HOF heyward with the first home run of the year
werth singles in his first DC at bat
2-0 bravos
Sure you don't want to retitle this to something more appropriate like "Watch IGY Get Caked While Braves Win the NL East Thread"
lets see how this thing plays out...got plenty of time for a thread title edit
jayson werth watch - K in his 2nd AB (and easy celebrates)
meh
young kimbrel in the game now for his first save as a full time major league closer....hes one guy to watch this year as far as how well the braves do...gotta hope he cant handle the position yet....but if his results are as nasty as his stuff then bad news for the fightins
Yea he went 1 2 3 on rick ankiel uh oh
How long is the train ride from D.C. to ATL?
Just wondering for when IGY needs to make travel plans for the parade in November.
He does this every year with at least one team in the NL East. He's just extra excited this year because the Braves might finally be good enough to make one of his predictions come true after years of wrong.
not sure if this got posted somwhere already but man, pete may have thrown away any slim chance he had of getting into the HOF after wearing this.
(http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg616/scaled.php?tn=0&server=616&filename=byhzl.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640)
He's been dressing like that for years.
Looks like the Fratelli's mom from Goonies
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on April 01, 2011, 10:02:16 AM
Looks like the Fratelli's mom from Goonies
lol
where does one go to buy a jacket that ugly?
Either the swap meet or an auction for Fran Drescher's "Nanny" wardrobe.
if anything, thats gonna help his chances at cooperstown. imagine what he'd wear to the induction ceremony. talk about tv ratings going through the ruff.
If Pete Rose were to get elected during his lifetime, that alone would be a ratings draw. What he's wearing would be obsolete, but I'm sure he'd wear a t-shirt telling Giomatti, Vincent and Selig to farg off. I should probably make one up and have it on stand-by.
the only thing he should be pissed at giamatti is for is that he died when he did
I assume you're saying that Giamatti should have died sooner? Because he's the one who banned Rose.
Matt Holliday had an appendectomy will miss 3-6 weeks.
My fantasy team weeps uncontrollably.
My #1 outfielder is now Shane Victorino lol (or Brett Gardner)
Kyle Drabek is having a decent game so far through 3. No hits, no runs, 1 walk, 3 Ks
O's sweep Rays.
and ESPN's favorites are 0-3
Didn't the Phils have Gio Gonzalez in their farm system at one time? Was he part of the Halladay trade last year? Anyway, he went 7 strong and gave up 1 earned with 4K. Buster Olney was on this morning saying that several scouts/gm's/whatever have likened his stuff to Carlton's.
Traded to the Phils from the White Sox in the Thome deal
Then traded BACK to the Sox for Freddy farging Garcia
Then dealt to the A's for Nick Swisher
Watching Aubrey Huff try to play RF this series has been comical.
Eat shtein and die, Giants.
How dumb is Miguel Tejada?
2 out in the top of the 8th and the Giants are down 4. Dodgers pitcher walked a batter to load the bases and then walked another to push a run in. So what's Miguel do? Swings at the first pitch, an ankle high fastball and pops out to end the inning.
Of all the dumb shtein players do that piss me off, swinging at the first pitch is by far at the top of my list. Especially when the pitcher is having control issues and walks the previous 2 batters.
sounds like someone is still a bitter barry
Guessing you're talking about Jay. Of course he's salty. In Sept last year he didn't give a shtein about the Giants one way or the other. Now they are probably top 3 on his hate list.
I dislike Aubrey Huff & Cody Ross.
i still dont care about them
the phillies lost the series because they played like dick. the 3 best players were shtein. halladay was beaten in game 1.
giants are still a whatever
Broxton on to close for the Doyers. Fun fact: In the 2nd half of last year (after Jun 26) he gave up 29 runs in 25 2/3 innings.
Rowand in pinch hitting and they just said that once Cody Ross gets back that Rowand will probably be the 5th outfielder........making 12mil this year and next. Good for him.
Edit: He just launched one into left off Broxton. 2nd hr he's given up already this year. LOL
This is great. farg u LA!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/01/henry-yu-giants-plane-dodgers-stadium_n_843621.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/01/henry-yu-giants-plane-dodgers-stadium_n_843621.html)
Is this getting any national press? Dodger Stadium, farging Latino gang convention.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/03/BA5H1IP8ID.DTL&tsp=1
Quote from: Don Ho on April 04, 2011, 02:51:16 AM
Is this getting any national press? Dodger Stadium, farging Latino gang convention.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/03/BA5H1IP8ID.DTL&tsp=1
What, have you been in a coma your whole adult life? This is the first time you've heard of this? Welcome to Dodger stadium, where Raider fans take a moment to watch baseball and sport their blues....and kill any hopes of tailgating at Dodgers stadium EVER. My buddy a few years back saw a guy get jumped, and then run over by a suburban suv. Dude under the tires was a Giants fan.
I don't buy that this guy was randomly attacked. Although not justified, he probably responded appropriately to a couple of drunk asses who got pissed off when he probably referenced the championship.
Being a paramedic doesn't make someone a saint:
"Stow is a Giants season ticket holder as well as a devoted Dallas Cowboys fan "
I had friends who attended the three games in LA during the 2008 NLCS and they honestly feared for their lives at Dodger Stadium. I was in LA when the Sixers played the Lakers in the 01 Finals and had my Iverson t-shirt on for game two. Finally found a mellow place to watch the game as every where I went was full of the Raider Nation Gang Bangers in their Kobe jerseys.
I agree with you as I am sure he was just as guilty as far as instigating trouble. Bay area press is trying to say it was a random attack. Don't think so.
Bay area native and he's a Cowboy's fan? Better send Truck Rathman to pay him a visit.
I had no problems at all when I went to NLCS Game 2 in 2009. Sure, people were talking shtein and some threw peanuts at me, but that was about it. Wasn't really that bad at all. Of course, I don't think I was sitting in one of the "bad" sections.
Every section to the left, right, top and bottom of us was full of Mexicans and my section was full of pastey white people bitching about the sun. It's like my section was the Puerto Vallarta of Dodger Stadium....bunch of gringos and Chuggie.
I went to a few Phillies games up there and nobody gave a shtein. Went to one game with my old room mate who's a Giants fan and they were talking shtein and throwing stuff at us.
Opening day 2009 a Giants fan was stabbed and opening day 2003 a fan was shot in the parking lot.
So 2 out of the last 3 years and 3 of the last 8 opening days in LA have resulted in someone being critically injured.
And Philadelphia fans are sooooooo awful!
LA is a trashy city...F them all.
The O's won their home opener today.
Baltimore could really use a better than .500 showing this season..
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on April 04, 2011, 08:28:49 PM
And Philadelphia fans are sooooooo awful!
I'm surprised it took this long and I'm surprised that it wasn't pg.
I was equally surprised so I was picking up the slack, slacker.
Quote from: Diomedes on April 04, 2011, 08:30:43 PM
LA is a trashy city...F them all.
The O's won their home opener today.
Baltimore could really use a better than .500 showing this season..
i have them winning the divison
they cant possibly win the division but they are gonna be for real
They'll definitely finish over .500
Bet...any takers?
the orioles?.....they are gonna win 90+
I think he's saying they're going to win 82+
yeah i cant believe there is anyone that doesnt think they will go .500
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 05, 2011, 12:20:24 PM
yeah i cant believe there is anyone that doesnt think they will go .500
I think it depends on how well they play in their division. The AL East is probably the toughest in the league right now (at least on paper to start the season). Bos and NYY are obviously still the cream of the crop, but Tampa is battle tested and the Blue Jays don't look too shabby either. They'll probably win alot of games outside of their division but whether or not they finish above .500 comes down to how well they stand up to the big boys in the East.
yankees stink...no way the orioles dont finish ahead of them
Their pitching isn't very good once you get passed CC but I don't think you can completely write them off either. I don't think they'll win the division and maybe not even the WC, but they're still better than most of the teams they face. If nothing else, they've been beating up on the O's and Jays (The O Jays?) for so long that maybe they have some sort of psych advantage or something.
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 05, 2011, 01:06:44 PM
yankees stink...no way the orioles dont finish ahead of them
I just threw some money on the Orioles to win the division at 18:1. Because you're never wrong, I'm going to consider this bet my childrens' college fund, and I'll get a building named for you at each of the colleges of their choosing.
those are great odds...cant believe they are that high...i might have to follow suit
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/04/05/red-sox-fan-threatens-to-shun-his-own-child-if-he-roots-for-the-yankees/
Kind of funny but at the same time, telling a little kid he needs to find another place to live is pretty zesty. Yeah, we love sports, love our teams, hate our rivals, blah blah blah. It's a farging game that we watch because we don't have the talent to play. Maybe if he wasn't such a d-bag, his kid would want to more like him. Farg this guy.
umm its not just a game...and its not like this guy is actually giving up his child for adoption...id threaten the little punk with a hell of a lot more than that if he/she wasnt a four for four kid
yea he wasnt serious
who cares who is an abusive, ridiculous parent. tell it to the ditch digger and let him worry about it.
I would shun my kid too.
Four for four or hit the door.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 06, 2011, 12:32:20 PM
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011/04/05/red-sox-fan-threatens-to-shun-his-own-child-if-he-roots-for-the-yankees/
Kind of funny but at the same time, telling a little kid he needs to find another place to live is pretty zesty. Yeah, we love sports, love our teams, hate our rivals, blah blah blah. It's a farging game that we watch because we don't have the talent to play. Maybe if he wasn't such a d-bag, his kid would want to more like him. Farg this guy.
My 9 year old daughter pulled this last year with cheering for the cubs. So I went out, bought her a hat and told her have fun with it. Then I made sure she overheard me saying to the mrs. that me and my oldest sone were goingt o the phils/brewer game and that my daughter wouldnt want to go because she likes the cubs. Her little schtick lasted about 3 weeks, my other kids gave her a hard time, but I would make sure to tell her the scores of all the cubs game. She came crawling back and yes she went with us to the game, came away with 6 baseballs and a bunch of signatures. Cute kids in Phils jerseys goes along way
Hey, that's a neat story. Thanks for sharing.
between his MA republican yarns of wisdom and you mentioning every time you place $2.50 on a basketball game, id say we have something really special brewing here
Quote from: FastFreddie on April 06, 2011, 02:18:51 PM
Hey, that's a neat story. Thanks for sharing.
lol...painful wasnt it
the moral of that story i think is that ugly kids dont get baseballs
I think it's the exact opposite, but then again I really only skimmed it.
:flipoff
Quote from: ice grillin you on April 06, 2011, 01:06:11 PM
umm its not just a game
So what is it then? The essence of life? The answer to the world's problems? It's a game. I love it, but at the end of the day it's still a game.
Quote...and its not like this guy is actually giving up his child for adoption...id threaten the little punk with a hell of a lot more than that if he/she wasnt a four for four kid
I know the dude isn't serious, I just couldn't imagine ever saying something like that to my kids over something like that. Especially when they were that young and didn't have a developed sense of humor.
Well IGY's a grown ass man and he still doesn't have a developed sense of humor, so that explains the differing opinions on this one.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 06, 2011, 03:06:48 PM
Especially when they were that young and didn't have a developed sense of humor.
yeah but they have a sense of fear
Put the belt on their ass, Havas!
I'm glad neither of you have kids.
Well, Phreak is irrelevant because if he ever has kids, they'll grow up watching futbol anyway.
lol
Negative, chief. I've already won that battle. My kid will not be a soccer player
I didn't say he'd be playing, just watching. And betting.
Guaranteed to be a degen like pops...
He can watch all he wants with his momma - thats when I will be in Vegas or something
"Vegas, where J has never walked away with less money than he came with!"
Out of 7 trips I have come home even once, down four times and up three times.
Not too bad I suppose.
Do the 3x up outweigh the 4x down?
Yeah by a nice chunk - one trip was a large winner and the other two were decent.
Ha Red Sox.
Wow, they are just something awful right now. 0-6 is farging nuts.
i love it. shuts all these boston jerks at my work up for a bit.
Imagine how happy igy would be if the Phils started out 0-6
i would be very happy if marlton whimpered
Quote from: SD on April 07, 2011, 03:50:24 PM
Imagine how happy igy would be if the Phils started out 0-6
In fairness he'd only be happy for the Mets being 5-1.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on April 07, 2011, 02:03:51 PM
Out of 7 trips I have come home even once, down four times and up three times.
Not too bad I suppose.
Out of 7 trips you walked away 8 times?
Ha!
Should be 1-3-3
friend of mine just sent me word that manny ramirez is retiring ? possibly drug related ?
verifiy this people.
Clicking on ESPN.com is hard.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6310125
Quote from: rjs246 on April 08, 2011, 04:35:07 PM
Clicking on ESPN.com is hard.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6310125
thats what i have you for
good boy ubu, good boy.
I'm sure Tampa will really miss his 0.59 avg and 1 rbi.
the roids must have kicked in yet.
IMO fitting end to his career.
Run Manny, run!
Quote from: smeags on April 08, 2011, 04:43:59 PM
IMO fitting end to his career.
Yeah. 5 years ago he was one of my favorite players. But the way he quit in Boston along with stories of him assualting team personnel for not getting him enough tickets for his family really started to turn me off on him. Then the drug suspension in LA pretty much sealed the deal. He should have walked away last year with a minor shred of respectability.
http://www.youtube.com/v/HAVoU_UXgQI
No way those were real tasers or night sticks.
jesus what did he do to piss of the cops like that? bald white trash from western pa cant catch a break
he gave the kid usher in the black jacket and tan hat a shove....which was apparently enough for the cops to wrap him up like a pig. can't say I disagree with them. I liked the "usa" taunt...and someone that is incredibly accurate needs to shut up the bitch whining "stop it, stop it"
Jayson Werth - .200/1/1
Mock?
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on April 10, 2011, 06:19:42 PM
Jayson Werth - .200/1/1
Mock?
francisco treat - .333/2/7
easy...
yea i cant wait until june when francisco is hitting .240 and butchering ninth inning plays in RF
you want easy to kill himself?
theres no doubt he dvred every nats game when the EI package was free to watch every single werth at bat
somewhere around friday he probably started hysterically laughing to himself
Quote from: MDS on April 10, 2011, 11:18:09 PM
yea i cant wait until june when francisco is hitting .240 and butchering ninth inning plays in RF
Why do you hate Francisco?
Why are you so funholey?
i dont hate him, he just sucks. hes ben francisco. if he was any good he wouldnt have been a throw in the in the cliff deal and wouldnt have stayed behind 300 year old raul ibanez last year.
1 week of solid production against the astros and mets isnt getting me crusty down there
Stop being a hater.
Jayson Werth was a less than heralded pick up and turned out pretty good.
