MLB 2008 Season Thread

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>9 more shutout innings for Cliff Lee. There can only be one explanation as to why he's pitching so well:

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The devil went down to Cleveland, he was looking for a soul to steal.
He was in a bind 'cos he was way behind: he was willin' to make a deal.
When he came across this young man throwin' a ball and not doing so hot,
And the devil jumped upon a hickory stump and said: "Boy let me tell you what:
"I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a ball player too.
"And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
"Now you throw a pretty good fastball, boy, but give the devil his due:
"I bet a arm of gold against your soul, 'cos I think I'm better than you."
The boy said: "My name's Cliff Lee and it might be a sin,
"But I'll take your bet, your gonna regret, 'cos I'm the best that's ever been."

Cliff Lee you rosin up your hand and throw your slider hard
'Cos hells broke loose in Cleveland and the devil deals it hard.
And if you win you get this shiny arm made of gold.
But if you lose, the devil gets your soul.

The devil opened up his bag and he said: "I'll start this show."
And fire flew from his fingertips as he began to throw
And he began his windup on the mound and it made an evil hiss.
Then a team of demons joined in and it looked something like this.

http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200804282598999

When the devil finished, Cliff Lee said: "Well you're pretty good ol' son.
"But if you'll sit down in that chair, right there, and let me show you how its done."

Fire on the moun, run boys, run.
The devil's in the house of the risin' sun.
Chicken in the bread pin, pickin' out dough.
"Granny, does Pronk bite?"
"No, child, no."

http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200805072660095

The devil bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat.
He gave Cliff Lee that golden arm and bowed at his feet
Cliff Lee said: "Devil just come on back if you ever want to try again.
"I told you once, you son of a bitch, I'm the best that's ever been."

And he played fire on the mount, run boys, run.
The devil's in the house of the risin' sun.
Chicken in the bread pin pickin' out dough.
"Granny, does Pronk bite?"
"No, child, no." </font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>-edit- Double post :o</font>

[Gertner]

is the final line of the song" but unfortunatley Betancourt is a gas can and blew it all away"?

[FakeLaser]

come on Pettitte

[SammyG]

FUCK, Furcal is now on the DL. WTF is up with my fav. players having back injuries :(

[Hanso Amore]

I as just thinking, The Reds are going to be fucking studs in the coming years. They have so much young talent.

They need to drop Griffey!

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Griffey will be in Seattle before the year is done.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Can't remember the last time the Mets made so many roster moves in one day:

Called Up: RHP Claudio Vargas, IF/OF Fernando Tatis
Back from DL: RHP Matt Wise

DFA'd: RHP Jorge Sosa, RHP Nelson Figueroa
Headed to DL: OF Angel Pagan

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Figgy :( It was a great story while it lasted...but it makes sense. Also I'm soooooo happy they got rid of Sosa instead of Joe Smith.</font> :love:

[Loose Cannon]

lol Tatis. what? I didn't know he still played

[FakeLaser]

lol Fernando Tatis

[Hanso Amore]

Tatis used to be the shit.

When he was on roids.

[Hanso Amore]

I saw F.P. Santangelo at a triple A game last year, nearly shit myself.

[Nervous Ferret]

Fernando 'Two grand slams in 1 inning' Tatis

[Dragon]

And the Devil Rays are in first place in the AL East

Another great game by Wang, but the offense continues to be terrible.

[Gertner]

friggen Jesse Litsch is 5-1. Now I've seen everything.

[SammyG]

lol Dodgers

[Hanso Amore]

I am actually happy to see the Rays doing good. They are only going to get better too. Competition is a good thing.

I have loved the Yankees since the First Matt Nokes Homerun I saw. But the last few years have been eating at me.

I loved the 96-2000 teams. But then it became a free Agent Frenzy. I have alwasy hated Clemens and they sign him. I hated Sheffield, signed. I hated Giambi, signed.

Even through that and ignorign youth, I was tired of them

Then they changed, and I get excited for the new Age of Cano, Melky, Hughes, Humberto, Kennedy, Joba and Tabata. I knew they would be great again.

Then they ran Joe Torre out of town and hired fuck bag instead of Donnie Baseball. Worst thing I have ever seen, it made me sick.

Now Im glad they are behind the Rays, because they have done it the right way, and deserve to win.

Sadly it is too late to ever get Mattingly back. So we are stuck with Girardi, and a fuck all team.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yeah Tatis nearly made the Mets' roster out of spring training but they went with Brady Clark instead. Tatis was the right guy to call up though...leading the PCL with 12 HRs. Singled in his first Mets AB. :cool:

What's funny is that his two grand slams in one inning both came off of Chan Ho Park. :o Why he was in the game long enough to give up a second grand slam is beyond me.

