MLB 2008 Season Thread

[FakeLaser]

Not gonna do my crazy ass predictions like I did last year, but here goes:

AL East
1) New York Yankees
2) Boston Red Sox *
3) Tampa Bay Devil Rays
4) Toronto Blue Jays
5) Baltimore Orioles

Call me a homer but I think the Yankees have a good shot this year. A lot of projections agree with me, as well. Sox will take the Wild Card, and it's going to be really close between the Yankees and Sox again. D-Rays in 3rd is my bold prediction, I guess. They have a solid 1-2-3 in the rotation and the makings of a bullpen, and we all know they can hit. Their defense is also much improved with Upton moving to CF, Iwamura to 3rd and Longoria at 3rd. The Jays aren't bad but not much improved at all, and their players are fragile and inconsistent. They have potentially one of the best starting rotations, however, though I don't think they can compete this year. Baltimore might be the worst team in baseball.

AL Central
1) Detroit Tigers
2) Cleveland Indians
3) Minnesota Twins
4) Chicago White Sox
5) Kansas City Royals

Pretty much the same as last year, except Detroit and Cleveland flip flop. Detroit might have the best record in MLB this year with all of their offseason additions, though I'm a little nervous about their bullpen. Cleveland will win 90 but miss the playoffs. After that, the rest of this division is incredibly mediocre to bad.

AL West
1) Los Angeles Angels
2) Seattle Mariners
3) Texas Rangers
4) Oakland Athletics

There's just no touching the Angels in the west. Seattle adds Bedard but they played over their heads last year, so I'm expecting a similar 85-88 win season out of them. The Rangers and A's are both terrible. I pick Oakland to finish last because they're doing a complete rebuild.

NL East
1) New York Mets
2) Philadelphia Phillies *
3) Atlanta Braves
4) Washington Nationals
5) Florida Marlins

Mets won't fade this year, and adding Santana instantly makes them the favorites in the NL East and the NL. The Phillies are right behind them and will win the WC. They have possibly the best IF in baseball. Atlanta will have another solid season as they move on from the Andruw Jones era. The Nats aren't good but they're better than the Marlins who will probably be decent in like 3 or 4 years again.

NL Central
1) Chicago Cubs
2) Milwaukee Brewers
3) Cincinnati Reds
4) Houston Astros
5) St. Louis Cardinals
6) Pittsburgh Pirates

Cubs will win it with or without Brian Roberts. I love the Brewers and wouldn't be shocked if they took it this year... I don't think they'll top the Cubs though. I picked them to win the division last year and looked like a genius at midseason. The Reds have some young guys coming up that will fire them up and their pitching will be better this year. Houston is a team on the decline full of drama. St. Louis hasn't done dick since they won the World Series and will continue to fall. Pittsburgh... yeah.

NL West
1) Los Angeles Dodgers
2) Colorado Rockies
3) Arizona Diamondbacks
4) San Diego Padres
5) San Francisco Giants

Once again, all of these teams (except the Giants) will be competitive, 80+ win teams. I like the Dodgers this year with Torre, Andruw Jones, Kurodka and the young guys to take the division. Rockies pitching staff isn't as good as the Dodgers staff which is what is holding them back. D-Backs are good but don't score enough runs, 90 wins last year was a fluke, though they could win 85. The Padres are solid but unspectacular. The Giants rival Baltimore as the worst team in MLB.

AL MVP: Alex Rodriguez
AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander
AL ROY: Jacoby Ellsbury
AL MOY: Joe Maddon
AL Comeback Player: Manny Ramirez

A-Rod is unstoppable. Tigers will have the best record and Verlander will win 20 and strike out close to or over 200. Ellsbury will solidify himself as the Sox leadoff man and win ROY though he'll have stiff competition. Maddon wins MOY for bringing the D-Rays to respectability. Manny I guess for comeback if he qualifies... couldn't think of anyone else.

NL MVP: David Wright
NL Cy Young: Johan Santana
NL ROY: Joey Votto
NL MOY: Willie Randolph
NL Comeback Player: Andruw Jones

The Mets will sweep the NL by winning it... David Wright will go 30/30 and could go 40/40 and hit .310 for the NL Champs. Johan will annihilate the NL, and Willie will win MOY. Andruw Jones, Met killer, will be the comeback player of the year with a 30 HR, .260 type season and a GG in LA.

ALDS:
NYY def. LAA (finally)
DET def. BOS

NLDS:
NYM def. LAD
PHI def. CHC

ALCS:
DET def. NYY

NLCS:
NYM def. PHI

WS:
DET def. NYM

[SammyG]

Kuroda**

;)

[FakeLaser]

Whatev

[FakeLaser]

Also, superstick this OH!

