MLB 2009 Season Thread

[Dragon]

Joba-Hughes-Marte-Robertson for the 7th. Mariano for the 8th and 9th

[Innovator]

just throw marte out there for the 7th, only guy to Mo i'm comfortable with

[McLegend]

Can't emphasis enough how important it is to not give up any runs this inning.

[Innovator]

I don't think it's humanly possible for Matsui to get a triple and the cycle

[ClockShot]

Bummer.

Regardless, I want the Tokyo Wrecking Crew retained for another season.

[McLegend]

I really wish the Phillies got Marte last year.

[ClockShot]

HAMMER TIME!

[Triple A]

Fucking body is shaking for some reason, mad "anxious." Hope there is nothing else wrong with me

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>So glad this season if finally about to be over.</font>

[Innovator]

EXXXXXXXXXXXXIT LIGHT

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENTER NIGHT

[screech]

Might kill my roommate if this series ends tonight.

[screech]

Mainly because he will be blasting that awful "New York" (Jay-Z and some girl I don't care about) song for the next 38 weeks.

I fucking detest that song.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>It only took 9 years and over $1.5 billion in payroll</font> :mad:

:shifty:

[Loose Cannon]

lol I seriously just thought Harriston jacked one for a second

[Innovator]

Vito, Mets have a high payroll too

[ClockShot]

Frank is cued up and ready to go.

[Loose Cannon]

3 FRICKEN OUTS

[Dragon]

1 more

[Emperor Smeat]

<font color=goldenrod>It only took 9 years and over $1.5 billion in payroll</font> :mad:

:shifty:

Not to mention as well that it costed them $400+ million to ensure the new players for 2009 but like Innovator said, Mets also spent a ton of money the last few years as well (#2 in payroll this year ?). So in a way, Yankees money worked in the end.

[ClockShot]

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HIT IT!

[McLegend]

Congrats.

[Emperor Smeat]

Congratulations to the Yankees fans on this board for the championship.

Oh yeah .... :foc: A-Rod now has a ring. Everyone else don't have much opinion about (a bit upset on Damon).

[Boomer]

I say Yankees in 6. I think Cliff Lee wins both his starts, he has been outstanding. Yanks bullpen should save them a number of times.

I win.

[Innovator]

BALLGAME OVER

WOOOORLD SERIES OVER

YANKEES WIN

THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

YANKEES WIN!

[D Mac]

BALLGAME OVER

WOOOORLD SERIES OVER

YANKEES SUCK

THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

YANKEES ARE FUCKING FAGGOTS!

[Innovator]

:lol: Royals

[Innovator]

Finally, 2004 GONE

[thecc]

Amazing

[Innovator]

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[D Mac]

:lol: Royals

Next year's world champs.

[Innovator]

Hey you have the ace already

[DAMN iNATOR]

Oh, great just what A-Fraud needs on his resume...a world title.:foc::nono::rant::roll:

[Hanso Amore]

YES
27

FUCK YOU ASSHOLE HATERS

[Innovator]

A-ROD, REDEMPTION SONG

[El Fangel]

Yankees are ok, A-Rod is a bitch.

[Loose Cannon]

YEA BABY. I've sat back and haven't said shit for like 9 years, BUT WHERE ARE ALL THE YANKEE HATERS NOW? COME ON DOWN

[Dragon]

Nice, Matsui wins the WS MVP despite only playing 3 games.

[ClockShot]

GODZILLA FOR MVP!

1 MORE YEAR! 1 MORE YEAR!

[El Fangel]

YEA BABY. I've sat back and haven't said shit for like 9 years, BUT WHERE ARE ALL THE YANKEE HATERS NOW? COME ON DOWN

A-Rod is a bitch.

Now he is going to be fucking unbearable, I hope your happy nutfuck.

[Loose Cannon]

wooooooooooooooooooo

[Innovator]

AROD IS A GOLDEN GOD

Half man, Half god, Half possible centaur

[Innovator]

HERE HE IS

[Loose Cannon]

where's Johnny Vegas?

[Innovator]

ANDY!

[Innovator]

ANDY PETTITE! ANDY PETTITE!

[Dragon]

Pretty cool that Andy pitched the clinching game in the ALDS, ALCS and WS.

[McLegend]

where's Johnny Vegas?

You don't even watch the 9th inning most of the time.

