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How to get into baseball?
OK, I've been wanting to get into baseball recently, and I really don't know how to start. So, I ask the humble folks of TPWW what I should do. Should I follow 1/2/3 teams throughout? Or should I do something completely different? Anything I should know? |
Where do you live? Depending where you live, see what teams have their games televised and just watch them.
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join a fantasy league.
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if you're a masochist, you can follow the Red Sox or the Cubs
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I think I wanna follow Yankees and Red Sox. It'll balance out. |
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If you got any Red Sox questions you can contact me |
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I'll just ask you right now, who are the good players, who are the shit ones, and how bad are they doing? |
CoE, you like in England right?
I would say that it would be best to find your local team (or since that might not be the case for you) or the Yankee's if you aren't in the US. Just follow one team through the media etc, and the rest will just come. Thats why its hard if you don't have a team in your zone. |
you root for the Reds
none else |
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I live in America. I can't believe people still remember that whole thing with Portsmouth. :D |
Just don't follow the Expos or you'll find baseball to be a boring sport.
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Good choice with the Yankees. Any ?'s ask away.
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Who are the good players, who are the bad players, and how are they doing? |
Here is a good site for you to go. http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/index.jsp You can go to all the teams pages and check each players stats and stuff. Go to the YANKEES page and you can see how each player is doing.
Just a tip for looking at pitching stats. ERA = Earned Run Average. The LOWER the number, the BETTER. Anyway, the Yankees have the best record in the league and right now Alex Rodriguez, Gary Shefield, Derek Jeter, Hideki Matsui, Jorge Posada and Jason Giambi are their best players. Shefield's the only one with a .300 average though. Usually a .300+ average is considered doing really well. Kevin Brown was thier best pitcher, but he's injured now. but Mike Mussina and Javior Vazquez are pitching very well. Of course the Yankees closer, Mariano Rivera is the best closer in the game. The Yankees take on the Red Sox tonight to start a 3 game series |
BTW, woooo. Red Sox vs. Yankees tonight. |
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Yeah, I went to the website to see who they were playing and saw that they were playing the Red Sox 3 times. :heart: Thanks for the info. Do you have MSN? |
Follow the Mets and you can't go wrong.
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CoE, where do you live then?
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Seymour, Indiana. Currently on vacation at Emerald Isle, North Carolina. |
if you live in Indiana then you have to cheer for the Reds
well you could root for the Indians but thats just silly |
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Maybe. I'll think about it. |
Technically the Reds or the Indians would be the best for you to get started, because you could watch them daily and get news of them daily.
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I'm happier with the choice of the Yankees and The Red Sox. Speaking of Red Sox, I hear this Manny guy is the man. Tell me more aboot him (I read an article on him in Sports Illustrated while waiting to get my hair cut). |
Manny has been one of the best hitters baseball in the last 15 years. Pretty much he hits .320, 35 homers, 120 rbi's every season. One year he had 165 rbi's in 145 games. Thats insane
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Yeah, even though I hate the Sox, Manny is the man. And I think he has been the best all around hitter in the majors for the last couple of years. He hits for average, power and has speed. And he's also a great outfielder. I really wanted him to break Hack Wilson's 190 single season RBI mark one year when he got close, but it never happned.
Edit: LOL SUPREME, WE JUST SAID BASICALLY THE SAME THING. :D: AND COE, Cheering for both the Yanks and the SOX is really unheard of considering we hate each other. |
yeah cheering for the Yankees and Red Sox is a sin
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I've done just about every sin, so I might as well try this one. |
If you dont wanna be a bandwagon bitch, go against the Yankees/Sox and go for the Braves/Cardinals/Reds :mad:
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Terrible. Okay, Gagne, Rivera, Smoltz, Foulke are the best closers
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I had the Sox and Yankees picked out before I set out to really get into baseball, so I'm gonna stick with that, bandwagon or not. Then as I get further acquainted with the game, I'll know what teams I like. Anyway, Game 1 isn't airing on ESPN tonight, I know Game 2 airs on ESPN tomorrow, and don't know if Game 3 is airing either. I'll catch the highlights on SportsCenter. |
yeah, if you wanna like teams that "got beef" go with Cards/Cubs. :mad:
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Nathan. (JK, DaveWadding) I think if you include Smoltz and Foulke you have to include add Nen, Wagner, Percival, Benitez. Really Mariano and Gagne are in a league of their own. |
How can you not include atleast Smoltz with Mariano and Gagne?
Also I don't think Foulke is very far off |
I Did include those exact same guys. Look at my other post.
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oh, whoops. :y:
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Yeah, personally I think it's Mariano, Gagne, and Smoltz.
Foulke just BARELY behind those three. But this is just my take on it. |
oh my god. TREVOR HOFFMAN you stupid fucks
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Hoffman is a pussy
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