MLB 2006 Season Thread - Page 11

**Joey Slugs** · 05-04-2006, 01:38 AM

JOE CREDE

**BCWWF** · 05-04-2006, 02:33 AM

LEW FORD

**CNM** · 05-04-2006, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Outlaw

Didn't the same thing happen with Kendall and one of his current teamates not too long ago?

Haha yeah I'd forgotten about that. Kendall charged Joe Kennedy a few years back.

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 05-04-2006, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by L L Cool G

Papalbon's perfect season is PapelGONE!

BLUE JAYS OWN YOUR ASS BITCH!

B.J Ryan> Jon Papelbon

lol PapelGONE! did you seriously just say that?

Vernon Wells was PapelGONE!!!! tonight when he was the tying run at the plate in the 9th

05-04-2006, 11:28 PM

your piece of crap team almost blew it again

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 05-05-2006, 11:32 AM

lol So they got a big lead againest the Blue Jays then the Blue Jays made a semi come back (still lost by 3 runs not exactly close) and somehow you try to turn this onto the Sox? You are probably the funniest TPWW sports forum poster

**Joey Slugs** · 05-05-2006, 12:47 PM

fuck the AL East. sick of hearing about this shit.

easily the most overrated division in baseball. "oh, our 5th pitcher is better than your 5th pitcher". is that all you guys can think of? serious. Blanton and Chacin BOTH suck. last time i checked.... the reigning AL champs were still in the central.

and as for the "better" pitcher arguement...

Jose Contreras
5-0, 1.41 ERA, 21 K, 0.87 WHIP

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 05-05-2006, 01:00 PM

White Sox are the best team in baseball right now but why am I gonna talk about them? I don't live in Chicago

People talk about the teams they care about, so if more people care about teams in the AL East then so be it. I don't see how it is the most overrated divison in baseball though, it is a pretty tough division even though the best team resides in the central.

**FakeLaser** · 05-05-2006, 01:16 PM

I bet if you put the Baltimore Orioles in the NL they'd have a shot at the playoffs. They'll probably finish last in the AL East.

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 05-05-2006, 02:13 PM

Not to mention the number of wildcard births coming out of the AL East recently

Debatable which is the best, but I dunno how a division with the Yankees, Red Sox and the BlueJays can be seen as overrated.

05-05-2006, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sTiMa34

lol So they got a big lead againest the Blue Jays then the Blue Jays made a semi come back (still lost by 3 runs not exactly close) and somehow you try to turn this onto the Sox? You are probably the funniest TPWW sports forum poster

lol when will the sox stop trotting out Rudy Seanez? I think he's allowed a homerun every game he's pitched.

**The Miz** · 05-05-2006, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joey Slugs

fuck the AL East. sick of hearing about this shit.

easily the most overrated division in baseball. "oh, our 5th pitcher is better than your 5th pitcher". is that all you guys can think of? serious. Blanton and Chacin BOTH suck. last time i checked.... the reigning AL champs were still in the central.

and as for the "better" pitcher arguement...

Jose Contreras
5-0, 1.41 ERA, 21 K, 0.87 WHIP

Sorry, I'll only talk about teams I don't pay attention to from now on. I will never utter a word about Seattle or Oakland again.

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 05-05-2006, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by L L Cool G

lol when will the sox stop trotting out Rudy Seanez? I think he's allowed a homerun every game he's pitched.

Tell me about it

Him and Tavarez both

**Loose Cannon** · 05-05-2006, 05:32 PM

I think Pro baseball's leagues should work like this

American League

National League

AL East

and of course..

Barry Bonds

**BCWWF** · 05-05-2006, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FakeRazor

I bet if you put the Baltimore Orioles in the NL they'd have a shot at the playoffs. They'll probably finish last in the AL East.

I would take the Mets over the Red Sox and Yankees

**Adder** · 05-05-2006, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loose Cannon

I think Pro baseball's leagues should work like this

American League

National League

AL East

and of course..

Barry Bonds

That's beautiful.

**FakeLaser** · 05-05-2006, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BCWWF

I would take the Mets over the Red Sox and Yankees

I highly doubt their starting pitching would hold up as well in the AL East.