If he is a .285/10-15/50-60 type guy then I'm cool with that.
werth always had talent. he was injured and everyone forgot about him. gillick scooped him up and the winning culture here made him who he is.
francisco wasnt good enough to start for the 2009 cleveland indians.hes a bench player.
.260 with a .330+ obp, 10+ homers will be great for him.
The only two seasons Fransisco got more than 400 at bats, he hit roughly .270ish and went for 15 homers.
If he can get 450-500 at bats as a Phillie for a full year, in this ball park....dude's gonna be north of 15 homers.
Francisco was a well thought of prospect in the Indians farm system: http://indians.scout.com/2/628820.html
I'm not saying he's going to set the world on fire but I think he'll finish with .270/15-20 HRs/70-80 RBIs. I'll bet his numbers are at least comparible to Werth's.
Going to need to get a lot of walks--Werth's patience was the best part of his game.
http://www.wheresweems.com/?p=7552
#18 should make GF happy.
tell me what wrong with this picture.
(http://www.natsnq.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/lannon.png)
The name! The name!
their atrocious opening day attendance?
At least it's the jersey that's spelled right this time.
good call munson.
i mean how do you get the name wrong. again.
lol @ "good call"
oh and have you ever heard of a typo....this is def the first time its ever happened in sports history
as charlie said its a lot of times the jersey which is way worse but even then its not interesting or a wowzer how did that happen moment
in short....die
the internet diva has spoken. could you post a list so i dont make the same mistake again ? don't think i could handle another mariah carey outburst like that.
Bonds found guilty of obstruction of justice but the jury couldn't reach a verdict on the other 3 counts against him.
So glad the government is wasting money on a pointless farging trial. Money well spent, DOJ.
Ultimately, society just wants to punish him for sullying baseball's biggest records. I don't really consider him a criminal for trying to extend his career and improve his game, but like Martha Stewart, he got on the government's shtein list, and that was all it took. If you look at exactly what he's been convicted of, it wasn't even about roids. It was basically for being an icehole during the roid investigation.
Maybe I'm wrong, but the sports-watching public seems a little burned out on roid stories. People will care less when players get busted, fewer players will get busted because the technology will advance, and then in another 10 years or so there will be another burst of moral outrage about it and the cycle (no pun) will begin anew.
it doesnt seem so in a steroid trial but perjury is pretty farging serious....switch steroids with someones murdered son and all of a sudden it doesnt feel like a waste of money...unfortunately you really cant pick and choose when lying in court is or isnt serious...it all has to be treated the same
Exactly. It doesn't matter what you lie to the gov't about, just the fact that you lied (or they beleive that you lied) to them is all they need to come after you. And they should. If the gov't were to ever minimize or categorize the lies that people tell them, then it our judicial system would crumble. Basically, if the gov't starts asking you questions then you better tell the truth to the absolute best of your ability. Because if you don't, they will come after you with everything they've got. Tax payers may not like it, but the gov't will not spare a single cent when it comes to investigating and/or trying someone for purgery. And I don't blame them one bit.
And QB is dead on with both of his points as well. He wasn't on trial for doing roids, he was on trial for lying (allegedly) to the gov't. And the obstruction charge he was convicted on was for giving a misleading answer to the grand jury. My guess is that if the prosecution does not request a new trial for the other 3 counts, then Bonds will likely get the single conviction thrown out. Now even though I'm in favor of the gov't pursuing purgery charges to the end, I think that when you have a mistrial on 3 of 4 charges, then it's time to call it a day. They went after him with everything they had and didn't win. Pack it in and move on the Clemens.
And yeah, I don't really think anyone in the baseball world really gives a shtein anymore. The cheaters are, for the most part, out of the game and I think everyone has moved on. Bonds cheated and I think anyone with a shred of common sense knows that. He also dodged a bullet from the gov't, so kudos to him. Time to let him fade away into obscurity and live the rest of his life knowing that he'll never get into the HOF and be recognized as one of the games greats.
He should not have lied to the government and the grand jury.
But they never should have been on him in the first place. They have zero place in sports. MLB and that clown Bud Selig should have and should regulate the game. Not our government
they are interested in the selling of illegal drugs...the govts involvment has nothing to do with sports or baseball
if there was a cross country heroin ring involving mlb players they would be all up in it...on the flip side they also go after steroid dealers who dont sell to professional athletes
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on April 14, 2011, 11:53:34 AM
But they never should have been on him in the first place. They have zero place in sports. MLB and that clown Bud Selig should have and should regulate the game. Not our government
The gov't should not have to regulate much of anything, be it banks, the auto industry, insurance, energy, sports, etc, etc, etc. And for the most part, they don't.....until those industries fail to adequately regulate themselves and are either ripping off/misleading their customers, or in this case, involved in unsavory things like illegal drugs.
Just to clarify, Bonds didn't get convicted of perjury. He got convicted of obstruction of justice because he gave a rambling answer to a question. He did in fact answer the question (and his conviction is not about that), but because of the rambling before his answer, the jury found him evasive. This is the sum total of a five-year federal investigation.
Any witness in a trial who goes on a tangent after being asked a question could be charged with the same felony. But they won't be, unless 1) they are as unliked as Barry Bonds, and 2) the government has to grasp for straws to justify spending millions of dollars on an investigation that didn't really go anywhere.
its like bond going against clay davis by himself so he can have enough ammo to make a run for mayor
all in the game
Sawx just signed Adrian Gonzalez to a 7yr, $154mil deal. $154mil for a player with a career .282 avg and 169 hr (24/yr avg). My first reaction was that he's being drastically overpaid, but I guess when you compare it to Werth's deal, it's probably considered a bargain for Boston. Still, imagine paying that type of money to Danny Tartabull.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-mccourt-20110417,0,6385739.story
QuoteFrank McCourt took a $30-million loan from Fox to meet the Dodgers' payroll obligations last week, according to three people briefed on the arrangement.
The money is expected to cover the Dodgers' expenses into next month. Commissioner Bud Selig has yet to say whether he will approve a proposed television contract between Fox and the Dodgers, which McCourt has presented as a long-term solution to the team's financial troubles.
Offensive woes might force Dodgers to bring up Jerry Sands
The loan marks the second time since the end of last season that Fox has provided money to the Dodgers owner so he could cover expenses.
The loan was furnished to McCourt personally rather than to the debt-strapped Dodgers, so the arrangement did not require Selig's approval, according to the people briefed on the deal.
Dodgers fans have been murdering McCourt for the last couple of years and it's been even worse in recent weeks since that Giants fan was beaten on opening day. I'm sure this will irritate a lot of people as well. Especially since it was a personal loan, so I'd imagine that gives McCourt a little flexibility in how he uses that money. In other words, he's probably not putting all of it into the team as I assume he would have to if the loan were given to the team instead.
This dude is farging shady. It's pathetic how some of these owners are allowed to operate their teams.
You could have just stopped after "murdering."
Mitch Kramer has a no no in the 7th right now
Not anymore.
Thanks for switching over just in time to see that, ESPN.
BTW.....I honestly think I'm the first person on the internet to have made the Timmy Jimmy/Mitch Kramer comparison. I actually googled it once and no other reference I found were dated before mine. I'd like for that to be my legacy.
Broxton.Is.A.Piece.Of.shtein.The.End.
Quote from: hbionic on April 19, 2011, 04:15:19 AM
Broxton.Is.A.Piece.Of.shtein.The.End.
LOL, I had to check to make sure this wasn't a post from 3 years ago.
My first response to it was...Still?
balk?
(http://files.upit.me/1303179869.gif)
MLB took control of the Dodgers because of all the debt and fighting involved with the owners' divorce
i dont think they really care about the days of their lives....its all about the money....they couldnt make payroll last week and that was the last straw
Re... the balk: He clearly saw IGY's mouses and got skeered.
Hey, the Orioles finally one a game again yesterday. And don't look...they're up again now, 5-1 in the fourth inning. It would be a great night to be at Camden yards, what a beautiful day.
What was that anyway, a 10 game losing streak they just broke? I don't see them doing much this year.
Quote from: Diomedes on April 20, 2011, 08:13:44 PM
Hey, the Orioles finally one a game again yesterday.
It's 'won'
Dio definitely should of known better.
Quote from: BigEd76 on April 20, 2011, 07:18:00 PM
MLB took control of the Dodgers because of all the debt and fighting involved with the owners' divorce
Quote from: Sgt PSN on April 17, 2011, 11:03:02 AM
In other words, he's probably not putting all of it into the team as I assume he would have to if the loan were given to the team instead.
This dude is farging shady. It's pathetic how some of these owners are allowed to operate their teams.
Glad to see MLB finally step in and do something about it. Owners like McCourt are just bad for the game...especially when they are running a franchise from one of the largest markets into the ground.
hey, too in a roe!
I think you meant "hay."
I can't do anything right.
You suck at being stupid.
Anibal Sanchez has a no-no through 8. He's up to 116 pitches.
I just had to listen to one of my principals make fun of a teacher who is sox fan because the sox are 8-14 and the cubs are so much better at 10-11. This went on for about 10 mins. It was like watching a drooling retarted kid make fun of wheelchair bound retart.
Timmy!
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/TMI-Fan-s-plan-to-propose-to-Ryan-Braun-backfir?urn=mlb-wp4407
lol
Yeah he would totally marry you, chick.
Wow, I know girls make those signs all the time but most of them are doing so just because they really like the player, but don't expect to actually get a proposal out of it. This fat hag on the other hand actually thought that putting her # on the sign would work.
that sausage-eatin accent is hott
Her fingers look like sausages.
http://deadspin.com/#!5794540/luke-scott-is-still-a-gun+humping-birther-survivalist-lunatic-chickenshtein-espn-story-wont-say
Jeez.
copy and paste the link and spell shtein correctly
I was at the Orioles Red Sox game last night. First time I've seen the Red Sox, hence the first time I've been amongst many Red Sox fans.
Obnoxious white people.
When the O's pulled a win out of their asses at the end, it was a great pleasure to thank them all for their money and tell them to go back to Boston.
they arent from boston
their granfather was tho....and he died either right before or right after they broke the curse
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6448504
Braves lookin' good this season!
Quotereckless driving and improper lane change
Hey, sound like my father.
Always wondered why Lowe sweats like a running faucet.
such an awesome tackle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgfDKRNT654&feature=player_embedded#at=23 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgfDKRNT654&feature=player_embedded#at=23)
Quote from: phattymatty on May 03, 2011, 10:19:59 AM
such an awesome tackle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgfDKRNT654&feature=player_embedded#at=23 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgfDKRNT654&feature=player_embedded#at=23)
Better form and fundamentals than the Eagles LB.
Sign him.
caught a game at comiskey or cellular field over the weekend. very cool park. went with people i met exactly four hours earlier.
Coco Crisp was looking pretty fly when the A's wore some throwbacks over the weekend.
(http://www.roto-addicts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Coco-Crisp.jpg)
francsco liriano has a no hitter going into the 9th if anyone has the baseball package...espn might cut in as well
DUNN
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 03, 2011, 10:05:28 PM
francsco liriano has a no hitter going into the 9th if anyone has the baseball package...espn might cut in as well
Nice to see Liriano get that after coming back from TJ surgery.
He's been awful this year - his BB/K ratio was wack - but always cool to see a no-no.
How awful have the Sox and Twins been?!
I was waiting for Ozzie to attack him with a bat in the bottom of the ninth.
Liriano has been pretty bad as have the Twins this year. Good for him.
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=6478229
Reyes to the Giants? San Fran would definitely be a fitting location for him.
let them have him
hes washed up and a tranny
Let the Mets fire sale begin.
Todd's crush, Milton Bradley, has been dfa'd.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Gimme-Five-American-League-scoreboard-features-?urn=mlb-wp5759
Last time the Pirates were over .500 this far into the season - 7yrs ago.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on May 09, 2011, 05:16:28 PM
Todd's crush, Milton Bradley, has been dfa'd.
2 weeks ago i would have taken a flyer on him after he clears waivers (in no way shape or form is anyone picking up his contract)
but hes been kicked out of 2 games in the last week and is a walking injury bug. not to mention clinically insane. i mean he probably couldnt be worse than francisco but theres really no way the whole thing is worth it.
Quote from: MDS on May 09, 2011, 10:14:30 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on May 09, 2011, 05:16:28 PM
Todd's crush, Milton Bradley, has been dfa'd.
2 weeks ago i would have taken a flyer on him
theres really no way the whole thing is worth it.
so you just found out about this bradley guy in the last two weeks?
Speaking of crazy, Phreak's boy Crazy Vicente is now the closer for Los Doyers.
Yeah, he looks like he comes to the mound soaked in tequila.
I think he will be a good closer if his head is right, and that is a big if
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 12, 2011, 12:04:56 AM
Yeah, he looks like he comes to the mound soaked in tequila.
I think he will be a good closer if his head is right, and that is a big if
:-D. Saw him close the other night. He looked like he just walked out of a blazing sauna upon taking the mound. Sweating like it was going out of style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7B4gic1-qU
lol :-D
that's great
Damn.....Tampa started 0-6 and since then has gone 23-10 and now they lead the Yankees by 2 games in the division. Pretty impressive.
Meanwhile, Whorehey Posada got butt hurt when Girardi wanted to bat him 9th yesterday so he decided to pull himself from the game.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/13/yankee-stadium-tips_n_861770.html?ref=fb&src=sp
QuoteIn the more desirable seats at Yankee Stadium, an already pricey $10.50 draft beer will run you an eye-popping $12.60 thanks to an involuntary 20 percent "service fee" tacked on to the original price. If the sticker shock doesn't make that brew bitter enough, consider this: Despite what you might expect, that extra $2 and change isn't going to the hustling server who sold it to you, according to a new lawsuit.
Legends Hospitality, the concessionaire co-owned by the New York Yankees, the Dallas Cowboys, and Goldman Sachs, allegedly pockets the 20 percent service fee attached to food and drink in violation of New York law, according to a class-action lawsuit filed against the company by three Yankee Stadium servers this week. If certified as class action, the suit could involve more than a hundred servers and hundreds of thousands of dollars in claims.
Is there any surprise that 3 of the most vilified businesses in this country are in cahoots together and apparently ripping off employees?
All this drama in the Bronx is making me happy in the zipper area. First there was the offseason drama between Jeter and the front office. Then there was Posada refusing to play over the weekend along with the potential class action lawsuit from employees. And now apparently, Jeter told the media that Posada was right for what he did (even though Posada later admitted he was wrong) which is basically Jeter flipping off the front office. It doesn't seem like much right now, when you throw that on top of a 5 game losing streak, including 3 to the Sawx and I have a feeling that the Yanks are going to crash and burn Corey Lidle style in the not too distant future.
