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Old 08-05-2013, 10:18 AM   #1
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I've been to Citizens Bank (and the Vet ), Fenway, and Camden. Enjoyed them all. Been trying to get to Nationals Park since my cousins live kinda close. One day...
My brothers were just in DC for a game (The Harper walk-off HR) and were not impressed with the stadium for whatever reason. Personally, I love PNC in PBurgh.
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Old 08-05-2013, 07:13 AM   #2
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Also took a tour of Camden Yards (and M&T Bank Stadium) a few years ago, which was neat.
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Citi Field is a gorgeous park, able to walk around the entire stadium so you can check the game out from any angle. PNC Park is really awesome as well, if I lived in Pittsburgh I'd go out of my way to go to a shitload of games.

In terms of other active stadiums I've only been to New Yankee Stadium and Citizen's Bank Park once each, both seemed nice. Also only went to Fenway Park once but it was in the late '90s so I don't remember a whole lot about it, have to go again.
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I've been to Coors Field, Nats Park, Camden and Fenway. Nats Park and Coors were great, Fenway on the other hand felt so cramped (this and the Coors visit were in the mid 90s so Coors was fairly new at that point) and Camden was in Baltimore. Camden is a nice stadium, but you have to deduct points for that town.
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Old 08-05-2013, 09:27 AM   #5
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Yankees are happy to get away from the juggernaut team of the Padres.
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Old 08-05-2013, 09:40 AM   #6
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Girardi has "penciled in" A-Rod for the game tonight in Chicago. MLB having a press conference around noon.
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Girardi has "penciled in" A-Rod for the game tonight in Chicago. MLB having a press conference around noon.
As tired as I am of this entire PED thing, I might have to tune into the game just to see the crowd reaction. Should be one for the ages.
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As tired as I am of this entire PED thing, I might have to tune into the game just to see the crowd reaction. Should be one for the ages.
NVM forgot Tigers starting a series against the Tribe tonight. These Indians need to start fading any time now.
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Old 08-05-2013, 10:16 AM   #9
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Over the last month or so I had begrudgingly built up some sympathy for Phil Hughes getting no run support but he threw it all away yesterday. Such a cockhat
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Really the only teams that need new stadiums because they're so shitty are Tampa Bay and Oakland (unfortunately).

Everyone else has a brand new state of the art palace, a place that's kind of old but has been renovated to something comfortable, or a(n) historic landmark if ballpark where people would riot if anything happened to it.
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WE HAVE NAMES for 12 players who will agree to serve the suspension without appealing:

Nelson Cruz, Texas Rangers outfielder.
Everth Cabrera, San Diego Padres shortstop.
Jhonny Peralta, Detroit Tigers shortstop.
Antonio Bastardo, Philadelphia Phillies reliever.
Jordany Valdespin, New York Mets outfielder.
Francisco Cervelli, Yankees catcher.
Jesus Montero, Seattle Mariners catcher.
• Cesar Puello, New York Mets outfield prospect.
Fautino De Los Santos, San Diego Padres pitching prospect.
Sergio Escalona, Houston Astros pitching prospect.
Fernando Martinez, New York Yankees outfield prospect.
Jordan Norberto, free-agent pitcher.
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WE HAVE NAMES for 12 players who will agree to serve the suspension without appealing:

Nelson Cruz, Texas Rangers outfielder.
Everth Cabrera, San Diego Padres shortstop.
Jhonny Peralta, Detroit Tigers shortstop.
Antonio Bastardo, Philadelphia Phillies reliever.
Jordany Valdespin, New York Mets outfielder.
Francisco Cervelli, Yankees catcher.
Jesus Montero, Seattle Mariners catcher.
• Cesar Puello, New York Mets outfield prospect.
Fautino De Los Santos, San Diego Padres pitching prospect.
Sergio Escalona, Houston Astros pitching prospect.
Fernando Martinez, New York Yankees outfield prospect.
Jordan Norberto, free-agent pitcher.