Not saying the Mets aren't a good team or anything. The Mets and the Cards are the only teams that would be strong enough to compete for a playoff spot in the American League.

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 05-05-2006, 07:36 PM

While I understand that the same teams getting continued coverage gets a little old, its kinda funny to complain about it. They are putting out what people watch. If they got good ratings for Indians or A's games I am sure those would be on TV a lot more.

**YOUR Hero** · 05-05-2006, 08:43 PM

Stima speaks the truth

**RoXer** · 05-05-2006, 09:06 PM

When did I say Blanton was better than Chacin?

**The Outlaw** · 05-05-2006, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CNM

Haha yeah I'd forgotten about that. Kendall charged Joe Kennedy a few years back.

Yeah that was it, haha.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loose Cannon

I think Pro baseball's leagues should work like this

American League

National League

AL East

and of course..

Barry Bonds

LOL I love you

**ct2k** · 05-06-2006, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sTiMa34

While I understand that the same teams getting continued coverage gets a little old, its kinda funny to complain about it. They are putting out what people watch. If they got good ratings for Indians or A's games I am sure those would be on TV a lot more.

True.

You only have to look back to 99-00 and the Indians were on ESPN all the time. As soon as Manny, Robbie and Omar left, so did casual viewers and so, ESPN!

**BCWWF** · 05-06-2006, 03:03 PM

See I don't mind the Yankees/Red Sox getting coverage. I mean people want to see the Yankees because most fans know every player on their team. The thing that pisses me off is when they sensationalize little things that happen with either the Yankees or the Red Sox. Like last year, there was a random series in the middle of the season, but the Sports Center before the game had like five stories about it, including one all about the bloody sock. It wasn't the first time they played, it wasn't a particularly big series, but they just blew it way out of proportion. AWFUL.

**ct2k** · 05-06-2006, 03:18 PM

I find over here the coverage over-does it on things that are relatively unimportant, Ie whenever there's a Cubs/WSox or Yankees/Mets interleague game.

**The Miz** · 05-06-2006, 06:30 PM

The one I hate is Cubs/Cardinals. Nothing exciting ever happens in that series and ESPN always hypes it up as ANOTHER CUBS/CARDINALS SHOWDOWN

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 05-07-2006, 02:27 AM

the Red Sox Yankees rivaliary never gets old to me (obviously) Maybe I am little biased here but they always seem to put on the best games. Atleast "rivarly" wise. I laughed though when I heard there was going to be a one hour pregame thing on ESPN before last Monday's game though, first thing I thought about was being complaining about the over-coverage.

You know what I am sick of though? That sports gambling shit, If I hear that Charles Barkley has lost 10 million dollars betting I think I am going to punch a baby.

**ct2k** · 05-07-2006, 09:39 AM

I never get bored of Yankees/Red Sox either, again probably i'm biased, but the tension always produces fireworks even when the game itself is crappy, and usually its not.

And yeah, Cubs/Cards was only a rivalry when McGwire and Sammy were both roiding and hitting 65 dingers a year. I guess because they're both midwest cities and national league they're automatically rivals

Saying that you don't get two dozen Brewers/Cubs games a year with claims of it being the greatest rivalry ever.

**BCWWF** · 05-07-2006, 02:16 PM

If I was living in Boston or New York, and the two teams were both always playoff caliber, there is no reason no to be excited about it. Then you put the No. 1 and No. 4 (i think) media market into the mix and its on all the time and the rest of the world can sometimes get bored of it.

05-07-2006, 07:37 PM

King Gustav 5-1 baby!

**Evil Vito** · 05-07-2006, 09:54 PM

Angel Hernandez should be kicked out of baseball.

---

With runners on first and third and one out, Smoltz hit a tapper in front of the plate against Jose Lima (0-1). Lo Duca fielded the ball with his right hand and lunged back in an attempt to tag Atlanta's Brian McCann. Plate umpire Angel Hernandez called McCann safe, and Lo Duca slammed the ball to the infield grass while arguing.