Did I read correctly that the Nats are having a $1 ticket night tonight and half the goddamn stadium is empty?
Awful.
I don't know. It's kind of hard to verify if you read something correctly if you don't provide a link to the source.
I was hoping one of the Beltway Boys who post here could confirm or deny. I'm posting from my phone so no linky linky.
its true tonight was $1 ticket night. and $1 hot dogs and sodas. although i clicked the link sometime over the weekend and it said they were sold out of them.
not that it matters, i never pay more than $5 to get in that stadium anyway.
I imagine that only a certain number of tix are $1 and the rest are regular price, right?
Vin Mazzarro gave up 14ER in 2-1/3 tonight.
Wow.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 16, 2011, 10:14:15 PM
Vin Mazzarro gave up 14ER in 2-1/3 tonight.
Wow.
But he'd one-hit the Phils over seven innings.
Lincecum just got smacked around in the 6th inning.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 16, 2011, 10:14:15 PM
Vin Mazzarro gave up 14ER in 2-1/3 tonight.
Wow.
Really don't see pitchers being left out there long enough to give up that many runs. 8 seems to be a reasonable cutoff. Dook must have pissed off the skipper or something.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on May 16, 2011, 10:20:23 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 16, 2011, 10:14:15 PM
Vin Mazzarro gave up 14ER in 2-1/3 tonight.
Wow.
But he'd one-hit the Phils over seven innings.
I wanted to laugh at this but the reality set in that you're correct.
That Mazzaro guy was supposed to start tomorrow night, so he was relaxing, didn't throw, etc. All of a sudden it's "get your ass in there against the best team in baseball" and he got smacked around.
The Mets just ran out of players, sent Niese up there with 2 outs and he smacked a triple to the fence, then Reyes struck out to lose 2-1
i stumbled upon this little nugget earlier today..the red sox got a comp pick when they lost orlando carbrera and a supp pick when they lost pedro - both in the 05' draft. they ended up taking bucholtz and ellsbury. not too bad..
Yeah, I'd say they made out fairly well there.
Not only is Juan Castro still alive - he is still in the big leagues!
Just broke the tie in extras against the White Sox
so i think my girl is gonna rape me err make me go to the o's nats tomorrow as she wants to drink lots o beer in the warm sun.....big guy is not happy about this as he will miss the phils game....what does he do??
Buck up and bathe in sunscreen and do it.
Then file it away and save it for when you need to use it to get your way with something
Gary Carter diagnosed with brain tumors. (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AkcpShaMoVI5lYXy10WVnnkRvLYF?slug=ap-garycarter-braintumors)
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 21, 2011, 11:27:58 PM
Buck up and bathe in sunscreen and do it.
Then file it away and save it for when you need to use it to get your way with something
i had to put the foot down and scrap it....phils then bridesmaids is the new johnson
i win
LAPD has arrested (who they believe to be) the primary suspect in the opening day beating @ Dodger Stadium.
and big shock its some mexican gangster
I am totally shocked. I expected it to be a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon.
On a side note;
I've been watching the greatest games on MLB network and I forgot how awesome the 1991 World Series and 1992 NLCS were. Makes me miss the days of playing outside and coming in to watch the games.
Me and my best friend used to play backyard wiffleball for hours, then ride our bikes to the card shop and buy packs of cards and then come back and watch the ballgames.
Hearing Jack Buck say "Aaaand we'll see you tomorrow night!" gives me goosebumps.
j, you can't be as old as me. World Series memories are the best.
1975 - Carlton Fisk HR and watching it delayed here, 1980 and Joe Garagiola telling the TV audience "The crowd will tell you what happens" just before McGraw struck out Frank White, 1988 and Kirk Gibson, 1993 - "Touch um all Joe" (still makes me want to kick someone in the nuts), and of course the greatest "Swing and a miss, struck him out!"
And one of my all time favorites, Sarge's post after the Yankees won in 2009.
Quote
Police arrest suspect in beating of Giants fan at Dodger Stadium
By Joel Rubin and Hector Becerra, Los Angeles Times
Giovanni Ramirez, 31, an ex-convict and documented gang member, is arrested on suspicion of attacking Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium on opening day.
After hundreds of dead-end leads and bogus tips from reward seekers, it was a routine meeting between an ex-con and his parole agent that may have cracked open the case of Bryan Stow's beating.
Shortly before 7 on Sunday morning, a SWAT team from the Los Angeles Police Department crept into the courtyard of a dreary, run-down apartment building on Mariposa Avenue in East Hollywood. With weapons drawn, the officers made their way toward apartment 25 — the rear unit on the second floor.
Snapping the quiet of the morning, they announced themselves with a loudspeaker and ordered the people inside the apartment to come out with their arms raised. Among those who emerged was Giovanni Ramirez, a stocky 31-year-old with a head shaved bald.
Ramirez was taken into custody without incident and arrested on suspicion that he was one of two men who blindsided Stow, a San Francisco Giants fan, in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium on March 31 following the season opener between the rival teams. Stow, 42, suffered brain damage in the attack and remains hospitalized.
Ramirez was booked on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and is being held on $1 million bail. Because he is accused of kicking Stow while he was unconscious on the ground, police consider Ramirez's foot a deadly weapon.
Police were searching for a second attacker as well as the woman who witnesses said drove the men from the stadium. Police said it appeared there was a young boy in the car.
LAPD Chief Charlie Beck called the arrest "a huge step" in the investigation into the beating that rocked the beleaguered Dodgers organization, Major League Baseball as a whole, and many Angelenos who have grown fed up with the sometimes violent segment of the Dodgers fan base that police say is dominated by gang members.
Recounting the phone call he received shortly after Ramirez was in custody, Beck said they were "the words I've been waiting for for seven weeks."
Ramirez, who police said is a documented member of the Varrio Nuevo Estrada street gang, has at least three prior felony convictions. According to police sources, he was convicted of attempted robbery in 1998, robbery in 1999, and firing a weapon in a public place in 2005.
With the attack garnering intense national scrutiny, Los Angeles police officials put 20 detectives on the case — an extraordinary amount of resources. Together, they worked over 6,000 hours on the case and chased nearly 650 tips, Beck said. Police detained several people for questioning, only to determine they weren't involved. The $200,000 reward motivated many people. At least one man showed up at a police station and tried to confess to the crime, asking officers if his family would receive the money if he turned himself in, according to a police official.
Ultimately, the break in the case came from Ramirez's parole agent, said multiple police sources who requested their names not be used because of the ongoing investigation. In announcing the arrest, Beck and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa referred to a law enforcement figure who offered important information but did not specify his or her position.
According to a source with knowledge of the investigation, the parole agent met with Ramirez for a mandatory check-in meeting shortly after the attack. By then, the LAPD had released sketches of the two assailants, and the agent noticed that Ramirez bore a resemblance to one of the men.
It is unclear whether the agent voiced his suspicions to LAPD detectives right away. But it wasn't until last week that police became focused on Ramirez. After police questioned a different parolee and determined he was not involved, Ramirez's agent, either speaking up for the first time or reiterating his beliefs, expressed his suspicions about Ramirez, the source said.
Ramirez was summoned back to the office for another meeting last week. When he arrived, the agent noticed he had recently added several tattoos, which covered a part of his neck, the source said. Authorities reasoned that Ramirez was trying to cover up an older tattoo in case a witness had seen the tattoo and described it to police.
Circumstantial suspicions turned into something much more solid when, after the meeting, witnesses to the beating picked Ramirez from a selection of photographs shown to them by detectives, the source said.
While detectives continued to work on the case against Ramirez and sought a search warrant for the Mariposa Avenue apartment, a surveillance team tailed Ramirez around the clock from Friday until Sunday morning, when he was taken into custody, police sources said.
There are indications that Ramirez tried to use the Mariposa apartment to keep a low profile after the beating. The building manager said Ramirez wasn't a longtime resident and had been seen coming and going only in the last few months. The manager said a woman, her husband, their two adult children, and the woman's brother lived in the two-bedroom unit. It was not immediately known what relationship Ramirez has to the family.
Along with the apartment on Mariposa Avenue, police officials said they also served a warrant at a second apartment nearby on Clinton Street. Ramirez had given parole agents that address as his residence, the source said.
Stow, a father of two, was walking through the Dodger Stadium parking lot with two friends after the Dodgers' opening-day victory over San Francisco when he was attacked. Stow, who lives in Santa Cruz and worked as a paramedic in Santa Clara, was wearing Giants apparel, police said, and two young men began taunting him. One of the assailants blindsided Stow with blows to the back and head, police said.
The two assailants repeatedly kicked and punched Stow while he was on the ground. Stow's friends attempted to help and were also punched and kicked before the attackers fled. Stow remains in critical condition at San Francisco General Hospital, where he was moved last week from County-USC Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Doctors in San Francisco told reporters Stow had opened his eyes but that his long-term recovery was far from certain.
The incident has brought scrutiny and negative media attention to the Dodgers, who are also in the midst of an ownership battle. Owner Frank McCourt is struggling to meet payroll, prompting Major League Baseball to seize all business and day-to-day operations of the team. Several LAPD officers who worked off-duty at Dodgers games as security personnel criticized a decision a few years ago by Dodgers executives to stop the use of uniformed officers as part of the security team. The change, they said, added to the sense of rowdiness in some parts of the stadium.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on May 23, 2011, 01:03:38 AM
I am totally shocked. I expected it to be a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon.
On a side note;
I've been watching the greatest games on MLB network and I forgot how awesome the 1991 World Series and 1992 NLCS were. Makes me miss the days of playing outside and coming in to watch the games.
Me and my best friend used to play backyard wiffleball for hours, then ride our bikes to the card shop and buy packs of cards and then come back and watch the ballgames.
Hearing Jack Buck say "Aaaand we'll see you tomorrow night!" gives me goosebumps.
The MLB greatest game series was awesome. I really hope they keep doing this.
came across this nugget today
Since Target Field's opening, Jose Bautista has more HR there than Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer combined. 532 to 29 PA difference. Bautista has hit 3 opposite field HR since 2010 and all 3 came in Target Field.
That dude is locked in. Or mainlining HGH.
rockies losing de la rosa is huge
ex-Royal pitcher and color analyst Paul Splittorff died from oral cancer
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 25, 2011, 07:49:44 AM
rockies losing de la rosa is huge
Huge for Chico's Bail Bonds too.
Buster Posey has a broken leg and torn ligaments after a collision at home plate last night. Got run the farg over
video (http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=15201733)
Only 1 team in the NL West has a positive run differential (Colorado +17, 3rd place). San Fran is in first place and is currently at -3. Weird.
The Orioles just made .500 again after completing a sweep of the lowly Royals. I don't know when the last time they were .500 at this point in the season, but it was a long goddamn time ago, I know that.
George Brett says "Wassup!"
Quote from: Diomedes on May 26, 2011, 10:18:33 PM
The Orioles just made .500 again after completing a sweep of the lowly Royals. I don't know when the last time they were .500 at this point in the season, but it was a long goddamn time ago, I know that.
3 years ago
That's equivalent to a decade in errand years.
to be fair, nobody's watched the Orioles since Ripken retired
Quote from: Sgt PSN on May 27, 2011, 02:26:34 PM
That's equivalent to a decade in errand years.
:-D
Bob like!
Quote from: BigEd76 on May 27, 2011, 02:35:30 PM
to be fair, nobody's watched the Orioles since Ripken broke the streak
Pretty much, although they had that one year where the Yankee kid reached over the wall and got 15 minutes of fame
Speaking of New York........apparently Gary Carter's brain tumors are malignant. That sucks :(
Rays fan thrown out of stadium for wearing "Yankees Suck" T-shirt... in Tampa Bay. (http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/huh_rays_fan_kicked_out_of_tropicana_field_for_wearing_yankees_suck_shirt/4791797)
This country is beyond retarded. You hear language 20x worse than that in the stands but people don't get thrown out. "Suck" is not profane. I get it with Munsons WFC shirt, but this one is pretty lame. Besides, Tampa has a hard enough time filling the stadium to begin with so they might not want to alienate one of the guys who drops 20k on season tix.
That doesn't surprise me a bit. I've been to several games over the years in Tampa and it's quite simply the worst goddamn place I've ever been. The stadium is a hole, the fans are pathetic and thin-skinned as hell, and the iceholes who work there are miserable pricks.
A buddy of mine was thrown out for razzing the Orioles bullpen (we were sitting right behind them) and he's an ORIOLES fan. He didn't use any profanity whatsoever, just got on them and stayed on them for sucking. A fat security guard came over and told him to be quiet, and of course he took exception and told the prick it was his right to say whatever he wanted. The fat prick called it in, more security nazis came down and they trespass-warned him.
QuotePUNCH SHOTS: Nationals taking an oh-fer from Werth
Published: Sunday, May 29, 2011
By Matt Smith
When Jayson Werth signed a seven-year, $126 million contract with Washington in the offseason, the job description required him to be a franchise player, perennial all-star and clubhouse leader.
He's none of those things.
Werth is feeling the heat in the nation's capital, and it's not even June. The Washington Post ran a column lambasting the right fielder for comments he made following the completion of the Nationals' recent road trip that produced one win in eight games.
"I've got some ideas obviously, and some thoughts, none I really want to share with the world," he said. "I think it's pretty obvious what's going on around here."
Werth was asked to elaborate.
"I'm not really going to get into it right now. It is what it is. It's unfortunate. We're a way better ballclub."
It sounded as if Werth was cryptically suggesting the Nationals would be better off without manager Jim Riggleman, who may or may not be on the hot seat.
Perhaps, as the column pointed out, Werth is biting off more than he can chew. If Werth was producing, this wouldn't be a problem, and chances are the Nationals wouldn't be in last place in the N.L. East.
Werth is failing miserably with his new team. He is batting a paltry .245 with eight home runs and 18 RBIs, and he's hovering around the .200 mark with runners in scoring position, a stat all too familiar to Phillies fans.
Werth should take responsibility for the team's struggles and stray away from making confusing comments that will likely draw the ire of teammates, frustrated fans and reporters looking to bury the guy every chance they get.
Werth is the highest-paid player in franchise history (it's not even close). He shouldn't throw his manager under the bus two months into a marriage the Nationals might soon live to regret.
Maybe when Stephen Strasburg and Bryce Harper join the Nationals in 2012, Werth can go back to being just another guy on a team of blooming young stars.
For now, Werth is the "it" guy in Washington, and he can no longer hide behind the likes of Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins. But until he puts up, he should shut up.