BUT.......BUT..........What about A-Ro(i)d? He's gonna play? Right?!
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Old 08-05-2013, 01:33 PM   #13
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How long are the suspensions? Rest of the season?
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Old 08-05-2013, 01:37 PM   #14
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Fucking Valdespin. He's already serving a ban now for hot dogging a home run trot and instigating a brawl. He called Terry Collins a cocksucker a month ago. He show boated while down 10 runs and got pissy when his team didn't stick up for him. He hit below the Mendoza line.

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Supposed to be announced later today.

Edit: Turns out it was a lot sooner than later. Officially suspend till end of 2014 but can play while appealing since MLB dropped that part of the demands.

Yankees will owe him an extra $6 million if he ties Willie Mays in HRs (13 away).

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Old 08-05-2013, 03:09 PM   #17
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Suspension doesn't go into affect for A-Rod until Thursday, so he's in the lineup tonight apparently.

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Anyone memba when people were marveling over the Pineda/Montero swap?

As far as the suspensions go. Tigers look smart for shoring up SS at the deadline. Wonder if Texas will be looking for a temp bat or if they'l just bite the bullet and platoon Jeff Baker and David Murphy in right since they sound averse to putting Profar out there.
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Pineda has been pitching in Triple A for a month and a half. Feels like that 1 season 2 years ago was a fluke and they're afraid to pull the trigger and put him in the big boy rotation over Pettitte or Hughes.
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Pineda has been pitching in Triple A for a month and a half. Feels like that 1 season 2 years ago was a fluke and they're afraid to pull the trigger and put him in the big boy rotation over Pettitte or Hughes.
He came out of the game the other day because of shoulder tightness or something and is going for MRIs. He's coming back from serious shoulder surgery that a lot of pitchers don't come back from the same player, I don't think they're gonna rush him at all.
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I understand Pineda's ordeal but it just seems like a wash with 2 lost years and probably at least one more year of "feeling out." The trade was not good for either side, I guess was my point.
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I understand Pineda's ordeal but it just seems like a wash with 2 lost years and probably at least one more year of "feeling out." The trade was not good for either side, I guess was my point.
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Anyone memba when people were marveling over the Pineda/Montero swap?

As far as the suspensions go. Tigers look smart for shoring up SS at the deadline. Wonder if Texas will be looking for a temp bat or if they'l just bite the bullet and platoon Jeff Baker and David Murphy in right since they sound averse to putting Profar out there.
Thing I love about the Iglesias pickup is that even if Peralta wasn't being suspended, he's a FA after this season anyway and most likely gone from all reports I've been hearing, so it was an inevitability regardless. Loving the kid so far.
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Thing I love about the Iglesias pickup is that even if Peralta wasn't being suspended, he's a FA after this season anyway and most likely gone from all reports I've been hearing, so it was an inevitability regardless. Loving the kid so far.
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You know you can park at Greektown casino for free and walk over. Figured I'd tell you. Also Tony, we talk about this every year, but when are we going to a game?
90% of the time I go I end up parking on Gratiot and Antietam, but lately I've been seeing a lot of broken glass and cars being broken into ETC so I'm a bit wary. But it's a good way to beat the traffic rush and not pay for shit.


I'm down anytime I'm in town. I live up in Cambridge ON now so I don't go to as many games as I'd like to, but I come down to Windsor on weekends often. I always try to hit up the Sunday afternoon game if I'm in town and Tigers are at home. I think the next time I'm going to be down is the last weekend of August, so "in theory" the Sept 1 game I would go to... but I have like 3 fantasy football drafts that day so I don't think I'll end up going.

I don't know when my next venture down will be. I'll try to remember to hit you up on FB next time I for sure have plans to go. This weekend was kind of impromptu (decided Sat. night that we'd go to the game Sunday) so it was kind of hard to plan around.
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Wonder if Texas will be looking for a temp bat or if they'l just bite the bullet and platoon Jeff Baker and David Murphy in right since they sound averse to putting Profar out there.
Rangers wind up with Alex Rios after everyone said a deal was unlikely. Rios and cash to Ranger for PTBNL (probably Leury Garcia #20 prospect in the Rangers system at the start of the season)
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Rangers wind up with Alex Rios after everyone said a deal was unlikely. Rios and cash to Ranger for PTBNL (probably Leury Garcia #20 prospect in the Rangers system at the start of the season)
A PTBNL was all it took to pry Rios away from the southside?