"I spiked it pretty good, probably better than Ickey Woods, but I didn't do the Ickey Shuffle," Lo Duca said.

Hernandez immediately ejected Lo Duca. Cox got tossed for arguing after Smoltz wasn't allowed to take second.

After the game, both Lima and Lo Duca said that Hernandez told them that he was calling pitches farther off the plate strikes for Smoltz, but not for Lima.

"When the umpire said 'I'm going to give you a couple of inches off the plate, but I'm not going to give you 4-5 inches because you're not John Smoltz,' I'm trying to protect my pitcher," Lo Duca said.

---

Blatant favoritism. Don't get me wrong, I think the Mets would have lost with Lima starting anyway...but that's bullshit

**The Outlaw** · 05-07-2006, 11:43 PM

LOL he didn't tag him first off, unless he got him on the heel. Lo Duca sure was pissed but from all the angles I saw he didn't tag him. Second off, is Lo Duca a moron? Just wondering because spiking a ball during a live play is pretty smart. Yeah it's blatant favoritism IF that happened, but that happens everywhere. Is Pedro Martinez going to get the same calls as John Lackey? No. It happens for and against every team. Deal with it. Thrown out of baseball? Come on.

**Evil Vito** · 05-08-2006, 12:23 AM

Lo Duca clearly got the tag on the heel. Don't really see why he'd get so pissed if he didn't.

And I'm aware that umps are biased all the time, but to flat out say it to the people participating in the game itself is beyond retarded. OK, banning is strict...but he definately deserves investigation and needs to be reprimanded.

**The Outlaw** · 05-08-2006, 12:50 AM

Clearly? I saw three or four different angles and it wasn't clear. The announcers said they thought he tagged him, this was after the slow motion replays though. Obviously, that's why I said "Lo Duca sure was pissed", don't see why he'd throw such a little bitch fit if he didn't tag him. Then again, he threw a ball during a live play and let runners advance (should have been runners instead of the one runner to third), so he must not be too bright.

**BCWWF** · 05-08-2006, 02:10 AM

You guys are clearly missing the big story of the day. Johan Santana 7 IP, 2 ER, 11 K MEAT

**YOUR Hero** · 05-08-2006, 10:49 AM

no no no Barrry Bonds hit a HR

**The Miz** · 05-08-2006, 12:46 PM

Really? It's hard to keep up with Bonds these days

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 05-08-2006, 12:50 PM

Yea that Lo Duca call was a pretty tough call, I am sure he tagged him otherwise he wouldn't have flipped out like that but cmon. It's not like it was obvious and the ump missed it, I saw the replay a few times and I couldn't tell whether he got tagged or not.

05-08-2006, 04:22 PM

Casey Janssen with his first win of his career and looked damn good!

**Loose Cannon** · 05-08-2006, 09:28 PM

Just like to say Johnny D has started out nicely for the Yanks. yea, We call him Johnny D cause he's on our team now

**YOUR Hero** · 05-08-2006, 10:28 PM

Complete Game, Halladay. 3 out of 4 from the Angels. Yeah.

Now, onto Lo Duca. He overreacted so poorly. It wasn't game 7 of the world series. Relax, Paul

05-05-2006, 12:47 PM	#407
Joey Slugs Second City Saint Posts: 5,806	fuck the AL East. sick of hearing about this shit. easily the most overrated division in baseball. "oh, our 5th pitcher is better than your 5th pitcher". is that all you guys can think of? serious. Blanton and Chacin BOTH suck. last time i checked.... the reigning AL champs were still in the central. and as for the "better" pitcher arguement... Jose Contreras 5-0, 1.41 ERA, 21 K, 0.87 WHIP Last edited by Joey Slugs; 05-05-2006 at 12:58 PM.

05-05-2006, 05:32 PM	#414
Loose Cannon I'm all there is Posts: 31,811	I think Pro baseball's leagues should work like this American League National League AL East and of course.. Barry Bonds Last edited by Loose Cannon; 05-05-2006 at 05:38 PM.