Also...I really shudder to think of where the Mets would be right now without Ryan Church. What's amazing is that he hits regardless of where he's batting - second, fifth, sixth, seventh...doesn't matter. He's been the Mets MVP and I'd mark out if he made the All Star Team...probably won't though. Fucking fan vote.</font>

[Supreme Olajuwon]

<font color=goldenrod>Griffey will be in Seattle before the year is done.</font>

I think so too and I wouldn't be against it but really is Seattle going to give up talent just so they can host Griffey's fairwell tour? Seems like a waste of money/prospects.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Maybe he'll return to Seattle Griffey form though and be amazing again. Even as a Reds fan I would love to see Junior be rejuvenated by a trade and start mashing again.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Speaking of Reds trades, how amazingly evenly matched has the Josh Hamilton/Edinson Volquez trade turned out so far?

Hamilton's stats: .301, 8 HR (2nd in AL), 43 RBI (1st in Majors), .909 OPS (5th in AL)

Volquez' stats: 6 W (2nd in Majors), 1.12 ERA (2nd in Majors), 57 K (1st in Majors)


and yet neither team is doing shit

[Dragon]

LOL at Manny's play today.

Watched a little of the Sox game earlier and turned it on just when Manny made the play. He makes a running catch near the wall, continues to run up the wall and high five a fan and then throws to first to get a double play.

Luckily the Sox are struggling a lot too or else the Yankees could be in a pretty big hole like last year.

[Hanso Amore]

Yeah, that rangers/reds trade ended up being the best possible trade for both team.

[ClockShot]

Bummer. Scott Kazmir signs a 3-year extension with the Rays.

There go my chances of him ending up with us.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Fuck Aaron Heilman.</font>

[Hanso Amore]

Kazmir isnt ready for the Yanks yet anyways.........skill wise he is amazing, but the bullshit pressure he would face would crush any man.

[YOUR Hero]

Thank goodness the Jays have had great pitching almost all year so far, otherwise they'd be so much further behind in the standings. Looks like the offense is starting to wake up now too, so maybe I'll see the Jays go on a 8-0; 14-2 type run.

[ClockShot]

Jim Edmonds signs a 1-year deal with the Cubs after being cut loose by the Padres.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>God hates the Mets....just plain and simple. Today's game:

-Mike Pelfrey looks brilliant....not giving up a hit until the 7th
-Mets offense jobs to Jason Bergmann
-Pelfrey gives up a run in the 8th, putting him on the line for the loss

Then we go to the 8th:
-The Mets record a double play on a sacrifice bunt :|

Then in the 9th:
-Willie Harris makes yet another game-saving catch against the Mets
-With one out and the tying run at 3rd, Delgado hits a liner to Aaron Boone who snags it and doubles up Beltran at 3rd to end the game.

It's days like these that really make me hate baseball.</font> :(

[Gertner]

Thank goodness the Jays have had great pitching almost all year so far, otherwise they'd be so much further behind in the standings. Looks like the offense is starting to wake up now too, so maybe I'll see the Jays go on a 8-0; 14-2 type run.


jays are tied 2-2 in the 10th. it went back to bed. It had an exciitng 2 days.

[Gertner]

jays sweep the twins. fuck our bullpen is amazing

[SammyG]

ANDRUW JONES HIT A HOME RUN OMFG

[Gertner]

did he need to stop for a breather halfway around the bases?

[SammyG]

He only made it to 1st, pinch runner came in.

[Gertner]

lol he should have driven around in one of those scooters fat people ride around in amusement parks

[ClockShot]

This is fucking sad.

:nono:

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>LOL the Rockies are actively shopping Matt Holliday, supposedly they aren't even looking for MLB-ready talent in return.

They would be so stupid if they dealt him, especially since he's already contracted for 2009. Trading him now would be pretty much packing it in already.</font>

[McLegend]

lol Mets

[Skippord]

LOL the Rockies are actively shopping Matt Holliday, supposedly they aren't even looking for MLB-ready talent in return.

They would be so stupid if they dealt him, especially since he's already contracted for 2009. Trading him now would be pretty much packing it in already.
WHAT???

fucking Rockies, just returning to their usual selves again

[YOUR Hero]

The Rockies are 11 games back and aren't winning at even a .400 pace. Holliday is awesome, but they're not going to win with him on their team with the makeup of their team as it stands. That's their thinking I guess. I can understand what they're thinking, but might be a bit too early to concede things.

[Skippord]

yeah but its still a dumb move

trade one of the best players in baseball just when the state starts to actually recognize you as a sports team

[SammyG]

As I said before.. Rockies will finish under .500

[RP]

We should start a " I Picked the Tigers To Win The Series and Feel Like A Jackass Now " social group.

I know i wasnt the only one.

[RP]

Jim Edmonds signs a 1-year deal with the Cubs after being cut loose by the Padres.

yah i dunno

He's not even hitting .200. He's probably injured. But Reed Johnson isnt exactly tearing it up out there either. So i mean, why not i guess.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I think the Rockies are right in not asking for MLB-ready talent for Holliday. Holliday is great, no doubt...but teams will be reluctant to trade for a guy with the drastically different home/away splits Holliday has.

