whatever. Not saying it wasn't deceptive or a little dirty but deceptive plays happen all the time.

[BCWWF]

Wow, went to the Twins game today and it turned out to be a great one. White Sox went up 4-0 early and eventually 6-1, but the heart of the Twins lineup (Cuddyer-Morneau-Hunter) kept coming through until they tied it up.

Then bottom of the ninth one out, bases are loaded and Morneau comes up. All he needs is a sac fly to win, but on the first pitch he pops out to Pierzynski. Then Hunter comes up, and we all know that if he doesn't come through the game will go at least another two innings until the heart of the lineup is back up. So White Sox bring in a righty to face Hunter and he walks him in four pitches, driving in the game winner!

Not bad for a day game.

[YOUR Hero]

http://msn.foxsports.com/id/6864788_36_3.jpg

[Dragon]

She is pretty jacked

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

A-Rod jumping off of 2nd base to try to elbow Pedoria a few weeks ago was pretty hilarious. I'm not sure what category saying "HA" falls into though, I mean 2nd basemen try to deke base stealers all the time (by trying to make it look like the throw attempt went into centerfield) so I dunno

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Actaully I take that back A-Rod slapping the ball out of Bronson Arroyo's hand during the playoffs was hilarious, as was his reaction trying to play it off like he did nothing wrong. A-Rod is such a joke, so glad that deal fell through and the Red Sox didn't get that clown.

[SammyG]

Russel Martin will be a hall of famer.

[VonErichLives]

he's getting a reputation for doing bush-league things.

Been talking about this today... where do you draw the line between "bush league" and a good trick?

Slapping the ball out of Bronsons hand was bush league.

Personally, I think what he did last night was fine and had he been on anyones team they would be applauding him, but since he's on the Yanks only NYY fans liked it.


don't forget, the classic hidden ball play... I mean, that's not bush league is it?

[YOUR Hero]

I think in A-Rod's case, because he's supposed to be the best player on planet earth, that he's supposed to be above playing tricks. I dunno where I stand on the issue really.

[Dragon]

Giambi out for at least three weeks now because of his foot.

I'm guessing Damon will be seeing a lot of time at DH with Melky in center. No idea who will be brought up. Too bad the whole thing with Bernie happened during spring training; I don't care what anyone says about getting younger or whatever, I would love to have Bernie back as part time DH/bench player. As of now the bench is just horrible.

[FakeLaser]

I don't think the A-Rod thing is a huge deal. People in the dugout yell shit if you're trying to catch a ball near it and crap like that.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

http://graphics.boston.com/images/sports/redsox/2004/1020_arod_800600.jpg

[FakeLaser]

Does Mientkiwicz still have the last out ball? That would be pretty hilarious.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I dunno there was a huge deal about it for a while but it kinda died down so I am assuming it somehow got settled

[FakeLaser]

Yeah, I don't remember. Just would be pretty hilarious if he had the ball since he is now on the Yankees.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

For some reason I thought he "lent" it to the Red Sox for a year, I dunno if he ever got back or what. I dunno, I mean I know he made the last out but come on.

[Dragon]

Pretty sure its in the Hall of Fame

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Yeah that'd make sense since neither party would get the ball...I really don't get why Doug wanted it in the first place, I think I remember him saying "This ball is gonna put my kid through college" but it was a joke obviously. Really don't think he needs to worry about money after playing in the majors for so long

[Nervous Ferret]

The A-Rod yelling thing is so ridiculous, people yell all the time on that play on pretty much every level of baseball. Nobody is ever gullable enough to fall for it though

[MVP]

Armando Benitez was traded to Florida for Randy Messenger. Looks like he can be a dick on his old team again.

[FakeLaser]

I figured Benitez would be traded to Florida at some point.

[ClockShot]

Does Mientkiwicz still have the last out ball? That would be pretty hilarious.

They don't call him "Death Grip" Doug Mientkiwicz for nothing.

But to answer the question. He owns the ball. But right now, he has it out on "loan" to the Boston Red Sox. Whether it's at Fenway, Red Sox HQ, Cooperstown. I don't know.

[VonErichLives]

I don't think the A-Rod thing is a huge deal. People in the dugout yell shit if you're trying to catch a ball near it and crap like that.

The A-Rod yelling thing is so ridiculous, people yell all the time on that play on pretty much every level of baseball. Nobody is ever gullable enough to fall for it though

Actually, it rarely does in the majors, hence why such a big deal was made of it...

will be interesting if the Jays drill him next time they play.

Yeah that'd make sense since neither party would get the ball...I really don't get why Doug wanted it in the first place, I think I remember him saying "This ball is gonna put my kid through college" but it was a joke obviously. Really don't think he needs to worry about money after playing in the majors for so long

Last I heard he still "owns it" he did lend it to the Red Sox, but it belongs to him.

His argument was, he gave the ALDS championship ball to Foulke and the ALDS to Lowe (or vice versa) and decided to keep this one for himself.

Now, maybe you could argue he wanted the sentimental value, but I think it was all about the money.