Yankees won. No need to be arrogant yet.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

AAAAAAAANDY

[Triple A]

Got "the fucking chills" so bad when they were showing all their reactions

Fucking Bloomberg trying to get his piece of shit face on camera on the podium

[Innovator]

Pretty cool that Andy pitched the clinching game in the ALDS, ALCS and WS.
They said before the game he'd be the only pitcher to start and win all the clinching games

[Loose Cannon]

Pettite is a legend

[Loose Cannon]

so glad Matsui got the MVP. what a fricken preformance

[Innovator]

Pettite should be a Yankee as long as he wants to pitch

[Innovator]

Girardi got a pie, awesome

[Dragon]

Loved Mariano talking about pitching 5 more years

[Loose Cannon]

My predictions for 2009

AL East: Red Sox
AL Central: Royals
AL West: Athletics
AL Wild Card: Yankees

NL East: Mets
NL Central: Cardinals
NL West: Dodgers
NL Wild Card: Phillies

AL MVP: Matt Holliday
NL MVP: Albert Pujols
AL Cy Young: Daisuke Matsuzaka
NL Cy Young: Johan Santana
AL Manager of the Year: Don Wakamatsu
NL Manager of the Year: Jerry Manuel
AL Rookie of the Year: Scott Lewis
NL Rookie of the Year: Jason Motte

World Series: Red Sox over Dodgers in 6


:wtf:

[Loose Cannon]

i agree with most of this, but i do think that the dodgers will win, them or the Mets

:wtf:

[Loose Cannon]

American League:
East: Red Sox
Central: Indians
West: Angels
Wild Card: Rays
M.V.P: Grady Sizemore
CY Young: Jon Lester
Comeback Player: Fausto Carmona
Rookie of the Year: Matt Wieters
Manager of the Year: Eric Wedge


National League:
East: Mets
Central: Cubs
West: Dodgers
Wild Card: Phillies
M.V.P: Manny Ramirez
CY Young: Johan Santana
Comeback Player: Troy Tulowitzki
Rookie of the Year: Tommy Hanson
Manager of the Year: Jerry Manuel

World Series: Mets over Red Sox in 6


:wtf:

[screech]

They said before the game he'd be the only pitcher to start and win all the clinching games

Lowe did it in '04

EDIT: My bad. He didn't start all of them.

[Innovator]

Lowe did it in relief one game they said, I didn't check it

It was from Sterling and Susan Waldman, so you could be right

[screech]

I missed that you said "start and win" initially. Arroyo started the clincher of the Angels series and Lowe got the win in relief.

[Loose Cannon]

You don't even watch the 9th inning most of the time.

Yankees won. No need to be arrogant yet.

correction: the 6th/7th innings. Mo's in the 9th and he doesn't give me a heart attack.

honestly, series was a lot close then the scoreboard showed. could of easily gone either way. I will forever hate Chase Utley now though

[Juan]

booooooo yankees :n:

[screech]

booooooo yankees :n:

[Loose Cannon]

how many titles do the Lakers have?

[McLegend]

correction: the 6th/7th innings. Mo's in the 9th and he doesn't give me a heart attack.

honestly, series was a lot close then the scoreboard showed. could of easily gone either way. I will forever hate Chase Utley now though

Sorry.

[OssMan]

Fuck yourselves

[Emperor Smeat]

how many titles do the Lakers have?

15 titles from 30 NBA Finals apperances. They own 2 records of most NBA Finals by a team and most losses in the Finals by a team.

[Loose Cannon]

I was being sarcastic. I don't really care :-\

[The Show Off]

My Grandfather a Yankee fan since 1921 died at the age of 97 during all-star break this year after being a fan of the Yankees for 87 years. He's the man that made be a Yankee fan.

This one's for your Grandpa.

[Loose Cannon]

My Grandfather a Yankee fan since 1921 died at the age of 97 during all-star break this year after being a fan of the Yankees for 87 years. He's the man that made be a Yankee fan.

This one's for your Grandpa.

:y:

[Emperor Smeat]

That's probably the best thing about baseball that regardless of the team, there is that whole family connection that goes back at least 1-2 generations. Its mostly due to how old the sport is compared to the rest of the sports in America and there isn't much to watch in the summer for sports except baseball.

[Loose Cannon]

yep. my whole mom's side of the family (mom was the baby of six) practically raised me to be a Yankee fan. Her parents, my grandparents, were from Yonkers, NY, where I grew up during my childhood.

[The Show Off]

That's probably the best thing about baseball that regardless of the team, there is that whole family connection that goes back at least 1-2 generations. Its mostly due to how old the sport is compared to the rest of the sports in America and there isn't much to watch in the summer for sports except baseball.