Home
HR 73
Avg .364
OBP .426
SLG .664
OPS 1.090

Away
HR 36
Avg .274
OBP .336
SLG .444
OPS .780</font>

[Hanso Amore]

Wiow, didnt know his split was that bad.


Fuck that guy.

[YOUR Hero]

I'd take Holliday on my team anyday.

[Skippord]

I think the Rockies are right in not asking for MLB-ready talent for Holliday. Holliday is great, no doubt...but teams will be reluctant to trade for a guy with the drastically different home/away splits Holliday has.

Home
HR 73
Avg .364
OBP .426
SLG .664
OPS 1.090

Away
HR 36
Avg .274
OBP .336
SLG .444
OPS .780
which makes sense

Home: Coors Field one of the best hitters parks in baseball

Road(In Division): Petco, AT&T, Dodger Stadium

all difficult to hit in

[Triple A]

Kyle Farnsworth

[SammyG]

Someone tell me CHAN HO PARK is not a starting pitcher for my team on national television right now.

[Dragon]

Yankees on pace to score 300 less runs than last year. A-Rod really can't come back soon enough.

Even with A-Rod/Posada being out a while they should still be scoring more runs.

[OssMan]

lol @ Yankees

[Hanso Amore]

I'd take Holliday on my team anyday.

Well No shit, your team cant hit for shit. .278 would be 20 points over your best starters.

[ClockShot]

Man, I miss Soriano in pinstripes now.

[FakeLaser]

Fuck Soriano

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Well, there's evidence that replay is needed for HR calls</font>

[RBM]

Yep. Horrible call.

I really hate Wang. Thankfully he's still not pitching that well this game, but it should be 6-2, not 4-2.

[YOUR Hero]

3rd base Ump got it right the first time, hard to believe he was convinced that he was wrong.

[YOUR Hero]

Well No shit, your team cant hit for shit. .278 would be 20 points over your best starters.

Besides A-Rod, tell me one other Yankee that's more valuable than Holliday

[OssMan]

lol @ Yankees

[OssMan]

Love watching Reyes round the bases

[RP]

http://ballhype.com/video/kershaw_s_curve_3_9_08/

I know nothing about this kid, but this is one of the best curve balls i've ever seen thrown. I guess the Dodgers are close to bringing him up.

[SammyG]

OH MY GOD clayton Kershaw is TREMENDOUS

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Jon Lester no hitter :heart: Started him in fantasy.

Now if only the Mets could throw a no-no</font>

[Skippord]

Clint Barmes is carrying the Rockies on his back

[OssMan]

Just hope he doesn't slip and break it again

[Skippord]

lol Todd Helton assassinating his Rookie of the year campaign by giving him meat

[MVP]

Jon Lester throws the league's 2nd consecutive no-no at Fenway Park :cool:

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I really don't think the Mets will ever throw a no-hitter...they've been around since 1962 yet despite all the great pitchers they've had they have yet to get one. Pretty certain its a curse because they traded away Nolan Ryan and he went on to throw like 7 no-nos.</font> :-\

[VonErichLives]

Tek has caught more no-hitters then any catcher in baseball...

gotta give some credit to pitch/game calling there...

4 no hitters and I think 3 one hitters.

[Adder]

yeah, it's the talent of the catcher, not the pitcher.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Mike Piazza has retired. :( Can't believe nobody wanted to sign him...I'm a little shocked the A's didn't sign him before the Jays released Frank Thomas.

Ah well, time to start counting down the days till he is immortalized in a Mets cap in Cooperstown. First ballot definitely.</font>

[Dragon]

Nice. Yankees down 8-0 on 1 earned run. In the second inning.

[Innovator]

Wheels have fallen off the Yankees completely

We can't even get the boost of A-Rod coming back yet, he's coming up to bat right now and it's 9-0

[Innovator]

If this was the Red Sox, Manny would hit a solo homer, stand and admire it

[YOUR Hero]

That's Manny being Manny

[OssMan]

Nationals Park is seriously run by a bunch of cocksuckers. They won't let you into any part of the stadium under the 300 level at all unless you have a ticket. You can't sit in a seat and eat an hour before the game, or go to different sections during a rain delay, or sit in the left field stands in the bottom of the 9th inning while the place is half empty.

[OssMan]

lol @ Yankees

[Azriel]

These umps need glasses, seriously

[Heros Welcome]

Mets.....:nono:

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Mets need to fire someone...anyone. Until they do, the lacksadasical play will continue.

Also I hope Larry Jones retires after this year like he said he was thinking about. I don't get how he can dominate the Mets so much no matter who's pitching.</font>

[Heros Welcome]

Willie is going to get canned. I just can't stand the way he has been handling the pitching staff, and now he comes out playing the race card!? Give me a break Will, I don't give a damn what color you are as long as you make smart decisions and lead us to victory.

You would think after taking 2 from the Yanks our ship would be righted. No, he comes out and says he is given the hard time that he is given because he is black and we get our asses handed to us by the Braves. Get your head out of your ass Willie!

[OssMan]

Minaya is way too much of a faggot to fire Randolph during the year.

