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Huge 7 run ninth inning by the Jays last night
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Weird, the Twins and Royals are wearing retro uniforms today. I have no idea what the Twins uni's are, they say STPG, but I'm not sure who that would be. Back in the day we had the St. Paul Saints and the Minneapolis Millers (farm teams of the Dodgers and Giants I think). I don't think this is either of them though.
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I'm all there is
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Sounds like a negro league tribute thing. St. Paul Gophers were from Minnie in the early 1900's.
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St. Paul Colored Gophers, negro leagues
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Giambi with another. On fire
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I'm all there is
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Giambi with another today. On fire
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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If the A's somehow make it past the Angels for the AL west and meet the ChiSox in the playoffs, I have no fear.
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Jays rally in the 9th again today... only to loose.
Texas
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My predictions for the AL playoffs, as of right now:
White Sox Red Sox Red Sox win pretty easilly, lose maybe one game Angels Twins Good series, obviously I am going to say Twins, but thats just me. Anyway, I'd be pretty surprised if the Red Sox and Cards don't meet in the World Series again. |
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There were some statistics in a recent Sports Illustrated that showed last years stat leaders at the half and their final stats, and it works against many of the White Sox. Garland, Podsednik, Iguchi, Hermanson. Then you have Konerko, who usually slows down in the second half, Frank Thomas who has like a 2:1 HR:Hit ratio, which is obviously not going to continue. Then you have Garcia, who is bound to let his head get the best of him soon. I don't doubt that the White Sox will make the playoffs. They will really have to fuck up to let the Twins catch them. Once the playoffs come though, they will be worn down from inexperience and their timely hitting, which is pretty much the reason they are where they are, will likely be off. Like the Nationals, once they start to lose the momentum and lose the one run games, it will be a downhill road. Finally, look at how they played against the Oakland A's in the past two series'. I think they went 1-5, and the A's are nowhere near as good as a team like the Red Sox will be come playoff time. The Red Sox have a veteran lineup with proven great players, and as of right now they are still the favorites to win the AL pennant in my opinion. Anything can of course happen, but I don't like the White Sox chances and I do like the Red Sox's. |
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Sorry Roxer but the AL West race is over. A's still have a shot at the wild card but I see the Yankees and Twins having better second halves.
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IF
Yeah, I don't see them toppling the Angels either but IF. And I doubt they'll take the wild card. |
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AL East is gonna be interesting for the 2nd half
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The AL East is all fucked up now. The Red Sox are sputtering for no reason, the Yankees are randomly surging, and the Orioles are just sitting right in the middle. In the end, I think the Red Sox are the most complete and most together team, so I predict them coming out of there.
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Boston gets:
RP Chad Bradford Oakland gets: OF Jay Payton Great trade for the Red Sox, their pen sucks and Bradford kills righties. And Payton is pretty much useless for them. Oakland is apparently going to either immediately trade Payton to the Rockies or Yankees; or trade Eric Byrnes somewhere, maybe the Giants. I think trading Byrnes is stupid, but if they can get a quality reliever or a RH bat for Payton they should do it. |
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Yeah I'm a fan of Byrnes too, I would hope they keep him in Oakland.
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History's Greatest, Mr. E
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Hmmm. Isn't Bradford still on the DL? Too lazy to check.
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He's making rehab appearances in AAA. With Street Duke Calero and Yabu they're pretty much set for righty relief.
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Booney signed with the Twins.
![]() Thank god he signed with somebody who I don't hate. If he would've signed with the Rangers or Yankees or somebody I would've choked myself. |
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Boone to the Twins for cash and a player to be named later I think.
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I think Boone might fit in pretty well here. Hopefully at least. His glove will be a big addition as well. I'm interested to see how it turns out. The Twins still need to do more though.
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I'm all there is
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Awesome segment on Baseball Tonight. I hope they show it again later so I can tape it. Basically they highlighted some ofl the great defensive players of all-time and showed some what would of been considered web gems before there was a "web gem" segment.
I like how they mentioed a few 1900 guys like Wagner and Speaker. |
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Rockies get:
Eric Byrnes minor leaguer A's get: Joe Kennedy Jay Witasick Damn. I'll miss Byrnes. Shitty trade for the A's |
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Although Eric Byrnes will be a fucking star in Denver
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Good player but I hated watching him all the time. I couldnt stand watching him catch shit he shouldn't have againest the Red Sox. Glad he's in the NL now haha
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What "minor leaguer" The Miz?
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Wish the D-Backs would have went after him in the off-season.
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FIGURES! I have Byrnes and Quintinella's autograph on the same ball.
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I guess you can't really take forgranted the player to be named. In trading AJ Pierzynski to the Giants two years ago, the player to be names was Francisco Lariano, who is apparently better then Santana at this point in his career.
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Byrnes makes web gems almost every time he plays the field but he is pretty shitty defensively. The reason he has to dive is because he gets horrible jumps and he takes horrible routes to balls. But he was alot of fun to watch even though he was a moron. Colorado will be a better suit for him, he really didn't play "A's style" baseball. I expect him to hit about .310 with 30 homers and 30 steals next year
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I just realized Oakland has now gotten rid of all the guys that either choked or did something really stupid in the playoffs. Byrnes, Tejada, Jeremy Giambi, Terrance Long, Mark Mulder
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The Miz, A's or M's?
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Damn, Yankees put Wang on the DL. Basically down to Mussina and Johnson now in the starting rotation.
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I like the Byrnes trade for the Rockies. Apparently Quintanilla is a pretty good prospect.
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haha, I'm the same. Just replace the Yanks with the M's. I have an A's sweatshirt I wear all the time.
I like the A's so much because they're just a bunch of young guys having fun. I remember back like two years ago, they did a segment on ESPN with Zito, Mulder, Chavez and one of the relief guys and they were all at someone's house playing basketball, throwing each other in the pool, playing the guitars, racing bikes and I remember thining how much these guys ruled. |
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