MLB 2007 Season Thread - Page 15

**OssMan** · 04-28-2007, 12:09 AM

just back from rfk stadium and i am 100% tired of that piece of crap. easily the worst stadium in MLB, cant wait for new stadium, actually drove by and saw it being built, looks like it will be good.

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 04-28-2007, 12:16 AM

RED SOX

**YOUR Hero** · 04-28-2007, 01:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AssMan

just back from rfk stadium and i am 100% tired of that piece of crap. easily the worst stadium in MLB, cant wait for new stadium, actually drove by and saw it being built, looks like it will be good.

Why do you keep going there instead of Shea stadium?

I thought you were a Mets fan

**Dragon** · 04-28-2007, 01:43 AM

Nice, 7 game losing streak. This game was just ugly and this whole team is playing like shit right now. If we are swept this weekend something is probably gonna happen.

**Dragon** · 04-28-2007, 01:46 AM

And we have Jeffrey Karstens going tomorrow to put a stop to this losing streak, lol damn.

Kind of missing Randy Johnson and his 200+ innings he gave us each year.

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 04-28-2007, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sTiMa34

Red Sox own Marianooooo, they showed the clip from opening day 2005 when the fans cheered him, that was the greatest shit of all time

4 Earned Runs

**Evil Vito** · 04-28-2007, 10:43 AM

Haha Mo gave up 15 ER all last year and he's already surrendered 9 this year

**YOUR Hero** · 04-28-2007, 01:48 PM

Has his cutter lost it's bite?

**SammyG** · 04-28-2007, 01:55 PM

Dodgers scored 4 in the top of the 9th and beat the Pads last night

**Dragon** · 04-28-2007, 04:40 PM

Karstens obviously will get knocked around today. Hopefully he just goes a decent amount of innings. Not getting my hopes up for this game; Wakefield seems to be doing good this year.

**Dragon** · 04-28-2007, 05:03 PM

Wow, first pitch of the game and Karstens gets drilled in the leg by a ball hit by Lugo. He's out and Igawa is in now.

**FakeLaser** · 04-28-2007, 05:25 PM

I am so depressed right now.

**Dragon** · 04-28-2007, 06:15 PM

We need about a 10 run lead before we get to the pen.

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 04-28-2007, 06:16 PM

lol can't remember the last time I saw a starting pitcher wearing sunglasses

**Dragon** · 04-28-2007, 06:19 PM

He should wear the sunglasses every time he pitches. The couple games he has worn them he has actually pitched decent.

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 04-28-2007, 06:25 PM

This type of game that keeps me worried about the Red Sox chances, they should be hammering this stiff right now but they aren't. This is the type of bullshit that always helps the Yankees

**Dragon** · 04-28-2007, 06:31 PM

Lowell keeps giving us chances with his errors. Abreu has been awful lately though so I expect a strike-out or a double play.

**YOUR Hero** · 04-28-2007, 06:45 PM

Jays NEED to acquire middle relief. Fuck.

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 04-28-2007, 06:55 PM

I am real surprised Lowell has already had 8 or 9 errors, I think that matches his season total from last year

**Dragon** · 04-28-2007, 08:03 PM

3-1 Yankees, top of the 9th now.

Not gonna lie, a little nervous about Rivera going against the Sox again.

**FakeLaser** · 04-28-2007, 08:56 PM

FINALLY

**Dragon** · 04-28-2007, 08:59 PM

Yeah, ridiculous how much we really needed this win. Igawa stepped up big time.

Karstens has a fractured bone in his leg, so he'll be out for a while though.

**ClockShot** · 04-28-2007, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FakeRazor

FINALLY

Ditto, my man.

My boss and I were tuned to this at work. He's a yankee fan also. He was like 40-50 feet away, and when I tuned in and listen then heard "Karstens is down on the first pitch", I immediately screamed "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO." He then came over and I told him what happened. He just chuckled and was like, "Can it get any worse?"