Oh, damn... :-D
He followed those comments up by dropping a ball and going 0-3
He has 126 million reasons to not give a shtein, I suppose.
He's so stupid.
werth - .245 8 18 .341/.435/.776
ben frank - .221 6 24 .328/.383./710
Quote from: ice grillin you on May 29, 2011, 09:56:32 AM
werth - .245 8 18 .341/.435/.776
ben frank - .221 6 24 .328/.383./710
definitely $9+ million worth of difference there
lol @ another washington team getting stuck with an overpriced under-productive player.
easy has to be like a punk on dick street right about now
lol
nah, don't care what's going on in DC. He got paid and the team sucks without Strasburg and Zimmerman as expected. They're gonna be good within 5 years though when Harper is up and guys like Zimmermann, Desmond and Storen establish themselves. Sorry, no MOCK from me...
Yeah, but it's not like Werth will still be part of that picture. He might still be there because his contract is untradeable, but he won't be one of the faces of the franchise.
From Brian Wilson's Twitter feed:
QuoteAnother day off in the books. Just your average swim to Alcatraz w/ shark feed tied to my ankles. Gonna spend the night. Swim to work tomorrow.
nice catch Adam Jones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F8kQ1QHq7w
http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_18194777?source=rss&nclick_check=1
QuoteGiants GM Brian Sabean didn't pull any punches Thursday while speaking on his KNBR show today. He called Cousins' targeted collision "malicious" and said he didn't blame Posey for refusing to return an apologetic phone call.
"Why not be hard nosed?" Sabean said. "If I never hear from Cousins again or he never plays another game in the big leagues, I think we'll all be happy."
Asked later in the interview if perhaps those words were too harsh, Sabean didn't back down. In fact, he left little doubt that the Giants are bent on getting some on-field vengeance.
"He chose to be a hero in my mind, and if that's his flash of fame, that's as good as it's going to get, pal," Sabean said. "We'll have a long memory. Believe me, we've talked to (former catcher Mike) Matheny about how this game works. You can't be that out-and-out overly aggressive. I'll put it as politically as I can state it: There's no love lost and there shouldn't be."
Cry some more, would ya?
why is this an issue
if brian schnieder gets plowed into no one would give a shtein
but oh god dont hurt buster posey wah wah wah shut up sf queers
Is Sabean from Cleveland? He seems to have a hard time letting go.
(http://www.jerseys-pink.com/pic/Seattle-Mariners--2324-Griffey-Green-Jersey-2341-22192.jpg)\
So buttery.
Wish they still wore the hats like this
Quote from: MDS on June 02, 2011, 10:29:10 PM
why is this an issue
if brian schnieder gets plowed into no one would give a shtein
but oh god dont hurt buster posey wah wah wah shut up sf queers
Exactly. I thought Giant fans were better than this. If fat boy Sandoval laid out someone they'd be celebrating and toasting their mimosas.
http://deadspin.com/5809414/
Bryce Harper pimping a HR hard and then blowing a kiss to the pitcher.
Blowing kisses at other men is kinda gay
When is this homo getting the call?
I hope that punk gets plunked
Yeah me too.
He's a cocky little icehole. Nice mullet and awful 80s stache too
He doesn't look nearly the douchebox as Lawrie
Quote from: DH on June 07, 2011, 01:59:24 PM
I hope that punk gets plunked
This. If he wasn't eating dirt in his next at-bat, the pitcher isn't doing his job.
saw a great number tonight that made me think of easy
most pitches thrown per inning in the majors this year
1. kyle drabek
2. ja happ
BURN
To be fair, neither has the luxury of facing the Phils offense 18 games a year.
Drabek would be having a solid year if it weren't for all the walks. If he gets control he's gonna be a damn good pitcher.
It bothers me that he wears #4
There's a connection I'm not making here, so I'll just go ahead and ask. Why?
I'm guessing Dykstra, especially since he does ever so slightly resemble him...
Either that or Phreak is worried we're gonna see pictures of his cock in about 20 years
Quote from: Sgt PSN on June 11, 2011, 12:08:35 AM
There's a connection I'm not making here, so I'll just go ahead and ask. Why?
J's a big Favre fan and thinks #4 should be universally retired in his honor among the 4 major sports and possibly soccer.
Did anyone else catch Texeira getting plunked and then having a hissy fit over it last night?
Too funny.
Texiera looked funny when he got all bent.
As for Drabek wearing #4....no reason other than I don't like pitchers wearing single digit numbers. Looks weird to me. Yes I know it makes no sense and is stupid.
A simple form of realignment being seriously considered has been raised in the labor talks between Major League Baseball and the players' association, according to four sources: two leagues of 15 teams, rather than the current structure of 16 teams in the National League and 14 in the American League.
According to a highly ranked executive, one consideration that has been raised in ownership committee meetings is eliminating the divisions altogether, so that 15 AL and 15 NL teams would vie for five playoff spots within each league. Currently, Major League Baseball has six divisions.
A source who has been briefed on the specifics of the labor discussions says that the players' union has indicated that it is open to the idea of two 15-team leagues, but that the whole plan still hasn't been talked through or presented to the owners.
"I'd still say the odds of it happening are less than 50-50," one source said.
A sticking point involves interleague play. Because of the odd number of teams in each league, it is possible that a team in contention late in the season will have to be playing its final games in interleague play.
One of the biggest issues that would have to be resolved in any realignment resulting in two 15-team leagues is which of the National League teams would switch to the American League.
Two highly ranked executives believe the Houston Astros would be a possibility, because a switch to the AL for Houston would foster a rivalry between the Astros and the Texas Rangers.
"There are still a lot of details that would have to be discussed," one source said.
I still don't understand why the Brewers ever moved from the AL. They're the ones farging it up. Even out the 2 leagues and it would be a nearly perfect system imo.
I don't like the idea of adding more playoff teams unless they plan on cutting about 20 reg season games. Otherwise, adding more playoff teams would only dilute and already diluted regular season.
Inter-league play needs to stay in the middle of the season.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on June 11, 2011, 08:23:36 PM
I still don't understand why the Brewers ever moved from the AL. They're the ones farging it up. Even out the 2 leagues and it would be a nearly perfect system imo.
I don't like the idea of adding more playoff teams unless they plan on cutting about 20 reg season games. Otherwise, adding more playoff teams would only dilute and already diluted regular season.
Inter-league play needs to stay in the middle of the season.
they arent farging anything up. there has to be an even amount of teams in each league and for whatever reason (selig being a loser, brewers wanting 3 home series against the cubs) milwaukee was chosen. at that time both the rays and dbacks came into the league, causing the change.
the proposed 5th playoff team would play the 4th seed in a real quick 1 or 3 game series, probably over the weekend (season ends on a wednesday now). by monday the division series would start. so it would pretty much keep things on the current schedule.
im not sure if im a fan of this, though. i dont mind the extra playoff team, but eliminating divisions and going to 15 team leagues? with interleague all the time, including the last day of the season? i dont know. this would never happen but if they go to the EPSL style of moving teams up and down a lower level (like to AAA), and you go with maybe 10 teams per league, id love that. but with the this structure the phillies could play the dbacks as many times as they play the mets and also play the royals in the last series of the year. that is just stupid.
That's the thing....a 1 game playoff or a 3 game series is stupid. Anything less than 5 games is for the WNBA.
more playoff teams in baseball would basically destroy the sport...other than that its a great idea
i dont like doing 5 if you go to a 15-teamer
if you do 5 under the current set up you basically make it a play-in game for the wild card spot, which is kind of fun. some years it could be silly when a 86 win team plays a 94 win team, but some years youll get two 90 win teams. that would be fun times.
you are good with real life but you might be the most awful person ever when it comes to sports
oh so we dont see eye to eye on this specific issue related to sports? okay.
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 11, 2011, 09:47:49 PM
you are good with real life but you might be the most awful person ever when it comes to sports
Damn
i love my progressives but damn stick to video games.....just sayin
and you stick to a 6 packs of bud and pretending wins and average mean something
ooooo its ON elder
Quote from: MDS on June 11, 2011, 09:40:14 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on June 11, 2011, 08:23:36 PM
I still don't understand why the Brewers ever moved from the AL. They're the ones farging it up. Even out the 2 leagues and it would be a nearly perfect system imo.
I don't like the idea of adding more playoff teams unless they plan on cutting about 20 reg season games. Otherwise, adding more playoff teams would only dilute and already diluted regular season.
Inter-league play needs to stay in the middle of the season.
they arent farging anything up. there has to be an even amount of teams in each league and for whatever reason (selig being a loser, brewers wanting 3 home series against the cubs) milwaukee was chosen. at that time both the rays and dbacks came into the league, causing the change.
the proposed 5th playoff team would play the 4th seed in a real quick 1 or 3 game series, probably over the weekend (season ends on a wednesday now). by monday the division series would start. so it would pretty much keep things on the current schedule.
im not sure if im a fan of this, though. i dont mind the extra playoff team, but eliminating divisions and going to 15 team leagues? with interleague all the time, including the last day of the season? i dont know. this would never happen but if they go to the EPSL style of moving teams up and down a lower level (like to AAA), and you go with maybe 10 teams per league, id love that. but with the this structure the phillies could play the dbacks as many times as they play the mets and also play the royals in the last series of the year. that is just stupid.
If I am remembering correctly, originally Kansas City was going to be the team to switch (or the one MLB wanted to switch). When KC ultimately rejected a move, the Brewers volunteered to move. I believe Selig still owned them at the time.
that sounds about right, which would fall under the "selig being a loser" part.
I think he did as well. I've always wondered if it wasn't a decision based on him just wanting to get out of the AL and into the NL where he felt they had a better chance to compete.
if they were in the AL central theyd probably be winning that division
Now, yes. In 1995, no way.
Quote from: MDS on June 11, 2011, 09:40:14 PM
they arent farging anything up. there has to be an even amount of teams in each league and for whatever reason
If there were 15 in each, every day one team in each league would have to have the day off. Either that, or there would be interleague games every day, which i think would lead to some teams playing more interleague than others just because scheduling would be a nightmare. That, and also the MLB doesn't (or didn't) want interleague matchups to be going on the entire year.
buster olney is on baseball tonight sayin houston is the leading candidate to switch leagues...if not them then the marlins
Houston would make sense because they could go into the AL West as the 5th team and have a really good rivalry with the Rangers.
Florida would be a joke in the AL. The only "natural" rivalry they'd have is the Rays. But they'd have to move another team, which ain't happening. Not to mention that even if you had the Rays and Marlins in the same division, the total attendance for their 18 games head to head probably wouldn't fill either of their stadiums.
hopefully if they realign Pittsburgh goes back into the east
Quote from: SunMo on June 12, 2011, 01:01:49 PM
hopefully if they realign Pittsburgh goes back into the east
you want more games at PNC?
That would make you and your boy Wheels head explode with all the wackiness!
Florida should be contracted.
before houston goes to the AL why dont you tell your boy ed wade to send hunter pence over to philly for some kind of insufficient package based around vance worley?
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on June 12, 2011, 02:45:54 PM
That would make you and your boy Wheels head explode with all the wackiness!
Florida should be contracted.
I can give you 515 million reasons why this won't happen.
Quote from: Rome on June 12, 2011, 03:12:52 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on June 12, 2011, 02:45:54 PM
That would make you and your boy Wheels head explode with all the wackiness!
Florida should be contracted.
I can give you 515 million reasons why this won't happen.
Yeah the stadium that Loria conned the taxpayers for
Quote from: MDS on June 12, 2011, 02:55:00 PM
before houston goes to the AL why dont you tell your boy ed wade to send hunter pence over to philly for some kind of insufficient package based around vance worley?
Better do it before Eddie gets shteincanned....new owner means new GM
The stadium is going to ultimately cost Miami taxpayers 2.4 BILLION dollars.
:-D
Quote from: Rome on June 12, 2011, 03:31:11 PM
The stadium is going to ultimately cost Miami taxpayers 2.4 BILLION dollars.
:-D
They need to sell more drugs.
how awesome would this be
(http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/11/2011/06/mlbrealignment_01.jpg)
It would be great unless you're a fan of the Mariners or Orioles.
Or if you want the Phillies to consistently compete for division titles.
yea that would be terrible
but then again matty is from harrisburg or some central PA hellhole so winning isnt that important
it also ensures six more games per year where red sox nation takes over the bank...no thanks
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 14, 2011, 01:14:11 PM
it also ensures six more games per year where red sox nation takes over the bank...no thanks
Shut your chowda hole. You know you like hanging out with your peeps when the sawx come into town.
id rather hang out in brownsville with a bunch of phillie fans like the lil guy than be around even one member of red sox nation...thats how much i hate them
Aint no phillie fans round the way
And quit being such a drama queen. Sox fans are like cowboy fans--bandwagon cockroaches. Easy to deal with
But they all have those hats that look like they're 20 years old because they're so faded and have holes in them. You saying those aren't sawx fans?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6locBvdMJtw
what a funhole
QuotePittsburgh police say a man attacked the wife of Pirates catcher Chris Snyder in a traffic dispute while Snyder sat in the car, unable to get out because he'd had back surgery.
Investigators say Carla Snyder and the scooter-riding man, Subhash Arjanbhi Modhwadia, nearly collided Wednesday. The 44-year-old Modhwadia followed her to a gas station, kicked the vehicle and swung at Carla Snyder. Authorities say he ripped a mirror off the car.
A passer-by and an off-duty police officer subdued him. Police say Modhwadia bit the bystander and threw punches with keys between his fingers.
Police say the Snyders' two children were in the car.
Modhwadia is being held on $25,000 bail.
A Pirates spokesman tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette the team is thankful bystanders stepped in to keep the family from harm.
HOF hanson (who was on track for the cy) shut down and probably out for the year
And Havas sobs uncontrollably
havas the fan celebrates
havas the GM gently weeps
yea, nothing like a cy young who cant pitch into the 8th inning.
between him and damaged goods josh johnson id say roy halladay is the 5th or 6th best starter in the nl east.
the al east is + 145 in run differential
only one other division is in positive territory
the nl east +54
thats just nuts
Had a Rome moment when I saw on the College World Series that Carl Yastrzemski's grandson Mike (http://vucommodores.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/yastrzemski_mike00.html) plays for Vanderbilt. It's bad enough when I see the sons of the 90s players, but now I'm seeing the grandsons of guys that played into the 80s...
Grandson? Good god I'm getting old. Fast.
I was going over the standings and noticed the Nationals have won eight straight games.
Haven't heard a single peep about it on ESPN or elsewhere.
Wow.
Damn Liberal media trying to ignore the heroes in Washington!
Rodriguez resigned as Marlins manager. That didn't take long.
Paging Joe Torre...