05-04-2006, 01:38 AM	#401
Joey Slugs Second City Saint Posts: 5,806	JOE CREDE

05-04-2006, 02:33 AM	#402
BCWWF The People's Member Posts: 18,092	LEW FORD

05-04-2006, 11:28 PM	#405
Gertner Guest Posts: n/a	your piece of crap team almost blew it again

05-05-2006, 11:32 AM	#406
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	lol So they got a big lead againest the Blue Jays then the Blue Jays made a semi come back (still lost by 3 runs not exactly close) and somehow you try to turn this onto the Sox? You are probably the funniest TPWW sports forum poster

05-05-2006, 01:00 PM	#408
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	White Sox are the best team in baseball right now but why am I gonna talk about them? I don't live in Chicago People talk about the teams they care about, so if more people care about teams in the AL East then so be it. I don't see how it is the most overrated divison in baseball though, it is a pretty tough division even though the best team resides in the central.

05-05-2006, 01:16 PM	#409
FakeLaser continental drift Posts: 46,731	I bet if you put the Baltimore Orioles in the NL they'd have a shot at the playoffs. They'll probably finish last in the AL East.

05-05-2006, 02:13 PM	#410
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	Not to mention the number of wildcard births coming out of the AL East recently Debatable which is the best, but I dunno how a division with the Yankees, Red Sox and the BlueJays can be seen as overrated.

05-05-2006, 07:36 PM	#418
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	While I understand that the same teams getting continued coverage gets a little old, its kinda funny to complain about it. They are putting out what people watch. If they got good ratings for Indians or A's games I am sure those would be on TV a lot more.

05-05-2006, 08:43 PM	#419
YOUR Hero Adminstigator Posts: 102,491	Stima speaks the truth

05-05-2006, 09:06 PM	#420
RoXer History's Greatest, Mr. E Posts: 42,425	When did I say Blanton was better than Chacin?

05-06-2006, 03:03 PM	#423
BCWWF The People's Member Posts: 18,092	See I don't mind the Yankees/Red Sox getting coverage. I mean people want to see the Yankees because most fans know every player on their team. The thing that pisses me off is when they sensationalize little things that happen with either the Yankees or the Red Sox. Like last year, there was a random series in the middle of the season, but the Sports Center before the game had like five stories about it, including one all about the bloody sock. It wasn't the first time they played, it wasn't a particularly big series, but they just blew it way out of proportion. AWFUL.

05-06-2006, 03:18 PM	#424
ct2k Triple A Posts: 48,551	I find over here the coverage over-does it on things that are relatively unimportant, Ie whenever there's a Cubs/WSox or Yankees/Mets interleague game.

05-06-2006, 06:30 PM	#425
The Miz Clutch Poster Posts: 11,997	The one I hate is Cubs/Cardinals. Nothing exciting ever happens in that series and ESPN always hypes it up as ANOTHER CUBS/CARDINALS SHOWDOWN

05-07-2006, 02:27 AM	#426
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	the Red Sox Yankees rivaliary never gets old to me (obviously) Maybe I am little biased here but they always seem to put on the best games. Atleast "rivarly" wise. I laughed though when I heard there was going to be a one hour pregame thing on ESPN before last Monday's game though, first thing I thought about was being complaining about the over-coverage. You know what I am sick of though? That sports gambling shit, If I hear that Charles Barkley has lost 10 million dollars betting I think I am going to punch a baby.

05-07-2006, 09:39 AM	#427
ct2k Triple A Posts: 48,551	I never get bored of Yankees/Red Sox either, again probably i'm biased, but the tension always produces fireworks even when the game itself is crappy, and usually its not. And yeah, Cubs/Cards was only a rivalry when McGwire and Sammy were both roiding and hitting 65 dingers a year. I guess because they're both midwest cities and national league they're automatically rivals Saying that you don't get two dozen Brewers/Cubs games a year with claims of it being the greatest rivalry ever.

05-07-2006, 02:16 PM	#428
BCWWF The People's Member Posts: 18,092	If I was living in Boston or New York, and the two teams were both always playoff caliber, there is no reason no to be excited about it. Then you put the No. 1 and No. 4 (i think) media market into the mix and its on all the time and the rest of the world can sometimes get bored of it.