After Igawa's coming in and performance, I got a little more faith in him. Nice to see Bruney come back in. And Mo Rivera finally gets his first save.

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 04-29-2007, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sTiMa34

This type of game that keeps me worried about the Red Sox chances, they should be hammering this stiff right now but they aren't. This is the type of bullshit that always helps the Yankees

Word sTiMa34

**FakeLaser** · 04-29-2007, 03:04 AM

We're going to win the remaining 140 games or so, it's not a big deal...

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 04-29-2007, 03:07 AM

Rivera is not the same, might still save a lot of games..but not "lights out games over" like he used to be

**FakeLaser** · 04-29-2007, 03:10 AM

I don't know, I think he'll be the Rivera of old for the remainder of the season.

**Hardkore Kidd J** · 04-29-2007, 07:05 AM

You have to admit Igawa was mighty damn impressive. How long was it since a RELIEVER actually pitched 6 or 7 scoreless innings against one of the best teams in the major leagues? For the Yankees it's a Mariacle if the reliever goes 3 scoreless innings. I'm starting to think maybe the Yankees were a bit to quick sending Igawa to the pen. Hopefully the relievers can keep this up. Rivera may not be Lights Out game over now. But I think by mid season he will be.

**YOUR Hero** · 04-29-2007, 01:33 PM

MLB Credits Hank Aaron With 50 Lost Home Runs

MILWAUKEE—In what Major League Baseball officials are calling a "long overdue correction of a gross oversight," Commissioner Bud Selig announced Tuesday the discovery that Hall of Famer Hank Aaron had in fact accumulated 50 previously unaccounted-for home runs during his illustrious 22-year baseball career, bringing his once record total of 755 to an even higher 805 and putting the all-time home-run record perhaps forever out of reach.

"Hank Aaron is a hero, an excellent man, and a great ambassador for the game of baseball," Selig said during a press conference to announce the findings. "We're proud to have finally set things right, hopefully once and for all. And I have to tell you, some of the home runs that we discovered were just monster shots. One was hit off of [Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher] Harvey Haddix that went 576 feet, and Hank wasn't even that big of a guy. Just naturally strong and gifted, I guess."

Haddix was unavailable for comment, as he passed away in 1994.

According to Selig, a committee of sports journalists and baseball historians was set up during the off-season to investigate, with Selig's oversight, whether there was any substance to a rumor that began circulating last summer concerning Aaron having hit more homeruns than those credited to him in the record books. Though Selig said he couldn't recall the date the committee was established, he believes it was in or around the time he approved the San Francisco Giants' highly publicized signing of Barry Zito.

The committee's 30-page report points out several key factors that combined to increase Aaron's home run total. For example, in 1958, home runs hit during both the first week of spring training and those hit in pre-game batting practice during away games in the third week of August were added to a player's career numbers. In addition, home runs hit during the 1971 All-Star Game should have been tallied.

Aaron, coincidentally, did hit a home run in that game.

"We are here today to the right the wrongs," Selig said. "This is America's national pastime, and its players, fans, and all citizens deserve to have a record book in which they can take great pride. So if we didn't count Hank Aarons five-homer outing during 1964's famous 'Empty Stadium' game, I wouldn't be able to live with myself."

Furthermore, the report continued, a third of the home runs hit by players who participated in the television series Home Run Derby, a show on which Aaron appeared several times, should have been counted. In addition, during the second half of the 1962 season, balls that bounced over the outfield fence should have been counted as home runs, and foul balls that were hit behind the batter but cleared the netting intended to protect fans seated behind home plate were also home runs. That being the case, league scorekeepers now say Aaron had his best year in 1962, hitting 65 home runs—20 more than originally thought.

Though there has been some negative reaction towards the announcement of Aaron's new record, mostly from fans in northern California, the news has been received very well nationwide.