[Heros Welcome]

Gotta say I love it, just switch the victor in the WS and I'm 150% behind these predictions.:cool:

[YOUR Hero]

Jays will be the surprise team in the AL east, yet still miss the playoffs.

Red Sox win the Al East, Yankees finish in 3rd. Cleveland gets the wildcard. Tigers and Angels win their divisions.

Mets, Cubs, Dodgers all win the divisions and the Wildcard goes to Philly.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Red Sox for the World Series win

Ellsbury with the ROY..when is the last time a team had back to back Rookie of the Year winners?

[Nervous Ferret]

Yankees will win 109 reg season games

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Only if Pettite is on that HGH son

[Skippord]

The Dodgers will choke

the Rockies will make the playoffs

[SammyG]

SuperJones that OH

[MVP]

Rockies can definitely win the NL West, but I think LA and Arizona will give them a run for their money.

[Skippord]

Danny Haren will win the NL Cy Young

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I'm not drinking the Blue Jays Kool-Aid...I don't think they are gonna be that good

[Innovator]

Billy Crystal just struck out

[FakeLaser]

What, I thought the game was at 7

[Innovator]

nope, they said he'd be up twice but Damon replaced him.

He made contact, fouled off one pitch, more than I could probably do

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Crystal was the DH? I coulda swore they said he'd be playing the field for like an inning.</font>

[FakeLaser]

Would have been great if they beaned him

[Loose Cannon]

why is he playing? what was the pitch he fouled off?

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2008/0313/mlb_a_bcrystal_600.jpg
Gotta give him some credit for the Jordan gloves anyway

[MVP]

What's next, Matt Damon gearing up for the next Sox game? How about Stephen King?

[RoXer]

Thats not him.


...is it?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Melky Cabrera, Shelley Duncan suspended 3 games. Jonny Gomes suspended 2 games. Joe Girardi, Kevin Long, and Bobby Meachem fined.</font>

[Dragon]

Apparently they caught Melky punching Evan Longoria or something. LOL, I dunno but I find it hilarious that Melky was fighting. Nobody got hurt so its not a big deal or anything its just crazy because Melky is the last one I'd suspect of doing it. Kinda surprised Gomes only got 2 games. I mean he did run in from right field and try to plow into a guy from behind.

[Dragon]

I guess the Yankees will be sporting Damon in CF and Matsui in LF for the first couple games of the season.

[OssMan]

Three games or three spring training games

[Dragon]

Pretty sure the suspensions automatically go to the regular season.

[YOUR Hero]

regular season games

[WestNZ]

any idea if Bonds has been snatched up for the season yet

[WestNZ]

cant seem to find jack all anywhere

[YOUR Hero]

no he's still unsigned. Clemens to believe it or not!

[RP]

I'm gunna say Cubs vs Tigers in the World Series and i'm taking the Cubbies.

Bold Predictions

Either the Yankees or the Red Sox will miss the playoffs this year.

I got the White Sox in the wild-card.

A-Rod will be BETTER then last year

But still suck nutsacks in the playoffs.

Bonds will get picked up by the Rockies.

Ken Griffey Jr. has an injury free season

Ichiro will bat .400 this year

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Brandon Moss ties it up in the 9th!!!!!!

[VonErichLives]

well, it wasn't smooth but a win is a win.

[OssMan]

Fuck I missed Opening Day

[OssMan]

See why I don't trust Huston Street Vito? :roll:

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Fuck I'm already 0-for-1 in this MLB.com "Beat the Streak" fantasy game. Basically you pick a player each day to get a base hit (you can re-use players and the game lasts all season even if you have an 0-for) with the idea being to pick someone to get a base hit that day for 57 straight gamedays. Was debating between Papi and Manny for today and went with Papi.</font> :mad:

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

rofl Manny thought he hit a homer and just stood there, but it was really a long ass double off the wall

Whatever though, drove in the winning runs

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

http://images.sportsline.com/u/gettyimages/photos/GYI0051644744032511_lower.jpg

[OssMan]

Looks pretty photoshopped I guess, also doesn't that come out to about $2.79

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Its from CBS Sports, I'm sure they photoshopped that tho

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

It comes out to a little over 8000 thousand American dollars btw

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Kaz Matsui is having surgery for anal fissure

An anal fissure is an unnatural crack or tear in the anus skin. As a fissure, these tiny tears may show as bright red rectal bleeding and cause severe periodic pain after defecation.[1] The tear usually extends from the anal opening and located posteriorly in the midline. This location is probably because of the relatively unsupported nature of the anal wall in that location.