Quote from: SD on June 19, 2011, 12:28:56 PM
Rodriguez resigned as Marlins manager. That didn't take long.
lol cop out
probably did this instead of getting fired but he looks like a quitter. going got tough and he bailed like it was nothing.
Quote from: Rome on June 19, 2011, 12:48:04 PM
Paging Joe Torre...
I think Ozzie Guillen could end up there after the season
They lost again today. 10 in a row and 1-18 in June
btw potential big news for the next Phils series: Pujols had his wrist bent backwards by the batter running up the line and left the game in the 6th
unless he went 3-3 in the first inning i think he lasted longer than that
tighten your shtein up easy
yea seriously
its like everyone has to farging do the work around here
6th...my bad
Talk down here is that 80-year-old Jack McKeon may be the interim manager.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on June 19, 2011, 07:28:05 PM
Talk down here is that 80-year-old Jack McKeon may be the interim manager.
That's what ESPN says....can't wait to see him go to the mound on a hoveround to yank a pitcher
Pujols has a fractured arm...out 4-6 weeks
RIP me and sunnys homerun pool entry
+1 for the phils
+100 for hankerciser 200 who is playing the dude with pujols this week
QuoteLoMoMarlins
McKeon asked me what I had going on tonite. Told him I was going home 2 play w/ Twitter. He replied "oh, what kind of dog is it?"
ha
After sweeping the Mariners and getting his team over .500, Jim Riggleman decided to resign because the team wouldn't pick up the option on his contract
yeah what the farg.
Hahaha, that's pretty farging awesome. Cranky old man for the win. I hope that team farging disintigrates.
That's hilarious. The Nats are 9-1 in their last 10 games. Have they ever had such a solid 10 game stretch since moving to DC? Have they ever been over .500 this late in the season? Definitely might want to think about extending the guy calling all the shots in the dugout.
At the very least, they should have offered to talk about it over the AS break.
Letting that guy walk out the door and signing Jayson Werth to $100+mil deals are the things that will keep this team in top 10 draft position for years to come.
I guarantee they were trying to milk a season of improvement with Harper and Strasburg on the horizon to make a power play for a big name manager and he sniffed it out and told them to suck a high hard one. Good for him.
So Joe Torre will be in DC next year?
Probably not, but you know management was licking their chops at a scrappy team that was learning how to win and would get an influx of talent over the next couple of years.
Interesting. So who do you think they go after?
Ugh, I've already lost interest in this conversation. They'll go after, um, Steve. You know. Steve, from college.
i hate when i lose interesting.
Quote from: SunMo on June 23, 2011, 05:30:28 PM
i hate when i lose interesting.
Yeah, well, I hate you.
understood, and slighty happy by it.
Lies.
Quote from: rjs246 on June 23, 2011, 05:28:51 PM
Ugh, I've already lost interest in this conversation. They'll go after, um, Steve. You know. Steve, from college.
I'm amazed you were able to make 3 consecutive baseball related posts before getting to this point. I assume this means you aren't drinking for some reason. Or maybe you're drinking more than usual.
Good shtein with Riggleman telling the Nats to farg off.
Good for him. Why wouldn't they offer him a new deal?
Quote from: Don Ho on June 23, 2011, 10:29:52 PM
Good for him. Why wouldn't they offer him a new deal?
Ask Russell.
why is it good for riggleman...he quit on his team he quit on his contract and he quit on the fans...last time i checked jim riggleman wasnt sparky anderson...who the farg is he to give ultimatums...one last person he quit on was himself...and in doing that he sabotaged possible future jobs...if you have the nationals turning around are the hottest team in the entire major leagues and above .500 this late for the first time in six years dont you think thats a pretty good resume builder?....so even if they didnt pick up your option after this year you would still have a great shot at an offseason vacancy...now whos gonna hire him?
i suspect today hes already saying to himself "what the farg did i just do"
for real, two weeks of hot baseball doesn't guarantee you a new contract.
he did go out boozing in bethesda last night though. thats kinda cool.
Who cares about Riggleman or his future. farg that guy. I just think its awesome that he got cranky and told his management to shove it.
Me too; I like that he stuck it to his boss after his boss was being a fleshpop.
But as far as quitting on the team and fans and honoring his contract? Teams don't honor contracts when they fire a guys ass, so this is the reverse side of it.
All accounts I've read is that Rizzo and the Lerner's are douchebags and Rizzo wouldn't even agree to sit down and talk with the guy.
Riggle me this, Batman!
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on June 24, 2011, 02:31:00 PM
All accounts I've read is that Rizzo and the Lerner's are douchebags
That should be evident simply based on the fact that the Nats have been zesty from day 1.
Quoteand Rizzo wouldn't even agree to sit down and talk with the guy.
This. I mentioned earlier that had Rizzo offered to talk to him about it over the AS break, then it probably would have been good enough for Riggleman....assuming that Rizzo would follow through with it.
Simply on a principle standpoint, it's pretty awesome what he did. But it's probably the dumbest farging thing I've heard of a person doing. He not only left a few hundred k on the table but it's going to be damn hard for him to get another managing job for quite some time. And he's almost certainly not getting hired in any capacity mid-season. So now he's unemployed for the next few months. Guess he can always join BBTN or something.
So the Nats have had a good 2 or 3 week run. Ok. Get them on a good 2 or 3 month run and then you've got a legit reason to want to talk contracts. I hope he likes being a base coach or has a desire to work in the minors because I think that's about the best he's going to get for the time being.
If he's financially secure he must be comfortable in telling them to farg themselves.
Either way, cool move.
Speaking of the Nats ... I was watching their game against the White Sox.
Talk about annoying announcers?!
Nats crew vs Sox crew ... couldnt take either one of them
It's a cool move if he doesn't want to manage in the bigs again anytime soon.
Maybe he's content with that?
I went back to the Sox/Nats game with Hawk Awfulson and Steve Stone and its a great game!
Pierzynski just tied it up in the b12th!
how sick are the nats gonna be in a couple years....not as sick as i will be if they win as many or more titles than the phils
lol
Looks like Davey Johnson is gonna be the new manager in DC through next season
Quote from: ice grillin you on June 25, 2011, 07:50:37 AM
how sick are the nats gonna be in a couple years....not as sick as i will be if they win as many or more titles than the phils
They will never win a WS.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on June 25, 2011, 01:01:45 PM
They will never win a WS.
they will win multiple WS
see i can do it too
Quote from: BigEd76 on June 25, 2011, 12:33:25 PM
Looks like Davey Johnson is gonna be the new manager in DC through next season
I think it's kind of funny that they came right back and gave Riggleman a big farg you.
And the Nats won't win a WS any time soon. Werth takes up 1/3 of their payroll and I can't imagine after they're done paying Strasburg and Harperdouche that there is a ton of cash left for everyone else. Besides, who knows what Stras will be when he comes back from TJ surgery and Harper seems to lack the maturity needed for the bigs. If he tries any of the crap he's been getting away with in the minors, he's going to get a lot of balls thrown into his ear hole.
Not to mention that the Nats in general are a poorly run organization.
Quote from: rjs246 on June 24, 2011, 12:46:24 PM
Who cares about Riggleman or his future. farg that guy. I just think its awesome that he got cranky and told his management to shove it.
This. I could give two shteins about the Nats or whoever their manager is. Always awesome when the manager/coach gives the FO the crotch grasp on the way out the door.
Oh boy.
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/264445_10150243164256100_94471021099_7189399_3210510_n.jpg)
Oh farg!
So the Dodgers take out their frustration on the Twins and pound out 25 hits.
Frank McCourt filed for chapter 11 in Delaware today so he could make payroll on Thursday. The Dodgers still owe Manny about $20 mil and Andruw Jones another $10mil.
...and Vin Scully $150,000. What the farg?
Quote from: hbionic on June 28, 2011, 02:33:41 AM
...and Vin Scully $150,000. What the farg?
If that's what Vin makes per season, he's dramatically under paid.
I think he makes 2 to 3 million per year.
Still probably underpaid. Does anyone else still call games by themselves?
Steroids were even used by fake baseball players. (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6716984)
Jose Reyes hurt tonight vs. the Yankees. Hammy injury, not the same one he's injured before, but bad enough that he's getting an MRI. Said he felt "something weird" happen to it when he was running to first base.
Curse of A-Rod?
Also, Frank McCourt filed for Chapter 11 a few days ago. But he didn't pay employees who get hard checks before filiing, so all of his assets were frozen upon filing the paperwork. All of the employees who get paid via direct deposit were unaffected but the ones who get paid with checks (mostly vendors, ticket takers, etc...aka poor people) took those checks to the bank and they bounced. Pretty sure most of them had rent due yesterday too.
cant believe how sick beachy is
wow 2 runs in 3 innings vs. the orioles
cancel the season cy young is here
I like when Havas gets his mancrushes on the newest Brave/Met/Marlin
Pujols is gonna play tonight. That's freakin incredible.
When was he initially supposed to be back? End of July?
he got hurt 2 weeks ago and they said 4-6 minimum. now he's coming back just as he's off the 15 day DL
Those are some good roids
they just showed on baseball tonight the last play of the sox blue jays game and kruk went crazy over gawd varitek and how he made an incrediblel block of home plate while the highlite showing encarcion blatantly safe was going on.....farging sickening
opposite of the hof brown play from monday night
both were missed calls and both will be missed 100% of the time. thats baseball ma friend.
i wasnt talking about the call on the field dope
LOL
Werth has no regrets (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6742774)
Thank God. I was worried.
Another Ranger fan fell, but unlike last year, this one died (http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/news/story?id=6747510). The announcers thought it was funny (although tbf they had no idea at the time)...
video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0nA-X-5MKA)
Damn...looks like his kid was right there watching the whole thing too
Poor kid saw the whole thing. That is horrible.
How bad do you think the announcers feel this morning. I know they had no idea he was killed but maybe they should have stopped and thought about opening their mouths before they discovered if the guy was injured or not.
shtein it looked funny as hell when he went over and the announcers are right when they said "all for a baseball"
i dont feel like they were that hard on the guy...they said they hoped he was alright
before watching it i was expecting them to be laughing out loud and whooping it up
How bad do you think Josh Hamilton will feel? Maybe he should have put a little more oomph into that toss into the stands.
It's a tragedy for the man's family, but at the same time that's a really dumb way to die. It's just a baseball, folks.
Quote from: QB Eagles on July 08, 2011, 07:26:56 AM
How bad do you think Josh Hamilton will feel?
not bad at all since the guy is in a better place now
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 08, 2011, 07:29:12 AM
Quote from: QB Eagles on July 08, 2011, 07:26:56 AM
How bad do you think Josh Hamilton will feel?
not bad at all since the guy is in a better place now
Only if the guy believed in Jesus.
hes from texas
Quote
Oakland relief pitcher Brad Ziegler said he thought Stone was going to be OK after the fall because he was telling medical personnel to "please check on my son up there."
It's really sad and I feel for the family, but I hope that baseball doesn't overreact like hockey did when that little girl died. I can totally see them outlawing throwing balls into the stands or putting up netting at the fence or some shtein.
the guy actually died of a heart attack on the way to the hospital
and how weird is it that this guy and the guy who fell out of the upper deck last year were both local firefighters
Quote from: SunMo on July 08, 2011, 09:02:55 AM
It's really sad and I feel for the family, but I hope that baseball doesn't overreact like hockey did when that little girl died. I can totally see them outlawing throwing balls into the stands or putting up netting at the fence or some shtein.
My best guess is that they'll work to increase the safety of the railings - try to make them more fool-proof.
If the Rangers or Hamilton gets sued, though... ballplayers may stop tossing the balls just to protect themselves.
they are going to have to change the building codes if they want to change the railings.
normal railing code height is 3'-6", but in stadiums, at seating areas, it's only 2'-2, which I always thought was a natural pivot point for somebody to fall over like last night.
the only place they make you have full height rails at a stadium is at the bottom of the aisle steps, and that is usually glass so that nothing blocks the line of sight.
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 08, 2011, 09:20:03 AM
the guy actually died of a heart attack on the way to the hospital
and how weird is it that this guy and the guy who fell out of the upper deck last year were both local firefighters
Damn so he falls and then dies of a heart attack?
Crazy.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 08, 2011, 10:11:00 AM
Quote from: SunMo on July 08, 2011, 09:02:55 AM
It's really sad and I feel for the family, but I hope that baseball doesn't overreact like hockey did when that little girl died. I can totally see them outlawing throwing balls into the stands or putting up netting at the fence or some shtein.
My best guess is that they'll work to increase the safety of the railings - try to make them more fool-proof.
If the Rangers or Hamilton gets sued, though... ballplayers may stop tossing the balls just to protect themselves.
In this particular case, why not just use some safety net? I'm not talking about a net that goes vertical like the ones behind home plate, just put a net over that little opening between the railing and the top of the wall. Not only would the net catch someone who falls over the railing, but I'm sure in the past there have been plenty of people in that first row who have dropped cameras or hats or whatever into that space, so the net would catch all of that stuff too.
Papi and Kevin Gregg fight last night (http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=16767889&c_id=bos)
both are 6'5" 240 and neither one can land a punch
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 08, 2011, 11:37:44 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 08, 2011, 09:20:03 AM
the guy actually died of a heart attack on the way to the hospital
and how weird is it that this guy and the guy who fell out of the upper deck last year were both local firefighters
Damn so he falls and then dies of a heart attack?
Crazy.
He went into full arrest BECAUSE of his head injury.
I know that.
What I was saying is he survives the fall, talks to the paramedics about his son and probably thinks "holy shtein I survived that, I will be ok"
And then goes into cardiac arrest.
Crazy and terribly sad.
Jeter just got # 3,000.
With a home run.
>:D
well the jokes on him because he gets to go home and plow minka kelly tonight
loser.
so gross
Josh Hamilton drilled a fan in the face with a foul ball last night. Teenage boy required medical attention but was ok. Hamilton's heart probably sank into his gut.
Quote from: Don Ho on July 09, 2011, 03:28:04 PM
Josh Hamilton drilled a fan in the face with a foul ball last night. Teenage boy required medical attention but was ok. Hamilton's heart probably sank into his gut.
Somebody stop this guy before he kills again.
Hamilton has issues to begin with and this shtein can't be helping.
Quote from: QB Eagles on July 09, 2011, 03:45:15 PM
Quote from: Don Ho on July 09, 2011, 03:28:04 PM
Josh Hamilton drilled a fan in the face with a foul ball last night. Teenage boy required medical attention but was ok. Hamilton's heart probably sank into his gut.