"This is the best thing that has happened to baseball in years," said New York resident Tom Plaitano, 63. "I remember watching Hank Aaron as a kid, and even though I don't recall a time when all home runs hit off Sandy Koufax counted for two, I don't really care. This decision just makes sense to me."

"The number 805 will go down as the most prestigious number in sports," said Selig, adding that there is a strong possibility still more of Aaron's home runs could come to the surface during this season, and maybe even the next several seasons to come. "It's not out of the question that Hank could have, say, 900 home runs by the time our investigation is all said and done."

"Either way, the all-time home-run record couldn't be held by a more dignified and honorable man," Selig added.

The committee's report has caused quite a shakeup to the list of baseball's all-time home-run leaders. Aaron, while keeping his record, is not even the biggest benefactor of the findings; as of now Aaron is first with 805, Willie Mays has jumped to second with 800, Frank Robinson is third with 798, Harmon Killebrew is fourth with 797, and Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks, Ted Williams, and Willie McCovey are tied for fifth at 796.

According to Selig, early results of another investigation may net Babe Ruth as many as 74 additional home runs, Mike Schmidt an estimated 124, and Ken Griffey Jr. a possible 200, while players such as Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, and Barry Bonds will probably be knocked even further down the list.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news..._aaron_with_50

**McLegend** · 04-29-2007, 03:02 PM

Cards pitcher Josh Hancock died this morning in a car accident.

Tonights Cards/Cubs game has been cancelled.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2853149

**SammyG** · 04-29-2007, 03:55 PM

FFUUUCK. RIP

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 04-29-2007, 04:56 PM

8th inning double play-Rod

**Dragon** · 04-29-2007, 05:31 PM

Can't expect to win a game when Doug Mientewicz is the source of our offense.

**Jesus Shuttlesworth** · 04-29-2007, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sTiMa34

I really hope he goes like 7 strong giving up 2 ER with 6 K or something. It will be glorious, obviously I can't see that happening but crazy shit goes down when its NYY vs BOS

Went 5 with 3 earned...not too shabby

**Avenger** · 04-29-2007, 08:26 PM

**ClockShot** · 04-29-2007, 09:44 PM

R.I.P. Josh Hancock

**Evil Vito** · 04-29-2007, 10:33 PM

R.I.P Josh Hancock

**FakeLaser** · 04-29-2007, 11:21 PM

RIP Josh Hancock

Oh yeah, and Joe Torre...

RP · 04-30-2007, 09:29 AM

Where does " Being a Cardinals pitcher " rank on the worlds most dangerous jobs list?

**SammyG** · 04-30-2007, 12:34 PM

Dodgers won in 17 last night. YOU KNOW.

04-28-2007, 12:09 AM	#561
OssMan The Classic Dylan Staples Posts: 51,536	just back from rfk stadium and i am 100% tired of that piece of crap. easily the worst stadium in MLB, cant wait for new stadium, actually drove by and saw it being built, looks like it will be good.

04-28-2007, 12:16 AM	#562
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	RED SOX

04-28-2007, 01:43 AM	#564
Dragon REALMENTE Posts: 11,271	Nice, 7 game losing streak. This game was just ugly and this whole team is playing like shit right now. If we are swept this weekend something is probably gonna happen.

04-28-2007, 01:46 AM	#565
Dragon REALMENTE Posts: 11,271	And we have Jeffrey Karstens going tomorrow to put a stop to this losing streak, lol damn. Kind of missing Randy Johnson and his 200+ innings he gave us each year.

04-28-2007, 10:43 AM	#567
Evil Vito President of Freedonia Posts: 58,383	Haha Mo gave up 15 ER all last year and he's already surrendered 9 this year

04-28-2007, 01:48 PM	#568
YOUR Hero Adminstigator Posts: 102,491	Has his cutter lost it's bite?

04-28-2007, 01:55 PM	#569
SammyG LAKE SHOW HOES Posts: 25,768	Dodgers scored 4 in the top of the 9th and beat the Pads last night

04-28-2007, 04:40 PM	#570
Dragon REALMENTE Posts: 11,271	Karstens obviously will get knocked around today. Hopefully he just goes a decent amount of innings. Not getting my hopes up for this game; Wakefield seems to be doing good this year.