[SammyG]

lolololol

[FakeLaser]

lol

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Manny with a bomb today, about the only positive from the game. If he stays healthy Manny is gonna have a huge year, he has 5 RBIs in the first 2 games already. Dude wants to Get Paid like Asante Samuel

[WestNZ]

cant beleive i missed game 2 in tokyo. the first was good, what i saw of it anyway, seeing that it was played at midnight ovefr here. Now, Monday 1pm im waiting, the next match, forget whos playing though, but im excited that its baseball season again

[OssMan]

Mets put Gotay on waivers and Oliver Perez had a scare today :y: :y: :y:

[ClockShot]

So the Giants did some stadium cleaning and removed EVERY image of Barry Bonds throughout the park.

I guess it's a sign of things to come.

[Skippord]

Kaz Matsui is having surgery for anal fissure

An anal fissure is an unnatural crack or tear in the anus skin. As a fissure, these tiny tears may show as bright red rectal bleeding and cause severe periodic pain after defecation.[1] The tear usually extends from the anal opening and located posteriorly in the midline. This location is probably because of the relatively unsupported nature of the anal wall in that location.
Thats what you get for leaving the Rockies

[OssMan]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOING 2 NATS HOME OPENER TONIGHT

[SammyG]

It was awesome seeing the game tonight being played in the L.A. Colisseium. Or however you spell it. Over 100,000 watched it, biggest crowd in MLB history.

Left field wall was 201 feet, lol. Center and Right were like 470 or some shit.

[Boondock Saint]

Going to the Sox/Dodgers game tomorrow. WOOOOOOOOOOO

[YOUR Hero]

I always get envious of you guys that can easily go to games. I want that privilege. :(

[Heros Welcome]

The REAL opening day is HERE. O how I have missed the baseball season! Should be a crazy ride.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

They should've put home plate in the end zone and had the dimensions be like they had at the Polo Grounds since they're doing the whole New York to LA commemoration. I know the Dodgers didn't play there but it could've been a nice touch.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Also the old attendance record for a baseball game was for a game in Melbourne, Australia? That's kinda weird. I thought most Aussies hated baseball.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

clever

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[Skippord]

lol

gonna have to see that commercial every baseball game I watch though

[Skippord]

Going to the Rockies game on the 7th

suck on that YOUR Hero

[YOUR Hero]

Tell Holliday I love him.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I can't wait for tomorrow.</font> :love:

[YOUR Hero]

Jays haven't lost a game yet this season. :cool:

[Supreme Olajuwon]

they'll fade

[ClockShot]

O's cut loose Jay Gibbons.

[YOUR Hero]

Wouldn't be surprised if the Jays picked him up. He could be a good bat off the bench for his daddy.

[Dragon]

Crazy way to start the season. Walk-off HR for the Nationals.

[MVP]

Ryan Zimmerman is one of my picks for a breakout this season. Good start so far.

[YOUR Hero]

on pace for 162 HRs

[OssMan]

Walk-off homerun!!

[OssMan]

Nationals stadium review:

Parking is absolutely ridiculous, there is a little parking garage next to the stadium for $20 but I don't know what the deal is with it, I dunno if regular people are allowed to park there even. They installed zones around the area where you have to pay to park, on gameday its $2 for the first 2 hours before a game, and then during the game it's $18 per hour :| but we have a friend who lives near the stadium who let us park in front of his house with his visitor pass so whatever. At the stadium there were 2 gates to go through which resulted in a 10,000 people line which stretched around half of the stadium. It was gonna take 3 hours to wait in the whole thing and as we were standing in it there were thousands of people walking by because the whole thing had no structure at all and people could just cut in the front so even though we wanted to be good people and stay in line we just walked up to the gate and got in with a zillion people and waited 10 minutes to get checked by security (3 metal detectors for everyone going in the gate) which was freaking ridiculous cause Bush was there. 40,000 people funneled into 2 gates = a mess. The stadium was reallllllllllllllly nice however, really wide concourse areas and food everywhere, a million times better than RFK. While we were walking around at first there was this TV showing the end of the Davidson/Kansas game so there were like a hundred people there and we watched that.

There is a freaking gigantic scoreboard in the stadium but they showed like 2 replays the whole game and of course only when the Nationals did something good. They really need to get the kinks out of that cause sometimes they didn't show pitch speed among other things, but I dunno. I can't even remember a bunch of stuff right now. But Zimmerman's home run was incredible, first walk-off homerun I've ever seen live.

[Skippord]

Tell Holliday I love him.
I can tell Brad Hawpe something if you want

sitting like right next to him

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I liked Atlanta's new all navy alternate jerseys last night. Usually I don't like the jersey and the logo/numbers to be the same color but it looked good with their gray pants. Way better than their red alternates.

[FakeLaser]

Fucking stop raining

[ct2k]

Sup homefries?