[Triple A]

YANKEES WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Amazing game.

[Dragon]

Great win for the Yankees. Girardi looked like he was ready to fuck some people up.

[Nervous Ferret]

DAH DAH DA DA DA DA YANKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[stima34]

[Gertner]

Bout damn time Burnett won back to back starts. Love how the jays trot out three straight lefties out of their bullpen. Carlson, Downs and Ryan are all amazing.

[SammyG]

What, Dodgers all of a sudden 2.5 back only. D-bags are sucking.

[ClockShot]

Billy Martin was watching over the team yesterday. I just caught Girardi flipping out before I went to bed. Was practically screaming.

[Gertner]

Jays pitch back to back complete games. Friggen Jesse Litsch is 6-1 and pitched a complete ame shut-out. Now I've seen everything.

[ClockShot]

Yikes. Tigers going for the Jugular tonight. 19-3 right now.

[SammyG]

Guys. Clayton Kershaw is debuting tommorrow. I have been waiting for this for a longass time.

[Skippord]

wow the Rockies are fucked up

Barmes, Hawpe, Tulowitzki, and Holliday are on the DL

[Triple A]

omg Yankees.

Came back from 5-2 in the bottom of the 8th, now lead 6-5. :love:

[Nervous Ferret]

LOLLLLLLLLLL @ Edwar Scissorhands getting a standing ovation

love the freaking Yankeessssssssssssssss

[Gertner]

Jays win again. Only allowed 2 runs in the past 3 games.

[Heros Welcome]

Kershaw looked solid. I'm very excited as a baseball fan to see more of this kid.

As for those damn Mets....Tomorrow is the moment of truth. Will he or won't he get fired? My guess is he will probably get till the All Star break, but I wouldn't be shocked if they did decide to fire him. I heard Jon Heyman on the fan about an hour ago saying that he won't be fired, but that was his own opinion.

Time will tell in the end. Something has gotta be done, we look so flat and need a jump start. Also we better keep Nick Evans in and playing for the time being, I don't want to see him riding the bench for Endy, I like Endy but we brought the kid up and its best to let him play. But it is Willie, and he yanked him today after 2 AB`s, but we'll see...

[Skippord]

Seth Smith with his first home run tonight yayyyy

also Aaron Cook is my new God

[OssMan]

I hate how some managers think that just anybody can play outfield or first base. It isn't that simple. Nick Evans has played like 2 games in left field in his whole life and that was during high school or something. So stupid.

Also, when was the last team to win WS after firing their manager during the season?

[OssMan]

Mets always fucking destroy Ricky Nolasco. REYES with his 2nd HR

[SammyG]

God Damnit, Dodgers.

[ClockShot]

And just when I thought we had the kinks worked out.

Wille's job is safe for now. But the question is, for how long?

[Skippord]

Good God the Rockies are being crushed

[YOUR Hero]

Jays :love:

[OssMan]

lol @ Yankees

[Heros Welcome]

All Star Break I think is Willie's deadline.

[Gertner]

Jays :love:

best pitching staff in the majors

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Guess who's starting in centerfield for the Reds tonight?

http://www.columbussports.com/content/bm~pix/bruce~s600x600.jpg


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[OssMan]

Willie is not getting fired during the season

[Skippord]

The Phillies are taking there revenge on the Rockies this series

[Dragon]

After 5 innings the Yanks/Orioles have combined for 9 HRs.

Kind of ridiculous. Damon, Abreu, A-Rod, Giambi, Mora, Scott, Hernandez and Millar x 2

[Triple A]

Derek Jeter. That guy's got an Edge.

And I got it with this cool panoramic vista roof.

[Triple A]

Wow, bases loaded with no outs... and A-Rod hits into a double play force out at home and 3rd...

[Triple A]

Yesssss, Matsui just doubled in a run. :love:

[Triple A]

Fucking game.

[Dragon]

Could LaTroy Hawkins be any more terrible at pitching? He is honestly just ridiculously bad.

[Dragon]

Not even surprising at all though. Not really sure why Cashman ever thought Hawkins could be good here. Must be his career 7.00 ERA at Yankee Stadium before this year.

[Triple A]

I hate every middle reliever in the Yankees lineup.

[Loose Cannon]

yea seriously. they are terrible, especially that piece of shit Kyle Farnsworth. like how does this guy have a job?

[YOUR Hero]

The Marlins, Rays, and A's are all doing way better still then most people thought they would. I'm not surprised about the Rays, but the other 2 seemed to have been poised for a real step back after dumping so much major league talent. Good on them. Gives a guy hope that good management can trump free spending.

[Loose Cannon]

I still puzzles me that after all this time, people still don't get that spending money on big name all-star players doesn't gurantee anything. I'm happy for those teams you mentioned and even the Orioles. Here's a team with a bunch of midcarders and they're having a decent year. Good ball all around

[MVP]

A lot of the young talent on Florida are coming alive this year, so props to them. Oakland is doing miles better than I expected too. Hopefully their success sends a message across the league that overpaid players don't necessarily generate wins.