04-28-2007, 05:03 PM	#571
Dragon REALMENTE Posts: 11,271	Wow, first pitch of the game and Karstens gets drilled in the leg by a ball hit by Lugo. He's out and Igawa is in now.

04-28-2007, 05:25 PM	#572
FakeLaser continental drift Posts: 46,731	I am so depressed right now.

04-28-2007, 06:15 PM	#573
Dragon REALMENTE Posts: 11,271	We need about a 10 run lead before we get to the pen.

04-28-2007, 06:16 PM	#574
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	lol can't remember the last time I saw a starting pitcher wearing sunglasses

04-28-2007, 06:19 PM	#575
Dragon REALMENTE Posts: 11,271	He should wear the sunglasses every time he pitches. The couple games he has worn them he has actually pitched decent.

04-28-2007, 06:25 PM	#576
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	This type of game that keeps me worried about the Red Sox chances, they should be hammering this stiff right now but they aren't. This is the type of bullshit that always helps the Yankees

04-28-2007, 06:31 PM	#577
Dragon REALMENTE Posts: 11,271	Lowell keeps giving us chances with his errors. Abreu has been awful lately though so I expect a strike-out or a double play.

04-28-2007, 06:45 PM	#578
YOUR Hero Adminstigator Posts: 102,491	Jays NEED to acquire middle relief. Fuck.

04-28-2007, 06:55 PM	#579
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	I am real surprised Lowell has already had 8 or 9 errors, I think that matches his season total from last year

04-28-2007, 08:03 PM	#580
Dragon REALMENTE Posts: 11,271	3-1 Yankees, top of the 9th now. Not gonna lie, a little nervous about Rivera going against the Sox again.

04-28-2007, 08:56 PM	#581
FakeLaser continental drift Posts: 46,731	FINALLY

04-28-2007, 08:59 PM	#582
Dragon REALMENTE Posts: 11,271	Yeah, ridiculous how much we really needed this win. Igawa stepped up big time. Karstens has a fractured bone in his leg, so he'll be out for a while though.

04-29-2007, 03:04 AM	#585
FakeLaser continental drift Posts: 46,731	We're going to win the remaining 140 games or so, it's not a big deal...

04-29-2007, 03:07 AM	#586
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	Rivera is not the same, might still save a lot of games..but not "lights out games over" like he used to be

04-29-2007, 03:10 AM	#587
FakeLaser continental drift Posts: 46,731	I don't know, I think he'll be the Rivera of old for the remainder of the season.

04-29-2007, 07:05 AM	#588
Hardkore Kidd J Time to Nut Up or Shut up Posts: 2,803	You have to admit Igawa was mighty damn impressive. How long was it since a RELIEVER actually pitched 6 or 7 scoreless innings against one of the best teams in the major leagues? For the Yankees it's a Mariacle if the reliever goes 3 scoreless innings. I'm starting to think maybe the Yankees were a bit to quick sending Igawa to the pen. Hopefully the relievers can keep this up. Rivera may not be Lights Out game over now. But I think by mid season he will be.