[FakeLaser]

Rockin my Robinson Cano jersey right now

[Loose Cannon]

can't wait.

[FakeLaser]

Gonna get some food and some beers and fuckinnnnnnnnn watch the game

[SammyG]

robinson kano

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol as if it wasn't already obvious that LaTroy Hawkins would be booed, apparently Ensberg decided he couldn't continue wearing the #21....so Hawkins grabbed it up.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>lol Yankees Opening Day postponed. I know so many people who skipped class and work today.</font> :o

[SammyG]

lol Yankees.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Got tickets to see the Sox play the Mariners on June 9th...standing room only though lol

I agree with Supreme too, the Braves jerseys last night where pretty sick

[Heros Welcome]

METS BASEBALL IS BACK BABY! LETS GO CYTANA!

[McLegend]

I hope he tears his rotator cuff.

[Heros Welcome]

Fair enough

[Testicle]

I cant believe that the royals are beating the Tigers, this sucks. :nono:

[ct2k]

Lol Chien Ming Wang musta been so psyched having the final opening day start, poor guy:(

[OssMan]

Anyone been able to get on MLB.TV at all

[ct2k]

How much does mlbtv cost these days?

[OssMan]

$90 a year for regular but you want premium because the quality of regular went down this year :|

[SammyG]

Dodgers up 4-0 :)

[FakeLaser]

lol Yankees Opening Day postponed. I know so many people who skipped class and work today. :o
I am among them.

[ct2k]

FZA you're a damn fool son

[Dragon]

Gagne being Gagne

Solid debut for Fukudome. 3-3 with a 2B, game tying HR in the 9th and 3 RBI's

[MVP]

Eric "HGH" Gagne gave up the game tying HR :lol:

[Supreme Olajuwon]

sad the Reds lost but pumped that Wood and Gagne both sucked REALLY bad

[Heros Welcome]

Santana looked sharpe, granted its the Marlins, still looked very good

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

lol wow 3 ER for Gagne....27.00 ERA :y:

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>WOOOO Mets win :love:

So glad baseball is back. Santana looked great. Now I'm pumped to see Pedro tomorrow.</font>

[Skippord]

Rockies got pretty lucky getting rained out today

[FakeLaser]

lol Gagne

[Gertner]

jays won't fade, hey will soar

[Nervous Ferret]

God I forgot how much I love baseball. Going to go to at least 10 Yankee games this year

Love the Brew Crew this year too, sans Gagne? I thought a Turnbow/Cordero backend worked well for them last year, why the change?

[OssMan]

jays won't fade, hey will soarlmao w(h)ut

[YOUR Hero]

Man, I hope Halladay gets to start tomorrow. I hope he didn't warm up so much and will now lose his start.

[SammyG]

Dodgers kicked some Giant ass.

[RP]

Fukudome

My new favorite player.

[RP]

Cubs aint winning shit unless Derek Lee finds his bat again fast.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Wow my roommate bet 40 dollars that there would no runs scored in the 1st inning tonight between Hou/SD. Had runners in scoring position in both the top half and bottom half yet no runs where scored. What a lucky bastard lol

[Testicle]

Cubs will never win no matter what.

[Dragon]

Dodgers kicked some Giant ass.

Giants have the worst lineup I have ever seen in my life. And Zito is just terrible. Giants are gonna have a miserable season this year.

Not knocking the Dodgers though. They've always been the team I follow in the NL. The fact that Joe is there makes me like them even more. Dodgers/Yankees WS is what I'm hoping for this year. Unlikely, but always possible.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Yeah Zito really is garbage, Giants are going to be one of the worst teams in the majors this year I think, if not the worst.

[Dragon]

Yeah, I mean their lineup is kind of laughable.

D Roberts LF
R Aurilia 1B
R Winn RF
B Molina C
R Durham 2B
A Rowand CF
J Castillo 3B
B Bocock SS
B Zito P

That was their lineup yesterday.

[OssMan]

G-MENNNNNNNNNN

[SammyG]

Let's see if Derek Lowe can finally win his first start of the season this year.

[Innovator]

Fucking Gametime

[Dragon]

Nice, I'm liking the Yankees lineup. Cano batting 6th is good.

Pretty crazy having a .300-25-100 hitter batting 8th.

[Azriel]

Ok, that was pretty much one of the worst versions of the Anthem I have ever heard :lol:

Ah well, let's go YANKEEEESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

[Innovator]

YEAH CANO BABY

[Heros Welcome]

HEY PEDRO! LETS GO BABY!

[Innovator]

1 run double by A-Rod

ATTA BOY

[Azriel]

love ya A-Rod. That's how you do it.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>:| Pedro is out. Limped off the field.