I'll be seeing the Red Sox face the Orioles in Baltimore this weekend, so I want to see those midcarders held down under the AL East glass ceiling for now. :cool:

[Splaya]

The Tigers continue to make me cry

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Fernando Tatis</font> :love:

[OssMan]

Tatis with the game winning hit lol

Welcome to the Mets

[SammyG]

Fuck you Dodgers. Jesus.

[Heros Welcome]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFERNADO. My god, I never thought I would be happy for something Fernado Tatis did.

Welcome to the Mets is right, Assmani

[ClockShot]

Not a bad win. Probably could have won the other two.

[Gertner]

Jesse Litsch 7-1 16 inning scoreless streak now. Can't believe it.

[SammyG]

lol @ Rockies

Also, Kershaw today!

[Nervous Ferret]

I love Edwar Scissorhands and BRUNEY (RIP), other than that ugh

What are we gunna do with this Joba start? He'll pitch 4 innings and then what, Ross Olhendorf? My god

[McLegend]

Phillies lineup>any lineup ever.

[McLegend]

Forget the 27 Yankees

[Dragon]

I love Edwar Scissorhands and BRUNEY (RIP), other than that ugh

What are we gunna do with this Joba start? He'll pitch 4 innings and then what, Ross Olhendorf? My god

Yankees really need a long reliever. Ohlendorf is terrible when he has to pitch more than an inning. For that first inning he is usually dominant though; they need to start using him better.

[ClockShot]

4-1 already.

Mussina's gonna get the hook early tonight.

[Dragon]

The Yankees have no first baseman that can throw to second base. Every single time the situation comes up the throw is bad.

Slam Duncan has really been kinda terrible this year also.

[YOUR Hero]

I don't even like to talk about the Jays right now, because I feel like I'll jinx them.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Huck Feilman</font> :mad:

[Gertner]

Friggen Overbay!

[SammyG]

What in the fucking fuck are you doing, Broxton. Dodgers ALWAYS find ways to snatch defeat from the claws of Victory.

[Skippord]

The Colorado Springs Rockies

[ClockShot]

Good game last night.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

So in his first 5 games, Jay Bruce's statistics look like this:

11/19 .579 AVG
.680 OBP
.895 SLG
1.575 OPS
8 R
3 2B
1 HR
4 RBI
2 SB
5 BB
1 K

and the Reds are 4-1 in those games. YEAH COREY PATTERSON!

[Hanso Amore]

Bruce makes my Stats cock hard.......

[Loose Cannon]

yea, Bruce is pretty outstanding right now.

[Loose Cannon]

anyone want to put money on Joba getting shelled in the 4th tomorrow.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I keep hearing the radio talk about how the Mets should trade Heilman to the Yankees for Shelley Duncan.

Fucking awful idea. Heilman has been shit this year, but he can still be sent to AAA without having to clear waivers so dealing him wouldn't make sense...especially for a temperamental 1B/OF who has sucked this year.
If the Mets want a 1B/OF with some big league expererience and with power, they have two vets named Valentino Pascucci and Chris Aguila in AAA and they are both playing great.</font> :-\

[Dragon]

Hey, Duncan will at least add some energy to your team. He won't hit much or field well but he will smash some forearms and fire some people up lol.

[Triple A]

Farnsworth is in. Ready to blow the game. :love:

[Triple A]

OK awesome, Farnsworth just blew the game.

[FakeLaser]

THE PROFESSOR BLOWS IT AGAINNNNNNNN

[FakeLaser]

Shoulda put Scissorhands in

[Loose Cannon]

lol, are you fucking kidding me? this fucking guy.

[FakeLaser]

Yes, Edwar warming up

[Innovator]

I think Farnsworth is on the payroll of the other teams in the AL East

[Loose Cannon]

well now we move to Joba against fricken Roy in his first game

[OssMan]

LOL anyone see Aaron Rowand's slide yesterday? He looked like a walrus getting shot in the back of the head

[OssMan]

lmao FARNSWORTH

please keep him on the yankees!!!

[SammyG]

Sup Skip. Still wanna lol @ my statement made about 1 month ago that the Rocks were gonna finish under .500?

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Damn Ortiz on the 15-day DL. At least Manny got the 500 career homerun thing over with and get back to feasting on every pitcher in the majors.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Wow, to think the Mets may have had to fork over a 4-year, $40 million or more deal to keep Perez...thank fuck they didn't. Awful pitcher.</font>

[Skippord]

Sup Skip. Still wanna lol @ my statement made about 1 month ago that the Rocks were gonna finish under .500?
Not really

the Dodgers will too though

[FakeLaser]

HAPPY JOBA DAY

[ClockShot]

So Harlan's boy threw 37 in the first.

Thoughts so far?

[OssMan]

Yeah, hype city

[Dragon]

So Harlan's boy threw 37 in the first.

Thoughts so far?

2 K's and maintained his velocity through 37 pitches. The Jays obviously know he is on a pitch count and were taking quite a few pitches.