Somebody stop this guy before he kills again.
lol
Quote from: BigEd76 on July 09, 2011, 11:47:18 AM
Papi and Kevin Gregg fight last night (http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=16767889&c_id=bos)
both are 6'5" 240 and neither one can land a punch
Ortiz is a bitch
I didn't realize Gregg was that big.
Gregg should have pulled a Nolan Ryan on his ass.
On another note; many said that Riggelman would never get another baseball job after his walkout on the Nats. He will be interviewing with Bochy and Sabean in SF after the break.
I can't stand that phony piece of shtein, Ortiz. What a farging crybaby flag.
The dude who caught Jeter's 3000th is a moron.
You hold it for $$.
He ended up getting 4 tickets to a suite for the rest of the season and post-season, a meet and greet with Jeter and some other memorabilia.
If he threw in a Minka Kelly blowjob, I'd take that deal.
I'd of taken the money too but that's still a suite deal
QuoteJayson Werth booed off the field after his game ending double play ball. street's 26th save in 28 chances in rox's 2-1 dubya
From a Denver columnist at the game.
Mockmockmockmockahahahmock
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 09, 2011, 04:42:02 PM
The dude who caught Jeter's 3000th is a moron.
You hold it for $$.
He ended up getting 4 tickets to a suite for the rest of the season and post-season, a meet and greet with Jeter and some other memorabilia.
Farg that. Dude did the right thing. Quit making everything about the money. You been hanging out with Todd or something?
Besides, the guy has a suite for the rest of the year and a bunch of memorabilia that he can get caked with.
Werth batting .217, Uggla batting .185. Love it.
why do you love it
Didn't love Uggla too much today.
Quote from: MDS on July 10, 2011, 12:04:27 AM
why do you love it
Never liked Uggla, can't stand the farger. Watching the Nationals dump a boat load of cash at Werth and he's batting .217 plus he's now getting booed by the fans is just plain awesome.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on July 09, 2011, 11:57:49 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 09, 2011, 04:42:02 PM
The dude who caught Jeter's 3000th is a moron.
You hold it for $$.
He ended up getting 4 tickets to a suite for the rest of the season and post-season, a meet and greet with Jeter and some other memorabilia.
Farg that. Dude did the right thing. Quit making everything about the money. You been hanging out with Todd or something?
Besides, the guy has a suite for the rest of the year and a bunch of memorabilia that he can get caked with.
Why would he take his memorabilia and get caked with that when he could have gotten a nice chunk for the ball?
You put a price tag on it and offer it to the highest bidder. Hell not even the highest bidder...but at least put an amount on it and tell the Yankees and Captain Jeter "$50k and its yours" or something like that.
Sports teams and leagues are alllll about the money - so when you catch a lottery ticket in the stands you cash it in.
he should have gotten season tickets for life and then he could have sold them off for any money he wanted and still get to go to any game
he should have jumped over a railing to his death
he shouldve been at the top of the world trade center on the morning of september 11th, 2001
there. now weve gone as far as it can go.
Knowing this place it could go much further.
He should have to post here. Once.
Now it's officially gone as far as it can.
Posting here isn't a punishment. It's reading the posts that's most painful.
twice in the last 9 days, the Mariners allowed a walk with only 3 balls and nobody noticed
kate upton is RETARDED
(http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/gallery_images/8868_155420.jpg)
(http://www.brobible.com/files/images/buzz/erin-andrews-kate-upton-allstar.jpg)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gpkkbKRprq0/ThsPgPiUg_I/AAAAAAAARBE/jsI0TXQIj8w/s1600/kateuptonmikepiazza.jpg)
It is sad to see the destruction of the AS Game and HR Derby.
The Derby sucks, Berman is annoying and the AS Game has 84 All-Stars. Serioulsy - 84.
I wouldn't say the derby sucks. Prince and Cano are absolutely crushing balls.
They're crushing them, yes. But it doesn't feel like it used to
You do know that Santa isn't real, right?
Quote from: Diomedes on July 11, 2011, 10:39:00 PM
You do know that Santa isn't real, right?
No farging way, really?!
back, back, back GONE from being watchable thanks to berman
Another person almost fell from the stands for a ball tonight. Darren Rovell has the pic on his Twitter...I can't get it to post here
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todd 1
J 0
Gracias, vato.
QuoteTheFakeESPN
Sources report most #homerunderby viewers would like to see Chris Berman moved to the front row so Josh Hamilton can toss him a ball.
QuoteTim McCarver
I like how ESPN uses Chris Berman to announce the Home Run Derby. Anything to make me and Joe look good tomorrow night at the main event.
Quotepourmecoffee
I wish Ichiro was in Home Run Derby. He could precision hit it into Chris Berman's mouth.
L. O. L.
The Marlins have decided to close the upper deck for the rest of the season due to the lack of fan support.
lol
When do they close the lower levels? Mid August?
Quote from: MDS on July 11, 2011, 11:42:19 PM
back, back, back GONE from being watchable thanks to berman
Two and a half hours of that was almost as bad as listening to the Marlins crew until I watched that softball spectacle and had to listen to Erin Andrews act like she was really having a great time out there.
Berman and the derby need to part ways. The whole ESPN "they're really into this" schtick was pathetic. And good god that took forever tonight. Speed this thing up.
Instead of Berman, I'd like to see ESPN bring in a commentator from a different team each year. I think it would be pretty cool to hear guys from around the league and I'm sure they'd all love the opportunity to have a national audience.
the guy that gave back Jeter's 3000th is facing up to $14K in taxes because of the stuff the Yanks gave him in return
how is that possible?? all the gave him was 2 jerseys and 2 balls, right?
edit: I forgot about the tix they gave him...thats such bullshtein. That suite was going to go unused for the rest of the season.
how can you be taxed on that...wouldnt you only get taxed if you sold the stuff and made money...otherwise it would be considered a gift no?
thats what i thought..when i worked for the nets, we gave away a nissan to a season ticket holder who had to pay the taxes, but thats because there was an actual cost associated with the car. i wanna know the details of this, because it doesnt make a whole bunch of sense.
Seems like the easy solution would be for the Yankees to sell him the suite for $1. Tax that, bitches.
Quote from: DH on July 12, 2011, 01:05:24 PM
thats what i thought..when i worked for the nets, we gave away a nissan to a season ticket holder who had to pay the taxes, but thats because there was an actual cost associated with the car. i wanna know the details of this, because it doesnt make a whole bunch of sense.
i believe thats also considered a contest...tax wise no different than hitting the lottery or winning a car on price is right
i wouldnt know, i dont pay taxes
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 12, 2011, 02:57:32 PM
Quote from: DH on July 12, 2011, 01:05:24 PM
thats what i thought..when i worked for the nets, we gave away a nissan to a season ticket holder who had to pay the taxes, but thats because there was an actual cost associated with the car. i wanna know the details of this, because it doesnt make a whole bunch of sense.
i believe thats also considered a contest...tax wise no different than hitting the lottery or winning a car on price is right
This is spot on.
In this case, the guy didn't win the tickets or merchandise, he basically traded for it. So let's say that the guy decided to just keep the ball for himself....would the gov't still tax him for it?
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Quote from: ice grillin you on July 12, 2011, 02:57:32 PM
Quote from: DH on July 12, 2011, 01:05:24 PM
thats what i thought..when i worked for the nets, we gave away a nissan to a season ticket holder who had to pay the taxes, but thats because there was an actual cost associated with the car. i wanna know the details of this, because it doesnt make a whole bunch of sense.
i believe thats also considered a contest...tax wise no different than hitting the lottery or winning a car on price is right
This is spot on.
In this case, the guy didn't win the tickets or merchandise, he basically traded for it. So let's say that the guy decided to just keep the ball for himself....would the gov't still tax him for it?
It's New York State. They tax everything here. They want their cut, period.
who the farg are you
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 12, 2011, 12:33:16 PM
how can you be taxed on that...wouldnt you only get taxed if you sold the stuff and made money...otherwise it would be considered a gift no?
It's a gift from the Yankees if you can prove that the tickets the dude received are worth much more than the ball. Good luck with that. (And no, a sham sale wouldn't fool the IRS about the object's value.)
The only way to clearly avoid tax implications of a milestone ball is to immediately throw it back and disclaim ownership of the ball. Doing anything else with the ball -- giving back, selling, donating to charity, keeping, or destroying -- could potentially saddle you with tax liability. The IRS views it as the same as discovering a treasure chest.
lol at Brian wilson's introduction of the NL Lineup
But even better, Doc and Cliff are dealin'!
Nice jix there, pal!
brad lidge lost the 08 all-star game
trend!
What is the story with the constant booing of Cecil's kid and Rickie Weeks by the ARZ crowd?
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 12, 2011, 09:33:46 PM
What is the story with the constant booing of Cecil's kid and Rickie Weeks by the ARZ crowd?
Fielder was the "captain" of the NL Home Run Derby team. He picked Weeks instead of the Diamondbacks' Justin Upton.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 12, 2011, 09:35:26 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 12, 2011, 09:33:46 PM
What is the story with the constant booing of Cecil's kid and Rickie Weeks by the ARZ crowd?
Fielder was the "captain" of the NL Home Run Derby team. He picked Weeks instead of the Diamondbacks' Justin Upton.
Another reason the HR Derby sucks now.
Movie cross-promotion going on right now....barf
Prince just redeemed himself.
other than a rod who is a lock....how many of this list will get to 3k hits.....
Iván RodrÃguez 2,842
Omar Vizquel 2,831
Alex Rodriguez 2,762
Johnny Damon 2,663
Chipper Jones 2,565
Vladimir Guerrero 2,514
Miguel Tejada 2,355
Ichiro Suzuki 2,345
Bobby Abreu 2,343
Todd Helton 2,323
Edgar RenterÃa 2,284
Jim Thome 2,239
Jason Kendall 2,195
Magglio Ordóñez 2,108
Carlos Lee 2,058
Orlando Cabrera 2,020
Scott Rolen 2,002
Maybe Damon and Suzuki? Can't see much of a chance for the others.
Rodriguez and Vizquel are about 99 years old each.
A-Rod will be there unless something catastrophic happens.
Damon has a good chance (about 350 to go, still hitting well)
Jones is 39 and injured.
Guerrero... 36 and seems to be losing it this year.
Tejada... see Guerrero.
Suzuki - too far to go at age 37 - he would have to rebound and have another stellar 3-4 years.
Abreu - see Guerrero, Tejada
Helton - Injured 2 of last 3 years - also 37 and further to go than Suzuki.
Renteria - Isn't he eligible for social security?
Thome - Already 40.
Kendall - .250 hitter last three seasons.
Ordonez - 37, nearly 900 to go and hitting .217 right now.
Lee - Average has started to slide; basically immobile right now.
Cabrera - Nearly 1000 to go; average sliding.
Rolen - Sidelined by a hangnail every three weeks.
that Yankee fan's taxes (and part of his student loans) will be paid for by Miller and Modell's
Quote"Miller High Life believes you should be rewarded for doing the right thing, not penalized," Miller High Life brand manager Brendan Noonan said in a statement. "We want to recognize Christian Lopez, and in turn everyone like him, for doing the common sense thing and help him continue to live the High Life."
The sporting goods store Modell's also will announce Wednesday afternoon at its Times Square location that five percent of all of its Yankees merchandise sales July 13-19 will be donated to Lopez to help pay the taxes and student loans he's accrued.
Lopez has said he owes $100,000 from his days at St. Lawrence University.
That's unreal. For picking up a ball. Wow. Just wow.
HOF discussion:
Ichiro is a first ballot HOF'er.
So is Thome but mostly because he's probably the only power hitter of his generation who did it fair & square.
Vizquel gets in after a one year wait and so does Pudge. The rest = probably not (although LARRY Jones probably will because he's one of the Braves 90's dynasty girls).
The rest... no.
lol senile.....it wasnt a hof discussion
btw i think the other answer is ichiro...i can see dook playing till hes like 47...asians dont age...can you imagine if that cats 9 japanese seasons were played in america...we might be talkin pete rose
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 13, 2011, 04:29:40 PMbtw i think the other answer is ichiro...i can see dook playing till hes like 47...asians dont age...can you imagine if that cats 9 japanese seasons were played in america...we might be talkin pete rose
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Quote from: Rome on July 13, 2011, 04:09:13 PM
HOF discussion:
Ichiro is a first ballot HOF'er.
So is Thome but mostly because he's probably the only power hitter of his generation who did it fair & square.
Vizquel gets in after a one year wait and so does Pudge. The rest = probably not (although LARRY Jones probably will because he's one of the Braves 90's dynasty girls).
The rest... no.
pudge is first ballot
vizquel after 1, 2ish years
IGY seriously had a reading comprehension problem.
I actually wrote the HOF Discussion preamble specifically for him because I knew he'd misinterpret it and he still missed it.
Quote from: MDS on July 13, 2011, 04:59:32 PM
pudge is first ballot
vizquel after 1, 2ish years
Pudge might have "steroid" whispers that keep him out of 1st ballot territory.
possible, but i was more my opinion
if i had vote i vote for bonds, mcgwire, etc. we arent the morality police. the era was the era. they deserve to be in, its the hall's call how to handle the ceremony, plaque. its a baseball history palace, not a selective representation of just the good of the game.
Quote from: Rome on July 13, 2011, 04:09:13 PM
HOF discussion:
Ichiro is a first ballot HOF'er.
So is Thome but mostly because he's probably the only power hitter of his generation who did it fair & square.
Vizquel gets in after a one year wait and so does Pudge. The rest = probably not (although LARRY Jones probably will because he's one of the Braves 90's dynasty girls).
The rest... no.
If Damon gets to 3,000, he's in easily.
Quote from: MDS on July 13, 2011, 07:17:17 PM
possible, but i was more my opinion
if i had vote i vote for bonds, mcgwire, etc. we arent the morality police. the era was the era. they deserve to be in, its the hall's call how to handle the ceremony, plaque. its a baseball history palace, not a selective representation of just the good of the game.
Tell that to Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson.
theyd be in if i ran the show
but im just a guy
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 13, 2011, 09:44:39 PM
Quote from: Rome on July 13, 2011, 04:09:13 PM
HOF discussion:
Ichiro is a first ballot HOF'er.
So is Thome but mostly because he's probably the only power hitter of his generation who did it fair & square.
Vizquel gets in after a one year wait and so does Pudge. The rest = probably not (although LARRY Jones probably will because he's one of the Braves 90's dynasty girls).
The rest... no.