Was so psyched to go see him live at the Home Opener.</font> :(

[Innovator]

JOBAMANIA

[Azriel]

love Joba. Come on Mo. Do your magic

[Innovator]

3 up 3 down

[Azriel]

TEH YANKEES WIIIIN!!! Congrats Joe. Expect good things this year from you.

[Gonzo]

Mets 4-4 with the Marlins going into the 9th. Castillo, Wright and Beltran are up. Lets bring it home baby.

[OssMan]

FUCKING STUPID ASS FLORIDA'S STADIUM IS LIKE 800 FEET FROM HOME PLATE. ASJSDASDUJASDAI

[Gonzo]

Should have taken the yard on Wright's pop to center.

[Gonzo]

God, Matt Wise laid that pitch out there for Andino. I can understand putting that high change up out there once for a strike, but doing it two times in a row? What the fuck. He laced those first two batters up too.

[Nervous Ferret]

I love Major League Baseball again

[Loose Cannon]

yea, I think I'm getting the baseball package. I can't take no Yankee games anymore. it sucks

[Testicle]

Is everyone on TPWW either an LA fan or a New York fan? Jeez

[Gonzo]

I'm a Mets fan, which is technically New York, but I don't think thats what you were referring to. Right?

[SammyG]

Woooo exciting win by LA

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I am a Red Sox fan sir

[Testicle]

I'm a Mets fan, which is technically New York, but I don't think thats what you were referring to. Right?

No, I meant both the mets and the yanks.

[FakeLaser]

Textbook Yankee win

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Dice-9K

[Skippord]

Jayson Nix will wreck fools this year

[Boondock Saint]

Nice homer, Tek!

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

5-0 winnnnnnnnnnnn

[Triple A]

Fuckin Mussina come on

[MVP]

Hopefully Lester shows more flashes of brilliance like he did today.

[Azriel]

Yanks, get rid of Mussina. Ah well, who's starting tomorrow? Hughes?

[Loose Cannon]

Farnsworth is his usual self tonight I see

[Loose Cannon]

Farnsworth would be awesome at throwing the homerun derby

[Supreme Olajuwon]

YEAAAAAH

Bottom of the 9th, Reds are down 5-3 mainly because Edwin Encarnacion made one of the shittiest errors I've seen. Runners on 1st and 2nd and Edwin is up. Baker calls for a sac bunt which Edwin has 0 in his career. He makes two of the most pathetic bunt attempts I've seriously ever seen in my life. Crowd has been on his case the whole night and are just booing the crap out of him. Jeff Brantley (Reds TV announcer) was bashing Edwin so bad saying the Reds should've taken him out of the game. Thom Brennamen says yeah but he thinks Edwin is a clutch hitter. Welsh pretty much yells at him and says "This kid is not a clutch hitter. He should be on the bench." Next pitch BAM three run walkoff homer. Reds win.

HOLLER

[OssMan]

I have fallen asleep during every Mets game this year...sweet

[OssMan]

lol @ Yankees

[Dragon]

Burnett seems to own the Yankees every time he faces them. Mussina was Mussina pretty much. Gonna be tough to be effective with a 86 MPH fastball.

Looking forward to tomorrow's game. Hughes vs. McGowan should be a good matchup.

[Dragon]

Really wasn't too bad for Mussina I guess though. One out away from being a quality start. And at this point I will take that from him. Hopefully the Yanks are able to set up the rotation soon though, I don't want to see Mussina facing other team's #2s for too long.

[Heros Welcome]

Oli for Prez

[MVP]

Pedro is out for 4-6 weeks. That's bad luck.

[Heros Welcome]

No worries, we'll hold down the fort. Figueroa or a possible pickup of Vargas should be fine.

[Gertner]

MCGowen is gonna own hughes.

Our bullpen fucking owns.

hopefully Burnett can stay healthy

[Triple A]

I seriously don't think I've ever seen Kyle Farnsworth not give up at least one hit every single time he pitches.

[toxic rooster]

Also the old attendance record for a baseball game was for a game in Melbourne, Australia? That's kinda weird. I thought most Aussies hated baseball.

I am almost certain that was during the Olympics

[SammyG]

Come on now, we can't score runs

[McDoogle]

Textbook Blue Jay win

[FakeLaser]

Yeah, especially since AJ Burnett almost got hurt

[Supreme Olajuwon]

How in the world can Blue Jays fans be smug? This makes no sense to me. Yankees fans? Of course. Red Sox fans? Sure. But Blue Jays fans? Must've spent too many years huffing Juan Guzman's Jheri curl spray. It's that Soul Glo baby.