04-29-2007, 01:33 PM	#589
YOUR Hero Adminstigator Posts: 102,491	MLB Credits Hank Aaron With 50 Lost Home Runs MILWAUKEE—In what Major League Baseball officials are calling a "long overdue correction of a gross oversight," Commissioner Bud Selig announced Tuesday the discovery that Hall of Famer Hank Aaron had in fact accumulated 50 previously unaccounted-for home runs during his illustrious 22-year baseball career, bringing his once record total of 755 to an even higher 805 and putting the all-time home-run record perhaps forever out of reach. "Hank Aaron is a hero, an excellent man, and a great ambassador for the game of baseball," Selig said during a press conference to announce the findings. "We're proud to have finally set things right, hopefully once and for all. And I have to tell you, some of the home runs that we discovered were just monster shots. One was hit off of [Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher] Harvey Haddix that went 576 feet, and Hank wasn't even that big of a guy. Just naturally strong and gifted, I guess." Haddix was unavailable for comment, as he passed away in 1994. According to Selig, a committee of sports journalists and baseball historians was set up during the off-season to investigate, with Selig's oversight, whether there was any substance to a rumor that began circulating last summer concerning Aaron having hit more homeruns than those credited to him in the record books. Though Selig said he couldn't recall the date the committee was established, he believes it was in or around the time he approved the San Francisco Giants' highly publicized signing of Barry Zito. The committee's 30-page report points out several key factors that combined to increase Aaron's home run total. For example, in 1958, home runs hit during both the first week of spring training and those hit in pre-game batting practice during away games in the third week of August were added to a player's career numbers. In addition, home runs hit during the 1971 All-Star Game should have been tallied. Aaron, coincidentally, did hit a home run in that game. "We are here today to the right the wrongs," Selig said. "This is America's national pastime, and its players, fans, and all citizens deserve to have a record book in which they can take great pride. So if we didn't count Hank Aarons five-homer outing during 1964's famous 'Empty Stadium' game, I wouldn't be able to live with myself." Furthermore, the report continued, a third of the home runs hit by players who participated in the television series Home Run Derby, a show on which Aaron appeared several times, should have been counted. In addition, during the second half of the 1962 season, balls that bounced over the outfield fence should have been counted as home runs, and foul balls that were hit behind the batter but cleared the netting intended to protect fans seated behind home plate were also home runs. That being the case, league scorekeepers now say Aaron had his best year in 1962, hitting 65 home runs—20 more than originally thought. Though there has been some negative reaction towards the announcement of Aaron's new record, mostly from fans in northern California, the news has been received very well nationwide. "This is the best thing that has happened to baseball in years," said New York resident Tom Plaitano, 63. "I remember watching Hank Aaron as a kid, and even though I don't recall a time when all home runs hit off Sandy Koufax counted for two, I don't really care. This decision just makes sense to me." "The number 805 will go down as the most prestigious number in sports," said Selig, adding that there is a strong possibility still more of Aaron's home runs could come to the surface during this season, and maybe even the next several seasons to come. "It's not out of the question that Hank could have, say, 900 home runs by the time our investigation is all said and done." "Either way, the all-time home-run record couldn't be held by a more dignified and honorable man," Selig added. The committee's report has caused quite a shakeup to the list of baseball's all-time home-run leaders. Aaron, while keeping his record, is not even the biggest benefactor of the findings; as of now Aaron is first with 805, Willie Mays has jumped to second with 800, Frank Robinson is third with 798, Harmon Killebrew is fourth with 797, and Reggie Jackson, Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks, Ted Williams, and Willie McCovey are tied for fifth at 796. According to Selig, early results of another investigation may net Babe Ruth as many as 74 additional home runs, Mike Schmidt an estimated 124, and Ken Griffey Jr. a possible 200, while players such as Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, and Barry Bonds will probably be knocked even further down the list. http://www.theonion.com/content/news..._aaron_with_50

04-29-2007, 03:02 PM	#590
McLegend Temporary Posts: 15,617	Cards pitcher Josh Hancock died this morning in a car accident. Tonights Cards/Cubs game has been cancelled. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2853149

04-29-2007, 03:55 PM	#591
SammyG LAKE SHOW HOES Posts: 25,768	FFUUUCK. RIP

04-29-2007, 04:56 PM	#592
Jesus Shuttlesworth Posts: 42,765	8th inning double play-Rod

04-29-2007, 05:31 PM	#593
Dragon REALMENTE Posts: 11,271	Can't expect to win a game when Doug Mientewicz is the source of our offense.

04-29-2007, 08:26 PM	#595
Avenger est. 1884 Posts: 11,488