Being a Yankee fan is a family tradition. My grandfather never had a son so he never had someone to pass on his Yankee fan-dom on to, until I was born. Now it's my duty to pass on the stories.

Just as my grandfather told me about Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio, I'll be able to tell my kids (when I have some) about Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. Its special.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

If you're a Yankee fan, vote Democrat. Yankees haven't won a WS with a Republican in the White House since 58.

[The Show Off]

If you're a Yankee fan, vote Democrat. Yankees haven't won a WS with a Republican in the White House since 58.

Well that works because my Grandfather also made me a democrat.

[D Mac]

Yankees and Obama go hand in hand. They don't have a very good approval rating.

[The Show Off]

Yankees and Obama go hand in hand. They don't have a very good approval rating.

*rim shot*

[Triple A]

Obama has a good approval rating you hick

[D Mac]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 28% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-one percent (41%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -13. That’s just one point above the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President (see trends).


Obama has a good approval rating you hick
Guess again bitch.

[Loose Cannon]

Watching Mo, Jeter, Posada and Pettite celebrate was awesome. The core

[Triple A]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll




Guess again bitch.

He has a 56% approval rating you idiot. The 41% who "strongly disapprove" are the 41% Republicans/"stupid fucking hicks" that live in the US. Anyway shut up.

[D Mac]

Blow me.

[Triple A]

Get Madden btw

[D Mac]

Fine this weekend we will battle.

[Droford]

The fucking Steelers, Penguins and Yankees winning championships in the same year.

Its at least good enough I dont hate the Lakers or this would have been a real shitty year.

[DaveBrawl]

Congrats to the Yankees. I'm amazed there is actually a team Chase Utley can't single handedly destroy...although he did come close.

[YOUR Hero]

Matsui. Love him, Mo, Jeter. Not a huge Yankees fan, but those guys make me like them well enough. Too bad Burnett gets a ring outta this.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>The only way this can be salvaged for me is if Matsui yells "WORLD FUCKIN CHAMPIONS!" at the WS parade.</font>

[OssMan]

for great honor

[Heros Welcome]

:wtf:

Can't get them all right LC. Long season.

[Loose Cannon]

I know, I was just being a dick for one night.

I'll keep quiet now...until the Yanks win it next year

[Splaya]

Splaya is sad that one of the most posted sports threads of all time is gone

[Zen v.W.o.]

With the money the Yankees spend, they should be winning one practically every year.

Baseball needs a cap. It's pretty much making 75 percent of the leagues teams irrelevant every season. Like, what's the point of even coming out and playing?

[Triple Naitch]

Wow, 3 pages of Yankee celebrating. Makes SammyG and Juan look tame.

[Loose Cannon]

Super Joe Girardi. I know exctly where this crash happened. hate that fricken area.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091102&content_id=7604034&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[Dragon]

With the money the Yankees spend, they should be winning one practically every year.

Baseball needs a cap. It's pretty much making 75 percent of the leagues teams irrelevant every season. Like, what's the point of even coming out and playing?

Its not like its been the same teams winning the WS every year. The past 9 years there's only been one team thats won the series more than once.

01 - Arizona
02 - Angels
03 - Marlins
04 - Red Sox
05 - White Sox
06 - Cardinals
07 - Red Sox
08 - Phillies
09 - Yankees

Anyway, not really gonna go into the whole debate but all those teams that can't do anything now and aren't putting any money into the team will still be the same if there is a salary cap. Salary cap doesn't force them to be competitive at all. Nothing will change unless they put in a salary floor as well.

[Johnny Vegas]

FUck....

[dablackguy]

Its not like its been the same teams winning the WS every year. The past 9 years there's only been one team thats won the series more than once.

01 - Arizona
02 - Angels
03 - Marlins
04 - Red Sox
05 - White Sox
06 - Cardinals
07 - Red Sox
08 - Phillies
09 - Yankees

Anyway, not really gonna go into the whole debate but all those teams that can't do anything now and aren't putting any money into the team will still be the same if there is a salary cap. Salary cap doesn't force them to be competitive at all. Nothing will change unless they put in a salary floor as well.

The idea of only one repeat winner in 9 years doesn't reinforce your point. The issue is that one team can spend far an above what anyone else can spend and not really be affected when they spend poorly. See, Carl Pavano and Kei Igawa.

A salary cap doesn't force teams to be competitive but puts teams on a semi legitimate playing field, which is more than the nothing we have now