[McDoogle]

Yeah, especially since AJ Burnett almost got hurt

Haha, exactly.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Everybody pour yourself a nice tall glass of Johnny Cueto Kool Aid

7 IP 1 H 1 R 0 BB 10 K in his major league debut against the NL West Champion D'Backs

[FakeLaser]

Wow

[FakeLaser]

Adding him in all formats (hopefully)

[Skippord]

God the Rockies suck at the beginning of the season always

[Heros Welcome]

Cueto was LIGHTS OUT! Holy hell

[ClockShot]

Daaaaaaaaaaamn. Royals sent the Tigers packin' 3 straight.

[YOUR Hero]

I wanted to mention him to you Supreme. Ask you what you think is in store for him.

As for smug Jay fans? I am a Jays fan and I root for them, but I hope I don't come off as smug. LOL @ AJ too, I thought, he was going to be pulled and then put on the 60 day DL. :lol: :'(

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I mean it's obvious he has amazing stuff that would be near impossible to hit the first time you saw it. But he still has a lot to do before we can start talking Cy Youngs. He didn't throw a single pitch with a runner on base today. He was perfect except for Upton's homer so we have to see how he throws from the stretch and under pressure. Still my hopes and his ceiling are sky high. Even higher, although less publicized, than Homer Bailey IMO.

[YOUR Hero]

Wasn't he slated as being the Red's #3 starter

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Cueto wasn't slated as anything except a promising prospect when spring training started this year. There were 3 spots open in the rotation and most people thought they'd be filled by Affeldt, Belisle, and Bailey. Then Cueto starting striking people out at a ridiculous rate (I think it was 19 Ks in 13 IP) and the other 3 struggled so Cueto moved into the rotation.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>LOL Shea Stadium is prolly gonna be Rickrolled in 2008. There's a poll on Mets.com with 8 options for the 8th inning singalong to replace Sweet Caroline...but there's a write-in vote option and FARK.com is encouraging voting for Never Gonna Give You Up. :lol:

Also, :eek: looks like the Mets might get rained out in Atlanta tonight. If they intend on just pushing the whole rotation back...that would line up Santana for the Opening Day start. :cool: Don't see it happening though, I think they'd sooner just skip Mike Pelfrey's turn rather than put Santana on a full 7 days rest.</font>

[OssMan]

Sweet Caroline should only be a Fenway Park thing

[Splaya]

Tigers lost again today, I'm getting rid to slit my wrists at this rate

[OssMan]

Fucking cheap ass MLB.tv got worse quality for the same amount of money. Terrible.

I don't really mind the Tigers, but I like that they're losing. Mostly cause they were being praised as the best shit ever

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Sweet Caroline should only be a Fenway Park thingYeah son

When I went to Baltimore last summer to see the Sox play they started pulling Sweet Caroline but then just cut it off lol...it was pretty hilarious because the stadium was full of Red Sox fan

[OssMan]

So I guess MLB decided to do away with those highlights of every game that were really easy to watch cause they were just short clips that showed the plays and now they have some stupid 3 minute long video with some guy narrating it. That pisses me off so much

[OssMan]

lol @ Yankees

[Gertner]

marcum is friggen awesome

[ClockShot]

Damn you, LaTroy Hawkins.

[Loose Cannon]

yea and of course Farnsworth comes in and does what he does best.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>LOL and Mike Francesa yesterday was saying that he thought the Yankees had the best bullpen in baseball just because of Joba and Rivera.</font> :rofl:

[Dragon]

Hawkins and Farnsworth are gonna be tough to watch this year. It is just like seeing Farnsworth out there twice as much.

Liked what the rest of the bullpen did though. Albaladejo, Ohlendorf and Traber were all solid.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Wow, after last night's rainout it looks like today's game might be washed away as well. If it is that would put the Mets in an interesting situation. They have two choices:

A - Push everybody back, meaning Maine starts on Sunday with Santana pitching the Home Opener on Tuesday on 7 day's rest.
B - Start Santana on Sunday as scheduled, thus pushing Maine back to the Home Opener on Tuesday, by which point he would have had 9 day's rest from his last spring start.

I certainly hope its the former, and not just because I'm going to the Opener. Everybody seems to be all "you have to start Santana on Sunday, you can't mess with your ace's schedule!" but if you ask me I think he's way too good a pitcher to be affected by 7 day's rest. Maine on the other hand is our #2 guy since Pedro is down and 9 days rest is just plain ludicrous.</font> :-\

[Gertner]

LOL and Mike Francesa yesterday was saying that he thought the Yankees had the best bullpen in baseball just because of Joba and Rivera. :rofl:

haha apparently rivera and joba are picthing all 162 games this year according to francesa

[Boomer]

Was planning on going to the Braves game yesterday but I abandoned due to weather. Same today. Wouldn't surprise me if they schedule a double header tomorrow since the other one is May 21.