It is still his first start in the majors. Hopefully he just gets 2 more innings or so and then the guy they brought up from AAA gives them some innings.

[Loose Cannon]

wow, more bullpen fun in the Bronx

[SammyG]

Jobber Chamberlain.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Shit Ortiz could potentially be out for a long time, might need surgery :|

[Skippord]

That was a completely random Rockies/Dodgers fight

[SammyG]

What?! There was a fight? Did not watch. After I saw we were down 2, with our hitters, there is no way we win that game.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Pedro threw 109 pitches last night. That's awesome. Hopefully this means he feels great because a league with Pedro is a lot more fun than a league without him.

[Boomer]

Smoltz :(

Gonna probably see some moves for the Braves at the trade deadline. Too bad Schuerholz isn't the man in the office these days.

[OssMan]

Pedro also had 2 hits

[Gertner]

Fuck Jobber Chamberlain and his fat ass dad. Jays baby!

[Juan]

Reds and Cubs lookin good. WTF is wrong with the Mets and the Rockies this season??

[SammyG]

You mean WTF is wrong with the Dodgers, losing 2 outta 3 to the Rockies at home.

[Skippord]

Reds and Cubs lookin good. WTF is wrong with the Mets and the Rockies this season??
Well half of the Rockies team is hurt

[Juan]

You mean WTF is wrong with the Dodgers, losing 2 outta 3 to the Rockies at home.

Although I'm a Laker fan, I'm more of a Giants/A's guy when it comes to baseball.

[ClockShot]

Nice rebound from yesterday. Mussina came to play.

[Hardkore Kidd J]

I admit facing Litsch and his 7-1 record tonight kinda scared me. I am glad we could pull off a win. Hopefully tomorrow when we got Wang against McGowan we can secure another win.

[Innovator]

HIP HIP JORGE

[Gertner]

lol friggen farnsworth is a gas can

[Dragon]

Giambi is a beast. Wasn't a pretty game but a series win nonetheless.

[Triple A]

Amazing game.

[Gertner]

fuckign bj ryan. i don't know how gibbons can say he's more effective after losing veloctiy on his fast ball

[Hardkore Kidd J]

We need to accept any win we can get. Good, bad, Ugly, pretty. As long as we win it doesn't matter. Giambi is a monster.

The guy's in their last year of their contract seem to be doing so much this time around.

Moose: What can I say this guy is looking pretty damn good.

Giambi: I think this game speaks for itself.

The only guy on their last year of their contract who isn't doing Diddley shit is Pavano. Let's call him up I guarentee you he'll go 15-5 with a 3.50 ERA and win the Cy Young award.

[MVP]

Nice bench clearing brawl just now between the Sox and Rays. Johnny Gomes and Carl Crawford started throwing punches at Coco while he was being held down by Dionner Navvaro. What a couple of pussies, I hope they both get suspended for that.

[ClockShot]

I guess the 'stache is working for Giambi.

Draft is going down right now. Anybody keeping track of their team? Yankees grabbed some arms thus far. But the flavor this year is infielders.

[RP]

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0605/mlb_a_shields_crisp_sq_600.jpg

[RP]

Chicago Cub > Your Favorite Team

Anyone realize Chipper Jones is still hitting .409?

[SammyG]

Yah, Dodgers bout to get swept again now.

[Dragon]

Haha wow, just saw that brawl with the Sox and Rays.

Johnny Gomes seems like he just goes off in any brawl. I remember when he charged in from right field when Duncan slid hard into second and charged him from behind when no other player on either team was doing anything. He was laying into Crisp there today.

Also, what was with Manny swinging at Youkilis in the dugout lol?

[OssMan]

RAYS!

[The Genius]

loved watching that brawl. coco just got piled on by about 4 guys immediately after he had that weak punch to the pitchers ear.
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[Triple A]

Hahaha that was great.

[OssMan]

That guy Hendrick is just standing around holding a baseball lol

[Supreme Olajuwon]

If you read the comments on the youtube page all the comments are calling the Rays pussies for ganging up on Crisp instead of letting Shields fight him one on one. Further proof that most Red Sox fans don't watch baseball.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

James Shields' punch looks an awful lot like his pitching motion.

[The Genius]

soooooo disappointed shields didnt land that right hand. it looked like he wound up and had a ton of momentum in that swing.

[The Genius]

hahaha, funny youtube comment

"it's a good thing Coco didn't go after him with his bat. He wouldn't have been able to hit him. Get it, because he stinks at hitting."

GO RAYS

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I would be a huge fan of the Rays if Johnny Gomes didn't remind me of Kevin Federline.

[FakeLaser]

James Shields is the man

[Innovator]

Going to the game tonight, RASNER DAZZLE BABY

[FakeLaser]

My friends all went yesterday while I was stuck at work.

[Hanso Amore]

Shields almost Tomjonoviched Coco.

I fucking hate the Sox, but I respect most of their guys. Coco is a fucking idiot these last 2 games. I wish he would have gotten fucking blasted.