If Damon gets to 3,000, he's in easily.
i disagree but if he does get in might as well close the hall because that guy is NOT a HOF'er
If he gets to 3000 hits? No chance in hell he's NOT in.
im gonna trust the voters to do the right thing...they also have an out now as people like palmeiro are gonna have 3000 but not make it because of roids...maybe then they wont feel like they have to go by the stupid unwritten rule that certain milestones get you in
damon has had a very very good career but when it comes down to it hes basically a slap hitting singles hitter with a terrible arm and thats not HOF material no matter what his great numbers say
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Clemens trial ends with judge declaring a mistrial. (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ahjf1hZSTTWbM_gAa.JIOoMRvLYF?slug=lc-carpenter_clemens_mistrial_071411)
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wow, what a farging idiot the prosecutor is.
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It's a tuxspeedo. I invented it about 5 years ago.
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I seriously hope Wilson dies screaming.
Dude's hilarious. He's a like a thinner, more athletic Zach Galifdjkalgfhajkfakus
Quote from: Rome on July 14, 2011, 02:00:44 PM
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I seriously hope Wilson dies screaming.
maybe the #1 least funny/most horrible combination on earth
10,000 wins for the Braves, but they're also 8 losses away from joining the Phils
the pittsburgh pirates are in first place after the all-star break
That's good to see. I'd like to see them win that division.
queen jair getting smoked by the nats
back to earth you dutch farg
Quote from: MDS on July 17, 2011, 03:03:24 PM
queen jair getting smoked by the nats
back to earth you dutch farg
HOF Braves only down 1 now
8-8 bottom nine
1 out
man on second
wow winning run brooks conrad just got thrown out at third on a ground ball to short....
victorinoesque
f'n orioles finally win a couple games. 18 back from first place, worst record in the league except for Houston
didn't you say they'd win the division this year?
next year
braves win
braves win
thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa braves win!
no chance
improved they may be but they are still the worst goddamn team to follow
farg 'em
well once next year arrives then it will be 2013 when they win
no chance
easy's jayson werth watch
sunday: 0-5, k
season: .213, 10 hr, 31 bi, .318 obp, .673 ops
Wow! Uggla is now batting .189
the Sunday nighter in Tampa didn't end until a little before 2am and finished 1-0 in 16. zzzzzzz
Quote from: BigEd76 on July 18, 2011, 12:10:38 PM
zzzzzzz
didnt you watch some or all of a womens soccer game yesetrday?
Quote from: BigEd76 on July 18, 2011, 12:10:38 PM
the Sunday nighter in Tampa didn't end until a little before 2am and finished 1-0 in 16. zzzzzzz
Damn good game. Both teams had chances, but pitching was dominate.
I turned it on right before the Red Sox scored, then I watched Papelbon's 1-2-3 hoping that he'd blow it. And yeah, I watched the rest of that soccer game after the Phils ended and saw 2 goals. So?
not sure you should be making fun of the speed at which a great sport like baseball moves when you watched womens soccer
ya and you shovel chain restaurant "food" down your cock-stretched gullet....doesn't stop you from talking about dining.
hippo
hipster woman soccer fan catchin feelings....sweet
and i dont eat chain food
i will bang out el nino's with abandon at chillis tho
you and your protege are leaning pretty hard on the hipster insult, it's making me so upset
its not an insult in the least
hipsters are great liberals
but they do love soccer and would never pass up trying to oversell something like the womens world cup
the game did better than the 2010 world series
there are some obvious reasons why (zero competition from anything, media jizzim piling up at the feet of hope solo and company, the little usa flag in the scorebox) but its still not good.
not good.
QuoteDuffy's Irish Pub has found a way to make that first-half bust pay off now. During the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, you can order PBR tallboys, Buds and High Lifes for whatever Werth's batting average is at the time. For example, if the promotion started right now, at the time of publication, Werth's .211 batting average would mean $2.11 brewskies.
nice. duffys has delicious wings.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/the-scene/food-drink/Drink-Jaysons-Worth-in-Beer-125842358.html
Full article.
a pitcher of miller lite at duffys is $15....lol
jesus, a beer tower at Casey's is $12.75
Don't most bars up north still use the buy back method?
Buy one, get one back. I mean, I can't imagine spending 30 bucks for a six pack of beer, but that's what iceholes pay in bars. Serves 'em right.
Quote from: Rome on July 20, 2011, 05:59:13 PM
Don't most bars up north still use the buy back method?
Buy one, get one back. I mean, I can't imagine spending 30 bucks for a six pack of beer, but that's what iceholes pay in bars. Serves 'em right.
one for one buy backs?....ive never seen that anywhere...maybe thats some 50's american grafitti shtein from when you were coming up
as for random by backs nyc is the only place that i consistently get them
Apparently Houston is going to deal Hunter Pence and ATL is hot and heavy for him.
New Astros owner has reportedly told people that the payroll should be slashed to $60M. Available...
Pence
Lee (who would want him?)
Brett Myers (probably go to the Yankees, Pirates or Indians)
Wandy Rodriguez (bad contract)
Pence would be a nice add. Better than Cabrera, cheaper than Beltran.
I think Houston is going to ask for quite a bit for him. I dont think his contract is very big so they don't have to eat money like the Mets will with Beltran.
Pence will garner a greater return than Beltran will. Both players are exactly what the Phillies need.
Pence will command more - simply because the team would have control over him for another year.
I'd love Pence over Beltran just based on horse glue vs Preakness factors
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 20, 2011, 07:11:19 PMI dont think his contract is very big so they don't have to eat money like the Mets will with Beltran.
He makes $7M/yr and is still in his arbitration years
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 20, 2011, 06:47:16 PMmaybe thats some 50's american grafitti shtein from when you were coming up
lol
Stephen Drew's ankle just bent like an ankle isn't supposed to bend.
Got caught under him sliding into the plate.
They should outlaw sliding now!
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 20, 2011, 10:50:51 PM
Stephen Drew's ankle just bent like an ankle isn't supposed to bend.
Got caught under him sliding into the plate.
They should outlaw sliding now!
I haven't seen it, but I'm imagining Robin Ventura circa 1990's?
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 20, 2011, 06:47:16 PM
Quote from: Rome on July 20, 2011, 05:59:13 PM
Don't most bars up north still use the buy back method?
Buy one, get one back. I mean, I can't imagine spending 30 bucks for a six pack of beer, but that's what iceholes pay in bars. Serves 'em right.
one for one buy backs?....ive never seen that anywhere...maybe thats some 50's american grafitti shtein from when you were coming up
as for random by backs nyc is the only place that i consistently get them
Any bar that I went to had that sort of deal for locals if you knew the bartenders. Tourist clowns like you would get the full blast because you deserve it being a rich corksucker.
Quote from: hbionic on July 21, 2011, 06:02:20 AM
I haven't seen it, but I'm imagining Robin Ventura circa 1990's?
That play will be burned into my brain forever...that and McGahee.
video of it (http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17117939&c_id=ari)
Quote from: Rome on July 21, 2011, 07:19:39 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 20, 2011, 06:47:16 PM
Quote from: Rome on July 20, 2011, 05:59:13 PM
Don't most bars up north still use the buy back method?
Buy one, get one back. I mean, I can't imagine spending 30 bucks for a six pack of beer, but that's what iceholes pay in bars. Serves 'em right.
one for one buy backs?....ive never seen that anywhere...maybe thats some 50's american grafitti shtein from when you were coming up
as for random by backs nyc is the only place that i consistently get them
Any bar that I went to had that sort of deal for locals if you knew the bartenders. Tourist clowns like you would get the full blast because you deserve it being a rich corksucker.
wait so you took it from most bars up north to bars where you knew the bartender...thats quite a difference
yeah no shtein if you know a bartender you get a hook up...but even at that you generally wouldnt get buy backs you just get a cheap bill
buy backs infer randomly getting a free drink from a random bartender...and as i said nyc is the only place that i consistently run into buy backs
most famous buy back ever?....me sunny and our women at a bar in the village where we got a buy back round of bourbon and me watching their eyes pop out of their heads after trying it
yeah, bourbon was horrible
i love bourbon and that stuff was firewater so i can only imagine what it tasted like to all you
Yuck!
Remember Napoleon McCallum (Raiders running back).
I get a nasty feeling when I think of those injuries. Horrible. :puke
That was sick. Remember that well. His leg bent like a horsehoe.
Worse part is when as an announcer, they keep replaying it and you are forced to keep making comments on it. Maybe worse is the video guy having to do slow-mo on it.
farging Rockies, up 4-0 on Braves now down 5-4 top 5th.
The Phils have an off day, and we still can't help but get upset about a baseball game. :paranoid
Not to mention that the Rockies will at worst split the 4-gamer. Ungrateful toolbags.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 21, 2011, 05:14:15 PM
The Phils have an off day, and we still can't help but get upset about a baseball game. :paranoid
I've hit rock bottom.
Quote from: Don Ho on July 21, 2011, 05:20:19 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 21, 2011, 05:14:15 PM
The Phils have an off day, and we still can't help but get upset about a baseball game. :paranoid
I've hit rock bottom.
Rejoice! Rockies back on top!
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 21, 2011, 05:32:16 PM
Quote from: Don Ho on July 21, 2011, 05:20:19 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 21, 2011, 05:14:15 PM
The Phils have an off day, and we still can't help but get upset about a baseball game. :paranoid
I've hit rock bottom.
Rejoice! Rockies back on top!
:paranoid
QuoteBJ Upton has been pulled. So has Desmon Jennings from Durham game. BJ traded and DJ promoted? #rays
upton was pulled after four at bats in a rout...why is that significant
Did not see that, sorry. Was just reposting what I read.
i wasnt talkin to you i was speaking on farging twitter which makes me wanna vomit....these farging morons who report this shtein need to die...or start thinbking about what they write
OMG BRODY COLVIN FOR CARLOS BELTRAN.....nevermind groin pull ftl
I saw it on FB, I don't do Twitter.
I asked what you did and this was the response:
Quote
its the second half of that makes it seem more important. Desmond Jennings being a healthy scratch in AAA means its logical BJ is gone. Now to whom? I think maybe Washington.
QuoteDesmond Jennings just got called up and Reid Brignac got sent down.
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where the farg did michael morse come from
ive tried to re-create niger's motion a few times and its kinda hard to do. going from the rock on symbol to farg you while spinning is pretty hard. pretty good hand eye coordination.
The impressive part is how he whips his arm under his other arm when he's giving the finger. He must have practiced that quite a bit.
the last time seattle won a game was the night the phils beat florida 14-2 when mckeon walked choke with a man on first base
Stanton's gonna be scary (http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17226241)
wonder what this fan was thinking. I'm out here all by myself.....nothing's coming this far....oh shtein...
Beachy is getting rocked
hof beachy, big stage
big stage, hof beachy
Nothing says "big stage" like a July matchup against Dontrelle Willis that happens to be on national TV.
Dontrelle's doing OK right now.
Quote from: FastFreddie on July 24, 2011, 08:58:42 PM
Nothing says "big stage" like a July matchup against Dontrelle Willis that happens to be on national TV.
its time to shoe horn in braves criticism
no other kind. they are amazing and this is all we have.
Sure he is. He loves that ol' big stage.
Did anyone else bust out laughing when they suggested that Willis would have made it back to the Majors as a position player because of his bat?
Right. Sure he would. Because that totally happens, what, once in 100 years?
Idiots.
Maybe he could play LF for the Phillies.
BTW, HOF Beachy certainly straightened himself out nicely. Dammit.
STUBBSY!
Nice. 6-game lead.
the braves lost?
how. i dont understand. i thought they...its just...
America's team has lost two in a row? The media darlings the Brewers have lost 2 in a row? Oh, god make it stop! Please, please.
Right now the Braves are closer to losing the Wild Card than catching the Phillies.
Did I see it right that the Braves were going to be on Sunday night AND Monday Night Baseball on ESPN? wtf is that?
Don't you speak ill of the Braves!
Quote from: PhillyGirl on July 25, 2011, 08:12:11 AM
Did I see it right that the Braves were going to be on Sunday night AND Monday Night Baseball on ESPN? wtf is that?
I think its more of getting the Pirates on and they happen to be playing the Braves
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 25, 2011, 09:42:14 AM
Quote from: PhillyGirl on July 25, 2011, 08:12:11 AM
Did I see it right that the Braves were going to be on Sunday night AND Monday Night Baseball on ESPN? wtf is that?
I think its more of getting the Pirates on and they happen to be playing the Braves
yup...monday nite baseball is planned on the fly...also theres only five games at 7pm tonight so its not like they had a wide selection of great games to choose from
the metshad a sunday/monday espn showing this year (as have the phils)...in other words its not that rare for it to happen
i love pg trying to dig up some old reliable media bias against her beloved phillies, as if thats true, then havas comes sprinting in from an armpit shaving session to defend his braves like its no ones business
you people are terrific
i gotta keep you phils homers in check....its not something i necessarily wanna be tasked with but its my duty and it has to be done
lets be real the braves thing started as a joke but your deformed cock gets visibly hard when they play now
i also love the taterskins
Looking good to meet the prez...
http://t.co/1IkhLKT (http://t.co/1IkhLKT)
I hate that guy.
His schtick was never good to begin with...now it's old too. Enough of him already.
I think his act had its time, but it was about a week long last year. And The Machine was much funnier than the beard the whole time.
Braves lose. igs weeps
Quote from: FastFreddie on July 25, 2011, 08:29:57 PM
Looking good to meet the prez...
http://t.co/1IkhLKT (http://t.co/1IkhLKT)
I hate that guy.
He is such a tool. Move on to Act II Mr. Wilson.
Who is it?
omgjonnygomesisanat!
HOF Hanson gives up two early to PIT...shocking!
And I read that two Nats scouts have compared Bryce Harper to Jackie Robinson.
How in the hell....how can that comparison be made?
I'm assuming that the comparison is based on his skills and not his color?
What?
Harper is a white outfielder in the 21st century.
Jackie was a black infielder in the 1940's who single-handedly changed America forever.
I see it.
Are they both naturally good hitters?
Are they both 5-tool type of players?
Did you feel the need to put race back into the equation?
The article was written by Verducci and I haven't read it yet; but apparently the context was that they both have faced similar criticism and struggles with being a hyped prospect.
:sly
jackie robinson was small right handed batting slap hitting infielder from the deep south
bryce harper is a huge left handed batting smash mouth power hitting outfielder from the far west
other than that EXACTLY alike
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 26, 2011, 07:42:51 PM
The article was written by Verducci and I haven't read it yet; but apparently the context was that they both have faced similar criticism and struggles with being a hyped prospect.
:sly
Of course, that never happens. Very rare you see that.