[Gertner]

bow down and suck my balls red sox

[YOUR Hero]

LOL, reading some chatter on a MLB site and one guy is already saying that the Mets screwed up getting Santana because he's only got 1 win this season whereas Gomez has 2 for the Twins. He (Mets fan BTW) figures it's time to seriously debate that trade.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>LOL what a tool. If we didn't get Santana...then right now, with the Pedro injury, the rotation as of today would be like: John Maine, Oliver Perez, Mike Pelfrey, Phil Humber, and Kevin Mulvey. Laughable.

The Mets and Braves are playing right now, looks like its still raining.</font>

[MVP]

Man, the Red Sox were pretty sloppy today. Fielding errors, poor pitching in the bullpen, hitting wasn't anything to write home about. Tomorrow Beckett is on a pitch count limit so the bullpen is gonna be tired. I don't think all of April is gonna be like this, but it'll be tough.

[Nervous Ferret]

Hope Bruney gets a shot at the 7th inning guy some time soon. :-\

[Heros Welcome]

HOW THE FUCK CAN U MAKE THAT CALL!!!!!!

SUCH A TRAP!!!

[Heros Welcome]

GOOD! Better overturn that..jesus

[Dragon]

Yeah, Bruney has looked good so far this year. I think eventually the terrible duo of Farnsworth/Hawkins will be pushed back in favor of one of the younger guys.

This month is gonna be rough for the pen if the starters don't eat up some innings. We have 15 straight games right now and the pen has already worked quite a bit.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Ugly game today, Maine didn't have it at all. Ah well, still 158 games to go. Santana vs. Smoltz tomorrow.</font> :cool:

[OssMan]

lol yeah the umps blew a call so bad that they had to reverse it, I didn't even need to see a replay to know it was a trap.

[OssMan]

lol @ Yankees

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

At least Kevin Cash caught Wakefield pretty good the other, outside of that not too many positives coming from this series with Toronto for the Sox. Hopefully Beckett can pitch well tomorrow coming off of the DL.

[Boomer]

<font color=goldenrod>Ugly game today, Maine didn't have it at all. Ah well, still 158 games to go. Santana vs. Smoltz tomorrow.</font> :cool:

I'm so goingggggggg. After two days of bad weather its gonna be beautiful baseball weather tomorrow.

[SammyG]

Fuck you Jake Peavy :(

[YOUR Hero]

He owns you.

[Gertner]

jays dismantling the red sox again

[OssMan]

Hooray I once again hate the Braves more than anything in the world

[Heros Welcome]

Jesus...Johan gives up a run and gets an L...thats a crime!

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Games like this frustrate me more than anything else. The Nationals and Pirates raped the Braves bullpen up the ass yet the Mets can't get anything done in 4 innings except for one run when the pressure to score just one run to tie the game was off. In effect, Johan's awesome start was wasted.

Gonna take forever for Opening Day to get here...a win there will wash away the annoyingness of this game, only problem is Perez is pitching and he got massacred by the Phils last year. I dunno.</font>

[Heros Welcome]

http://www.nysun.com/pics/55047_main_large.jpg
FUCK THE PHILS

[ClockShot]

Thanks, Blue Jays.

[Skippord]

wow the Rockies made me want to kill myself today

[SammyG]

Exciting win by the Dodgers tonight. Taking 2 outta 3 in SD, I'll take that. Our pitching has been excellent so far.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

I wish there was 7 Papelbons in the Red Sox bullpen

[Supreme Olajuwon]

This is why I was so happy when ESPN.com started putting comment boxes at the end of their articles

This (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/080401&sportCat=mlb) is an article written by DJ Gallo (100% satirical sportswriter) making his "predictions" about the 2008 season. It is clearly a joke and an excuse to poke fun at every single team but if you go to the conversation after the article people are literally freaking out and getting extremely angry about Gallo making fun of their team. It's very hilarious and I suggest you all look at it. Just don't get upset about your team's blurb.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Here's the NL version. (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/080331)

People on that one were so pissed that he picked St. Louis to finish last (He didn't, he listed the teams alphabetically).

The Milwaukee Brewers one had me cracking up.

[Loose Cannon]

lol yea, i love these articles. gold

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Milwaukee Brewers
The Brewers have a potent offense, but their team defense and bullpen remains suspect. They think they addressed their bullpen issues by bringing in Eric Gagne. Surprisingly, they did not acquire Manny Ramirez to shore up their defense.
Fun Fact: Milwaukee slugger Prince Fielder has decided to be a vegetarian. He now subsists solely on a diet of Bloomin' Onions.