Rays FTW, I am growing on them. The Enemy of my Enemy is my friend.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Nice, going to the Yanks/Sox game in Yankee Stadium on July 6th...I'm a Mets fan but it should be a fun game. I just love baseball.

Only shitty thing is its a Sunday and the time is listed as TBD...which likely means they'll stick it on Sunday Night Baseball. I always heard the Sunday Night Baseball games are annoying to go to because ESPN drags the game out as long as possible.</font>

[OssMan]

Everyone on the Rays bench was just standing at the front of the dugout waiting for Crisp to charge

[The Genius]

so what was up with manny and youkilis? i saw on the espn ticker that they had some shoving in the 4th inning yesterday.

[RP]

Who cares, Cubs are about to destroy the Dodgers

[SammyG]

BRING IT

[McLegend]

Right now I love Shane Victorino.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Fucking Mets can't stay above .500
Having a hard time seeing them as being only slightly above .500 at season's end unless improvements are made and they pick up a new bat.

Ah well....I just hope the rotation stays on track, next Saturday I'm seeing the Mets vs. Rangers, 4th row behind home plate....Pedro is supposed to be pitching if everything stays as planned.</font> :cool:

[SammyG]

KUROOOOOOODA SHOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[Juan]

Fuck the Nationals. :cool:

[Juan]

Oh, and the Dodgers! :mad:

[Triple A]

Yankees games have been insane lately. Another amazing game today.

[Juan]

:n:

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Oh my god it's cowbell night for the Marlins. What's more fun than a bunch of fairweather fans ringing annoying bells for 3 hours. I can't watch this game with the sound on.

[SammyG]

Wow, Dodgers win 2 in a row. No fucking way.

[ClockShot]

HIP HIP JORGE!

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Mets now one game under .500.....what frustrates me more than anything is the fact that they clearly aren't even trying to field the best possible 25-Man roster.

Despite being down one outfielder (Ryan Church)...they are insistant on carrying three catchers. The only reason you would ever do that is if one of the catchers has injury problems or one of them is a really good hitter...well, for the Mets its the latter, Ramon Castro is their best hitting catcher by far, but its always the 3rd catcher who gets the PH appearances, not Castro. :|

And meanwhile...you have OF Chris Aguila and OF Valentino Pascucci hitting awesomely in Triple-A...but instead you call up IF Abraham Nunez who was hitting .133 in AAA before getting called up. The Mets only have two legit healthy outfielders right now (Beltran and Chavez)...they are playing an infielder in the OF every game.</font> :|

[Hanso Amore]

<font color=goldenrod>Mets now one game under .500.....what frustrates me more than anything is the fact that they clearly aren't even trying to field the best possible 25-Man roster.

Despite being down one outfielder (Ryan Church)...they are insistant on carrying three catchers. The only reason you would ever do that is if one of the catchers has injury problems or one of them is a really good hitter...well, for the Mets its the latter, Ramon Castro is their best hitting catcher by far, but its always the 3rd catcher who gets the PH appearances, not Castro. :|

And meanwhile...you have OF Chris Aguila and OF Valentino Pascucci hitting awesomely in Triple-A...but instead you call up IF Abraham Nunez who was hitting .133 in AAA before getting called up. The Mets only have two legit healthy outfielders right now (Beltran and Chavez)...they are playing an infielder in the OF every game.</font> :|


I know that it is annoying, but they do have some reasons.

When Church comes back, Nunez is back to AAA...And they didnt want to waste an Option on Aguila or Pascucci to bring them up for a short stint. THey will come up when rosters expand. I dont agree with the move, because they could drop a catcher and keep them in the majors, but at least they had a reason, right?

But Nunez? Gimme a Break!

[Supreme Olajuwon]

It'd be one thing if Aguila or Pascucci were hot shot up and coming prospects that the Mets didn't want to rush into the majors too soon but they're both 29 so what are they waiting for?

Looking at the minor league page on baseball-reference (greatest website on earth), the Mets AAA team is old as fuck. Youngest guy is 25.

[Loose Cannon]

wow, yea, that is pretty old.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Yeah it's an old team, that's what happens when you ship off a bunch of guys for Santana...and one of the 25 year olds (Argenis Reyes) pretty much was in Single-A his whole career I think before having a really good spring and skipping up to Triple-A. Good story. I'm hoping this year's Mets draft picks turn out to be good ones, the farm needs to be replenished.

Totally forgot that the Mets probably just didn't want to risk losing Aguila or Pascucci due to an option...with Alou coming off the DL tomorrow they'll prolly just send down Nunez, hopefully another team will be stupid and take him. But I think Aguila deserves a call-up regardless and the Mets could send down Raul Casanova, and they can bring up Pascucci too if Church gets DL'ed.

I mean, supposedly, Pascucci is a shitty fielder so I can see why they wouldn't want to bring him up right now as they are already playing an IF in the OF everyday as is...but Aguila seems to be decent at least, and Val could be a PH which we need right now with the weak bench we have.</font>

[Hanso Amore]

It seems like these days AAA is home to serviceable vets, and top prospects go AA to Pro.