05-07-2006, 07:37 PM	#429
Gertner Guest Posts: n/a	King Gustav 5-1 baby!

05-07-2006, 09:54 PM	#430
Evil Vito President of Freedonia Posts: 58,383	Angel Hernandez should be kicked out of baseball. --- With runners on first and third and one out, Smoltz hit a tapper in front of the plate against Jose Lima (0-1). Lo Duca fielded the ball with his right hand and lunged back in an attempt to tag Atlanta's Brian McCann. Plate umpire Angel Hernandez called McCann safe, and Lo Duca slammed the ball to the infield grass while arguing. "I spiked it pretty good, probably better than Ickey Woods, but I didn't do the Ickey Shuffle," Lo Duca said. Hernandez immediately ejected Lo Duca. Cox got tossed for arguing after Smoltz wasn't allowed to take second. After the game, both Lima and Lo Duca said that Hernandez told them that he was calling pitches farther off the plate strikes for Smoltz, but not for Lima. "When the umpire said 'I'm going to give you a couple of inches off the plate, but I'm not going to give you 4-5 inches because you're not John Smoltz,' I'm trying to protect my pitcher," Lo Duca said. --- Blatant favoritism. Don't get me wrong, I think the Mets would have lost with Lima starting anyway...but that's bullshit

05-07-2006, 11:43 PM	#431
The Outlaw Unofficial Legend Posts: 11,931	LOL he didn't tag him first off, unless he got him on the heel. Lo Duca sure was pissed but from all the angles I saw he didn't tag him. Second off, is Lo Duca a moron? Just wondering because spiking a ball during a live play is pretty smart. Yeah it's blatant favoritism IF that happened, but that happens everywhere. Is Pedro Martinez going to get the same calls as John Lackey? No. It happens for and against every team. Deal with it. Thrown out of baseball? Come on.

05-08-2006, 12:23 AM	#432
Evil Vito President of Freedonia Posts: 58,383	Lo Duca clearly got the tag on the heel. Don't really see why he'd get so pissed if he didn't. And I'm aware that umps are biased all the time, but to flat out say it to the people participating in the game itself is beyond retarded. OK, banning is strict...but he definately deserves investigation and needs to be reprimanded.

05-08-2006, 12:50 AM	#433
The Outlaw Unofficial Legend Posts: 11,931	Clearly? I saw three or four different angles and it wasn't clear. The announcers said they thought he tagged him, this was after the slow motion replays though. Obviously, that's why I said "Lo Duca sure was pissed", don't see why he'd throw such a little bitch fit if he didn't tag him. Then again, he threw a ball during a live play and let runners advance (should have been runners instead of the one runner to third), so he must not be too bright.

05-08-2006, 02:10 AM	#434
BCWWF The People's Member Posts: 18,092	You guys are clearly missing the big story of the day. Johan Santana 7 IP, 2 ER, 11 K MEAT

05-08-2006, 10:49 AM	#435
YOUR Hero Adminstigator Posts: 102,491	no no no Barrry Bonds hit a HR

05-08-2006, 12:46 PM	#436
The Miz Clutch Poster Posts: 11,997	Really? It's hard to keep up with Bonds these days

05-08-2006, 12:50 PM	#437
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	Yea that Lo Duca call was a pretty tough call, I am sure he tagged him otherwise he wouldn't have flipped out like that but cmon. It's not like it was obvious and the ump missed it, I saw the replay a few times and I couldn't tell whether he got tagged or not.

05-08-2006, 04:22 PM	#438
Gertner Guest Posts: n/a	Casey Janssen with his first win of his career and looked damn good!

05-08-2006, 09:28 PM	#439
Loose Cannon I'm all there is Posts: 31,811	Just like to say Johnny D has started out nicely for the Yanks. yea, We call him Johnny D cause he's on our team now

05-08-2006, 10:28 PM	#440
YOUR Hero Adminstigator Posts: 102,491	Complete Game, Halladay. 3 out of 4 from the Angels. Yeah. Now, onto Lo Duca. He overreacted so poorly. It wasn't game 7 of the world series. Relax, Paul