[OssMan]

zsasz2969 (http://myespn.go.com/zsasz2969) (1 day ago)
Report Violation (http://myespn.go.com/s/conversations/show/story/3321870?from_user_id=1871129503&to_user_id=0&tid=2589868&tsn=37&reply_to_tsn=1&reply_to_id=0) | Ignore User (http://myespn.go.com/s/conversations/show/story/3321870?user_to_ignore=zsasz2969)
You are an idiot to say the Cards will finish last in the Central..but you get paid for your opinion and opinions are like A-Holes, everybodies got one. While the article is supposed to be humorous I think it's as funny as the #### USA Today #### that said the Tigers would win the 2006 World Series "in three games". The east coast media is about as reliable as my talking monkey, except my talking monkey doesn't exaggerate things like you talking morons, I mean heads

[Gertner]

I wish there was 7 Papelbons in the Red Sox bullpen
we would have roughed him up too.

[FakeLaser]

Milwaukee Brewers
The Brewers have a potent offense, but their team defense and bullpen remains suspect. They think they addressed their bullpen issues by bringing in Eric Gagne. Surprisingly, they did not acquire Manny Ramirez to shore up their defense.
Fun Fact: Milwaukee slugger Prince Fielder has decided to be a vegetarian. He now subsists solely on a diet of Bloomin' Onions.
lol

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

we would have roughed him up too.

That's why he struck out the side the one inning he pitched

[Gertner]

we let the foot off the gas. No need to humiliate the sox anymore then we already did.

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

lol

[FakeLaser]

Fun Fact: Khalil Greene … still white.

lollll

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Philadelphia Phillies
The rival Mets added an ace in Johan Santana, sure. But the Phillies acquired Geoff Jenkins and Pedro Feliz, who could both easily hit 30-plus home runs in tiny Citizens Bank Park, and also closer Brad Lidge, who could easily give up 100 home runs in Citizens Bank Park.
Fun Fact: Chase Utley is a staunch environmentalist. His mantra of "reduce, reuse, recycle" has for years influenced Phillies management on how to build a pitching staff.</font>

:lol:

[McLegend]

It's all right Phillies have Pat Burrell.

He is the answer to all the problems.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Can't fucking wait until tomorrow. I think Shea Stadium is gonna shake from the boos when Jimmy Rollins is introduced.</font>

[Skippord]

San Diego Padres
Like division rivals Arizona, Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Padres have difficulty scoring runs. But San Diego will still be competitive, thanks to a pitching staff led by Jake Peavy, who led the NL in wins, strikeouts and ERA last season. Peavy also led the Padres with 17 hits, a .233 batting average and seven RBIs.

lol

[YOUR Hero]

Toronto Blue Jays
The Blue Jays made some solid additions this offseason, including Scott Rolen, Marco Scutaro, Shannon Stewart and David Eckstein. This should allow them to finish in a much more solid third place than they normally do.

LOL
:'(

[Skippord]

That game was awesome today

Matt Holliday is my favorite person ever right now

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Opening Day at Fenway Park tomorrow, throw up another banner next to good old 1918

[FakeLaser]

Throw up another banner next to good old 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

Well this one will be next to the 2004 banner as well (plus 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916 :shifty: )

New York Yankees are the best team in baseball - FakeRazor in 2007

Also what banner are they exactly throwing up next to those banners in Yankee Stadium?

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>The Mets are effectively retiring a name today - they are putting up a circle with "Shea" next to it in their retired numbers. Guess Shea Hillenbrand will never be allowed to play for the team.

Leaving to go tailgate in like an hour.</font> :love:

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

LOL Bill Buckner is throwing out the first pitch

[Heros Welcome]

You have got to be KIDDING ME! JESUS DELGADO!!

[McLegend]

The Mets really like hitting Chase Utley.

[Heros Welcome]

LOL Shea has been Rick Rolled for the 8th

[Heros Welcome]

Also Heilman makes me want to eat glass

[Adder]

1992 baseball cards from Topps.

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So was Coulson prescient ... or a pusher?
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[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

lol is that real?

[ClockShot]

The Mets really like hitting Chase Utley.

Yeah. I just caught that on Reali's review of PTI. He got plunked 4 times! :lol:

[Dragon]

Pretty bad game today. Yankees offense is just dead right now.

Jeter is out for who knows how long right now and apparently Posada might be headed to the DL.

[OssMan]

lol @ Yankees

[Azriel]

How bad was it?

EDIT: Well, 5-2 isn't THAT bad.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Ugh, so depressing. This bullpen is Godawful. Pedro Feliciano picked a bad day to have to show up late.</font>

[Splaya]

THE TIGERS ARE MAKING BABY JESUS CRY

[ClockShot]

:wtf:

Brian Bruney starts, Ian Kennedy relives?