[OssMan]

Getting sent down has to be a terrible feeling. Especially if you've played in the majors for a while.

[McLegend]

"It makes you want to puke. If I didn't have four kids and a good life, I'd kill myself right now. That's how bad it is. I'm a little bit more than just a baseball player. I have other things. But if I didn't ..."

[OssMan]

Who said that Chris Coste

[McLegend]

I'm pretty sure it was Billy Wagner actually.

Good guess though.

[Juan]

Congrats to KGJ! :y:

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Well, after the most poorly handled injury of all time, Church has finally been DL'ed. Moises Alou will likely be activated from the DL to take his spot (as if he'll stay healthy).....which means fucking Nunez keeps his roster spot.</font> :(

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Oh yeah, and congrats to Junior. :y:

Though admittedly, I don't think he could have picked a worse place to hit #600 if he tried.</font> :o

[OssMan]

Where is mrslackalack to say "Congrats to Reds OF Ken Griffey Junior who hit his 600th career home run off of Marlins starting pitcher Mark Hendrickson"

[Supreme Olajuwon]

<font color=goldenrod>Oh yeah, and congrats to Junior. :y:

Though admittedly, I don't think he could have picked a worse place to hit #600 if he tried.</font> :o

that's what I said too

Funny story about the ball though. The guy who caught it had a dummy ball in his pocket and made the ole switcharoo and then acted like the dummy was the real one while everyone went after it. Genius.

[SammyG]

lol Roger Clemens taking Viagra

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Nice, Abraham Nunez randomly got demoted, Chris Aguila is coming up. :cool: Thought for sure they were gonna keep the useless Nunez around for awhile.

Apparently Moises Alou is sitting in tonight's game because of his calf...it's simply unbelievable to me that somebody can be THAT fragile.</font>

[OssMan]

WOW Billy Wagner get the fuck out of here. Did anybody not see that coming....seriously. Great job by Willie Randolph taking out Mike "8 IP 0 ER 5 H" Pelfrey after facing 1 batter in the 9th. Good thing Minaya won't fire Willie until after the season too.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Get the fuck outta here....Pelfrey had thrown more pitches and more innings than he ever had, in a must-win game, you need your star closer to get those outs, you can't be cute trying to get the guy a CG. You can't blame Willie for this.....but fuck Wagner. I knew Reynolds would hit one out.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>"I am so willing to prove myself as a player, and a person, that I will donate ALL of my minor league earnings to your Club's charity. In the event that I earn the right to play at the major league level, I will gladly donate a significant sum to that same charity."

-Jay Gibbons

Wow. :( And still he can't find a job. I can understand not wanting to sign Bonds, but the fact that nobody has given Gibbons a chance, not even a minor league deal, stuns me. Poor guy.</font>

[ClockShot]

Will Milton Bradley ever learn?

[YOUR Hero]

what's he done now?

[YOUR Hero]

Jun 12
OF Milton Bradley has had a relatively tranquil first season with the Rangers, but that calm was shattered Wednesday night. Bradley tried to go upstairs and confront Kansas City Royals broadcaster Ryan Lefebvre after he heard what he considered derogatory comments by Lefebvre during the game. Bradley was the designated hitter and was in the clubhouse between at-bats. General manager Jon Daniels and manager Ron Washington managed to intercept Bradley 20 feet from the broadcast booth. Bradley then went back to the clubhouse and broke down in tears. "I'm tired of people bringing me down," Bradley said to his teammates. "It wears on you. I love you guys, all you guys. I'm strong, but I'm not that strong. All I want to do is play baseball and make a better life for my kid than I had." Lefebvre, son of former major league manager Jim Lefebvre, and broadcaster partner Frank White were complimenting Rangers center fielder Josh Hamilton for his willingness to admit to past mistakes and suggested that Bradley ought to do the same thing.

[YOUR Hero]

LOL :(



That man needs to find God.

[SammyG]

That's not funny, I feel bad for Milton.

[Splaya]

Yeah sucks for Milton. He's been playing really well this season.

On the up, Joel Zumaya and Fernando Rodney could both be back with the Tigers by the end of next week. Zumaya is throwing the ball near 100 mph and rodney has the movement back on his fastball

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I can't believe I have 5th row tickets for Saturday's game...to watch Pedro pitch against the Rangers...and I can't even get excited for it. It almost seems like a burden to have to spend a Saturday night watching this shitty team try to play baseball.</font>

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Jesus Christ shut the fuck up Vito and stop being such a whiny bitch. Are you fucking kidding me? Oh man I have these great, expensive seats to watch the greatest game in the world and a Hall of Famer pitch but I'm still going to be ungrateful and turn my nose up at the idea because my team doesn't do exactly what I think they should.

They're 3 games under .500 and not even in last place. Go talk to a Pirates or Royals fan about having to watch shitty teams play baseball. God just shut the fuck up and stop crying about everything.

[Juan]

Here we go A's!