Kenny Williams must be losing it.
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A PTBNL was all it took to pry Rios away from the southside?

Kenny Williams must be losing it.
I think thats about all he could have done with Rios right now. Kenny Williams is one of the worst GMs out there. Many reasons for them being another version of the Huston Astros - just without Mark Appel and Carlos Correa.

Kenny got promoted just before the wheels fell off the wagon. Must be nice.
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6 starts 23.1 innings. FIP of 3.11 and 10 k per 9. Decent numbers but it looks like they're being very careful with him. This late in the season would be shocked if he does anything other than start a 2nd game of a double header or come up as a reliever in September.
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So is Drew Stubbs ever gonna "get it together" ? Seems even his vaunted defense has been lacking this season.
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Never expected the Braves to run away with the division like this.

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Never expected the Braves to run away with the division like this.

My Nationals/Angels World Series prediction is sure looking great.

I didn't either, but I thought they would certainly make the playoffs. Still, the offense has under-performed for a good portion of this year, and the Braves don't really have a shutdown starter, so I don't know what the playoffs will bring. Bullpen has been unreal considering they lost Venters and O'Flaherty, so if the offense can hand the game to them late, we could make a run. But I don't think the Braves could handle the Tigers (just from the way they dominated the interleague series).

And yeah, I do believe the Braves have the easiest remaining schedule in the league, so they should get top seed.
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I didn't either, but I thought they would certainly make the playoffs. Still, the offense has under-performed for a good portion of this year, and the Braves don't really have a shutdown starter, so I don't know what the playoffs will bring. Bullpen has been unreal considering they lost Venters and O'Flaherty, so if the offense can hand the game to them late, we could make a run. But I don't think the Braves could handle the Tigers (just from the way they dominated the interleague series).

And yeah, I do believe the Braves have the easiest remaining schedule in the league, so they should get top seed.
The offense under-performed part of the year? Everyone knew it'd be a streaky offense. But they're second in the league in runs and OPS. I say they're doing fine.

As far as not having a shutdown starter, I disagree. Mike Minor has been fantastic. He may not be in the Kershaw, Felix, Harvey tier of dominance, but he's in that next group. He's our #1 come playoff time. 2.76 era, 1.04 WHIP, 8.2k/9. He's an ace at this point, and has been since the middle of last year (though that was overshadowed by Medlen). And Tehran might even be better. If you take away his first couple of starts this year, he was a 2.38 era with a 1.09 WHIP. Then, you need to figure out the next two. Medlen, Beachy, and Maholm are all capable of being very good, and even dominant at times. Hopefully they find it in the next two months. And Wood has been pretty good the last two times out.
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The offense under-performed part of the year? Everyone knew it'd be a streaky offense. But they're second in the league in runs and OPS. I say they're doing fine.

As far as not having a shutdown starter, I disagree. Mike Minor has been fantastic. He may not be in the Kershaw, Felix, Harvey tier of dominance, but he's in that next group. He's our #1 come playoff time. 2.76 era, 1.04 WHIP, 8.2k/9. He's an ace at this point, and has been since the middle of last year (though that was overshadowed by Medlen). And Tehran might even be better. If you take away his first couple of starts this year, he was a 2.38 era with a 1.09 WHIP. Then, you need to figure out the next two. Medlen, Beachy, and Maholm are all capable of being very good, and even dominant at times. Hopefully they find it in the next two months. And Wood has been pretty good the last two times out.
I'm not denying that the Braves haven't been playing well offensively, but they have still been underperforming (in my opinion) until recently. Actually, its basically gone as Justin Upton has gone, for the most part. Uggla and BJ are huge holes in the lineup (even with Uggla's HRs and walks, which are the only things that make him passable), and Simmons wasn't doing amazingly well offensively until recently. Even Gattis' power has disappeared. But having Heyward and Justin playing well means the Braves are scary. If Heyward can stay healthy for more than a week, that is.


Minor has been great, but I say the Braves lose on paper to a ton of other playoff teams if he's the best we can put up in Game 1. And I'm not putting any stock in Teheran in the playoffs, considering how untested he is.
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