[OssMan]

Armando Benitez was traded to Florida for Randy Messenger. Looks like he can be a dick on his old team again.word now the Mets can face him more often

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

JD Drew sucking is getting old, he either needs to start hitting or they gotta move him back in the order. They are just wasting runners on base with Edgar Renteria part2 batting 5th

[Nervous Ferret]

yay Yankees are playing like an actual team today

[ClockShot]

Yikes. Torre ejected in the 5th. Went round and round with the 3rd base ump. over a bad call at 3rd at which Abreu was safe after stealing, but got called out anyway.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Ortiz goes 2-3 and Manny goes 3-4......good thing JD Drew is batting behind them going 0-3 :|

Sox gettin housed, at least Youk kept his hit streak alive I guess

[Dragon]

Youkilis pretty close to being hit in the head. I do think the Yanks needed to retaliate for all the guys getting hit but that was too close to the head.

Meanwhile, Mattingly is being awful and using all of our best relievers with a 6 run lead.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

lol just saw the Zambrano/Barrett fight in the dugout. Zambrano is an idiot, he threw a ball away forcing Barrett to chase it down, pick it up then try to throw it to 3rd while looking directly in the sun. Yeah Barrett probably should have just ate it since the dude at 3rd would have probably been save anyway but how can you blame the dude after he tried to make a play to help you after you just threw it into the dirt right at the batter's feet?

Also just another random baseball note, in the latest edition of Sports Illustrated they have a picture of a pitcher from Creighton who pitched 60 something pitches with his right arm then 30 something with his left in the same game...what the fuck?

[MVP]

Youkilis pretty close to being hit in the head. I do think the Yanks needed to retaliate for all the guys getting hit but that was too close to the head.

Meanwhile, Mattingly is being awful and using all of our best relievers with a 6 run lead.

The only plunk that looked intentional was Lopez hitting Cano, he looked pretty pissed after that. Not sure what was going on with the Sox pitching tonight, but there was just no control on the mound at all.

[ClockShot]

Hell of a game of beanball yesterday. Too bad I missed that big 4th inning by a few minutes.

What is going on with Scott Proctor? He had that thing with the Mariners and now he's going head hunting for the wrong reasons. I don't know what's buzzing through his head, but I expect something to come down from maybe MLB or the Yankees about that. Totally uncalled for.

Meanwhile, Mattingly is being awful and using all of our best relievers with a 6 run lead.

Yeah, I agree. I would have tried to have Wang get Ortiz out. But that's what Mike Myers is for. Go with Bruney in the 7th maybe stretch him to the 8th. And go with Mo in the 9th. Way to tire out our arms Donnie Baseball.

[FakeLaser]

Bruney would be a much better 8th inning guy than Farnsworth. I said this at the start of the season.

[Dragon]

Yeah, he's been probably our best reliever this year. I dunno, our bullpen worries me if we are gonna make any kind of run. There's quite a few options in AAA though that could help, but I don't think any moves will be made.

There's a kid Edwar Ramirez in AAA who has been pretty ridiculous so far-

0.34 ERA in 26 IP, 47 SO in 26 IP

Britton is another option, he's up now but just until Clemens is back on Monday.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/images/more_track/arod_ltp06022007.jpg

[RP]

LOl Francona is great. He's doing an interview during the 4th inning and Ortiz is standing behind him mocking him...

Buck : You're DH is standing behind you mocking you.

Fracona : Oh i'll knock him on his ass!



ROFL

[YOUR Hero]

http://thetrack.bostonherald.com/images/more_track/arod_ltp06022007.jpg

LOL. Is that all about his suspected affair with some blond in Toronto?

[ClockShot]

Well I guess The Rocket won't land yet. He got scratched for monday's start due to a strained groin.

[Dragon]

Yup, time for one Kei Igawa.

[Dragon]

Wow, that could possibly be the worst inning I have ever seen. Misplays by Abreu, Cano, Jeter and A-Rod. Doug carried off the field with a probable concussion. Went from up by 1 run to down by 4.

[ClockShot]

Complete garbage. Proctor was spooked from last night, and Abreu is fucking afraid of the wall. That inning could have been over and done with. And that game would have been ours.

God I hope Doug is alright. He's been doing some pretty good work lately.

Jorge Posada for team captain.

[mrslackalack]

Wow, that could possibly be the worst inning I have ever seen. Misplays by Abreu, Cano, Jeter and A-Rod. Doug carried off the field with a probable concussion. Went from up by 1 run to down by 4.

:y:

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

LOL. Is that all about his suspected affair with some blond in Toronto?
That it is

Also, some dude came into the packy today when I was working (dude comes in all the time) and he had the NY Post that was featuring a photo of A-Rod and that girl at some hotel in Vegas claming he took it. I was like yeah okay fuck you buddy but then showed me like 15 other photos all from the same resort so I really don't think he was lieing. Pretty wild, the story seemed real too cuz he was like "I just thought it was him and his wife, figured they would give me some cash for but not much. Then I found out it wasn't even his wife, then they gave me a lot of money.......more enough for another trip back to Vegas"

[FakeLaser]

Damon is going to play first base.

Interesting...

[ct2k]

Anything that has Damon throwing less has the potential to be brilliant.

[YOUR Hero]

traditionally 1B was were you put your least valuable fielder. Looks like that's the thinking here.