Robinson never hit for power and had only a pedestrian arm. He was a phenomenal hitter, though, and he was a really good infielder. His speed is probably top 10 ever. If he played in the speed era he might have had Lou Brock type numbers.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 26, 2011, 07:42:51 PM
The article was written by Verducci and I haven't read it yet; but apparently the context was that they both have faced similar criticism and struggles with being a hyped prospect.
if he seriously made the comparison in that context he should never be allowed to write again
Not Verducci - the scouts saying that
who gives a shtein?
To be fair, though, Verducci got those scouts quotes from Twitter, so...
Quote from: SD on July 26, 2011, 07:51:43 PM
who gives a shtein?
someone's in a mood tonight.
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Yes-someone-just-compared-Bryce-Harper-to-Jacki?urn=mlb-wp13903
QuoteStraight from the files of Terrible Perspective 101 comes this unbelievable gem: Two members of the Washington Nationals organization tell Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci that Bryce Harper(notes) is baseball's most scrutinized prospect since ... Jackie Robinson.
Let's go to the tape, shall we?:
Nats director of player development Doug Harris: "This is really unfair and it's totally different, but if I can make a comparison to one guy that has been scrutinized like this, it would be Jackie Robinson. And it's unfair because it was a different standard. He was under a microscope in an era when we didn't have Internet, didn't have cellphones. Now, Jackie Robinson had his life threatened. I'm not comparing Bryce to that. But as far as nonstop scrutiny? Absolutely. Day to day."
Minor league coach Tony Tarasco: "Jackie Robinson. You have to go back to Jackie Robinson to find anybody who goes through this much scrutiny. It wasn't like this for [Stephen] Strasburg. Wasn't like this for Alex Rodriguez(notes)."
Verducci notes that both men made these comments independent of each other and I assume everyone is going to jump to conclusions and believe that they're trying to draw parallels from Robinson's impact to whatever mark Harper will leave on the game.
i'm sure sd feels much better now that you've posted that.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 26, 2011, 07:52:37 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Yes-someone-just-compared-Bryce-Harper-to-Jacki?urn=mlb-wp13903
QuoteStraight from the files of Terrible Perspective 101 comes this unbelievable gem: Two members of the Washington Nationals organization tell Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci that Bryce Harper(notes) is baseball's most scrutinized prospect since ... Jackie Robinson.
Let's go to the tape, shall we?:
Nats director of player development Doug Harris: "This is really unfair and it's totally different, but if I can make a comparison to one guy that has been scrutinized like this, it would be Jackie Robinson. And it's unfair because it was a different standard. He was under a microscope in an era when we didn't have Internet, didn't have cellphones. Now, Jackie Robinson had his life threatened. I'm not comparing Bryce to that. But as far as nonstop scrutiny? Absolutely. Day to day."
Minor league coach Tony Tarasco: "Jackie Robinson. You have to go back to Jackie Robinson to find anybody who goes through this much scrutiny. It wasn't like this for [Stephen] Strasburg. Wasn't like this for Alex Rodriguez(notes)."
Verducci notes that both men made these comments independent of each other and I assume everyone is going to jump to conclusions and believe that they're trying to draw parallels from Robinson's impact to whatever mark Harper will leave on the game.
holy farging shtein that cant be real
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 26, 2011, 07:42:51 PM
The article was written by Verducci and I haven't read it yet; but apparently the context was that they both have faced similar criticism and struggles with being a hyped prospect.
:sly
LOL wut?
Quote from: Rome on July 26, 2011, 07:52:32 PM
Quote from: SD on July 26, 2011, 07:51:43 PM
who gives a shtein?
someone's in a mood tonight.
Probably got hosed out of watching the game like you and I.
I live in Philly, watching it in HiDef with surround sound. It's like I'm at the stadium.
That's a joke, right? Please tell me that's a joke.
i have it on in the background.
HOF Hanson and those creeping braves are losing again
theyre both dicks though
Quote from: SD on July 26, 2011, 07:57:06 PM
I live in Philly, watching it in HiDef with surround sound. It's like I'm at the stadium.
So you're watching with iceholes wearing wife beaters & fat chicks from Delco AND paying nine bucks for a Coors Light?
Awesome.
Better value than $9.50 for a one-hour old Schmidter.
Quote from: Rome on July 26, 2011, 08:00:02 PM
Quote from: SD on July 26, 2011, 07:57:06 PM
I live in Philly, watching it in HiDef with surround sound. It's like I'm at the stadium.
So you're watching with iceholes wearing wife beaters & fat chicks from Delco?
Awesome.
more like 15,000 taylor swifts from burl co.
Carlos Quentin?
cc is perfect with one out in the 7th
jinx
McCann just left the game after trying to throw out a runner
Quote from: BigEd76 on July 26, 2011, 10:41:39 PM
McCann just left the game after trying to throw out a runner
McClouth and Gonzalez both ejected for arguing balls and strikes. Looked like a quick hook on McClouth to me.
Still 3-3 going into the 11th.
Jose Bautista left the TOR-BAL game after getting beaned.
if MAcann dies im happy
die. you hick.
Seattle up to 17 consecutive losses.
Modern record is 21 by the 1961 Phillies.
MLB Record is 24 by the 1899 Cleveland Spiders.
The 1889 Louisville Colonels lost 26 in a row (American Association).
15-day for MAcann
RIP igy's fantasy team
John Wehner is a pretty crappy announcer. Still better than Chip Caray, though.
been listening to the Pirates broadcast on MLB.TV. He is pretty bad.
16th inning in Hotlanta
Chipper's breaking down hours after he comes off the DL
McCann is going on the DL
Watch out boys, Braves be creepin'!
just look at them on paper
they should be sooooooooooooooooooooooooo good
Prado is 0-for-8. Mock!
farging EI on DTV just shut the games off....it switched to 12am on the guide and all games went off.
WTF. :boom
J, do you have MLB Network? They keep cutting into the game.
mlb.tv still working
chip caray is a funhole though
I just switched over to the Braves broadcast and yes Chip Caray is a tool.
Chip Caray with the "lined to center field" call with 2 outs and 2 on for the Braves in the bottom of the 18th. Unfortunately Chip it was hit right to the SS. Inning over. God he sucks.
holy shtein that call is one for the books
the braves are just too good the umps see what they want to see?
one of the worst calls at the plate ever. farging home plate ump called Lugo safe and he was clearly out.
That is hilarious. I feel sorry for the Pirates. Don't really care about the Braves anyway because they be poseurs.
I feel sorry for the game of baseball. That ump cheated fans out of what could have been one of the alltime extra inning classics.
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"Safe!"
pirate feed
http://videos.sportsgrid.com/embed/player/container/630/450/?r=1252500156406313.2&content=BKPF281XYF72WVLQ&widget_type_cid=svp&read_more=1&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsgrid.com%2Fmlb%2Fvideo-wild-19-inning-game-ends-on-contentious-call%2F#
If MLB doesn't institute instant replay after that disgrace they never will.
He was out by a country mile.
Wow, just watched that....holy hell that was horrendous. I mean, inexcusable.
altho im not against replay at all you dont necessarily need it either....what you need is to encourage umpires to change their call when they realize they made a mistake
this wasnt a bang bang play that could have gone either way and the umpire made the wrong call...this was a call the ump knew he got wrong on the field however the culture is that you cannot go back on your OG determination....this culture needs to be changed
Wow! What an awful call. I am pissed that DTV cut the damn game off.
I agree about the umpires refusing to correct themselves. Its ridiculous. Whats even worse is the attitude they have with players and coaches.
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oh, the real one
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3-way trade:
STL gets: Edwin Jackson, Octavio Dotel, Corey Patterson, Marc Rzepczynski
TOR gets: Colby Rasmus, Mark Teahen, Trever Miller, Brian Tallet, P.J. Walters, $1M from Chicago
CWS gets: Jason Frasor, Zach Stewart
Ervin Santana just threw a no-hitter (but not a shutout) at Cleveland
Ed! :-D Exactly what I was thinking, "Where is Enrico Palazzo when you need him?"
Creepin' creepin' Braves.
Pat Burrell to be released (or already was).
dont even think about it
No effing way. But my FB newsfeed is all "bring back Pat!"
Half sarcastic, half not.
Hide the women and children if it's the case.
like he cares how old they are
Quote from: MDS on July 27, 2011, 10:54:33 PM
dont even think about it
Oh how I miss watching him take strike 3 looking.
burrell would actually improve the outfield defense
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 28, 2011, 07:14:52 AM
burrell would actually improve the outfield defense
sad but very true
he's not being released
So he is being traded for Singleton & Cosart then?
Pls sai yes.
He's not being released because he's on the DL, I'm hearing?
Braves creepily lost.
the Uganda team that would've been the first African one to participate in the LLWS was denied entry to the US because nobody knows if they're 10 or 14 or 18 or what
they are 18 but ironically the ugandan army is 10
Idi Amin represent!
bravos about to land bourne
Jason?
word is
Just saw Bobby Abreu batting for the Angels. Looks old, especially in the swing.
Two things:
1. Mark Schlereth's kid looks like he's trying to grow a Brian Wilson beard.
2. I can't decide whether Ken Rosenthal looks more like Alfred E. Newman or Pee Wee Herman.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on July 30, 2011, 06:54:39 PM
1. Mark Schlereth's kid looks like he's trying to grow a Brian Wilson beard.
His daughter is actually hot. Would really be something if she had tits.
Ubaldo just got traded to the Indians
WOW! What did Cleveland give up?
pomeranz has to be in there
Wasn't he scheduled to start tonight?
no idea i just know hes one of their top prospects
yep, everyone involved was scratched. Pomeranz, Alex White and Matt McBride
Also Jason Marquis was traded to the DBacks, and Koji Uehara was traded to Texas for Chris Davis and Tommy Hunter
that uehara trade is highway robbery and the best trade of the season so far...unreal
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 30, 2011, 07:55:00 PM
that uehara trade is highway robbery and the best trade of the season so far...unreal
Sashimi for everyone.
orioles clearly shaken by the uehara trade.....down 12-0 in the first
Yankees are up 15-0 over the Orioles in the second
Quote from: SD on July 30, 2011, 08:30:14 PM
Yankees are up 15-0 over the Orioles in the second
The Orioles and the Astros should pool their resources... Actually, never mind... Kind of enjoying the currently arrangement the Phils have.
Jimenez tonight against San Diego,
1 IP
2 hits
4 runs
Not distracted at all.
Harden to Red Sox
Furcal to STL
lol harden
like hell last 4 innings a game for them
JA Happy has allowed at least 5 ER in 7 straight starts
mockmockmockitymock
Derek Lee to the Pirates
Orlando Cabrera to the Giants
Bourn to Braves is a done deal.
i dont know what its gonna be but the astros lineup today is going to be hilarious
Jason Michaels will be the gear that keeps that engine humming.
that train that runs around minute maid park might actully be in right field today
2B Altuve
SS Barmes
CF Bourgeois
1B Lee
RF Michaels
LF Martinez
3B Johnson
C Corporan
P Myers
wowzers
lol @ CF
and i heard barmes could be dealt before he takes the field
Wandy Rodriguez is probably headed to the Yankees.
Wade is trying to trade Brett Myers too.
Wow.
Quote from: FastFreddie on July 31, 2011, 12:52:35 PM
Wandy Rodriguez is probably headed to the Yankees.
Wade is trying to trade Brett Myers too.
Wow.
Heyman's twitter (igy batsignal):
#yankees dont like wandy's contract, or necessarily his pitching. but they know they need to do something. #tradedeadline
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on July 30, 2011, 11:32:20 PM
Derek Lee to the Pirates
Nice to see them as buyers instead of sellers for a change.
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 31, 2011, 11:22:26 AM
that train that runs around minute maid park might actully be in right field today
Nice.
http://deadspin.com/5826327/
ahahah - dumb farging new yorker
Padres trade Mike Adams to the Rangers for Robbie Erlin and Joseph Wieland.
if hes going to be their closer i will trade him in fantasy
Wandy might be going to the Indians or Blue Jays
Cleveland getting pretty serious. Adding Ubaldo and Wandy??
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 31, 2011, 12:31:34 PM
2B Altuve
SS Barmes
CF Bourgeois
1B Lee
RF Michaels
LF Martinez
3B Johnson
C Corporan
P Myers
lol @ CF
farging bourgeois is a negro and just banged a 3 run homer
He's going to be a good player....
Drama in Detroit
Verlander throwing another no-no
Guillen jacks one and stares it down; so Jered Weaver beans Avila on the next pitch
you had the names backwards, but yea, good for weaver for standing for himself
i wish he would have hit avila in the face, maybe next time his teammate wouldnt show up the pitcher in the 7th inning in his last AB against him. weaver wasnt gonna be able to hit guillen so he did the next best thing. Hoyda ass mafarger
Oh shtein ahaha Erick Aybar then bunts for a hit during a no-no bid and Verlander threw it away and stared him down.
Brawl gonna happen today
then Aybar scores on a botched rundown, then Verlander loses the no-hitter with 2 outs
Pirates get Ryan Ludwick, basically for a box of used jockstraps.
which is about what hes worth
Quote from: ice grillin you on July 31, 2011, 04:31:09 PM
which is about what hes worth
I still think the Pirates were taken.
Breaking up a no-hitter with a bunt is akin to calling an opposing player's wife a funhole.
It's bad j00-j00.
Marlins beat Braves 3-1.
Two things that interested me:
1. Greg Dobbs batted THIRD for the Marlins.
2. Dan Uggla (his average up to a lofty .206) batted FOURTH for the Braves.
Erik Bedard to the Sox in an 8-player deal. Blown-out shoulder in 3...2.....1...
MOCK
August trades, feel the burn (http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/page/starting9-110801/potential-august-waiver-trades)
thome
why the farg not?
I guess you haven't heard that Ross Gload leads something in pinch something.
matt stairs aint happening again
Still could use Thome/Giambi off the bench.
gload is the only consistent pinch hitter in the NL, so the stats are meaningless
plus he cant hit homers. thome might be 800 years old but he still can. also hes awesome and it would be fun.
old GRIT
Seeing him going for 600 would be a treat.
The Dutch Wonder Boy having a rough night in DC. Braves down 4-1 bottom 6.
My fantasy teams weeps.
Uggla has been ill.
Great play by JRoll to throw out the mullet.
wrong thread. farg me.
boob (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wys_JmrK5e4)
I don't know who those guys are...but they did as good a job as *any trying to keep their compsoure. Pretty funny stuff. I woulda lost it.
*Other than the non-human Vin Scully.
Arizona's whitey righty equivalent of choke made his debut and destroyed a pitch off Lincecum
Goldschmidt's first HR (http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17592407)
this was pretty cool
Brendan Ryan reaches 3rd on an infield hit (http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17585257&topic_id=8877490)
and Mike Adams' Ranger debut didn't go so well
GW HR (http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17585361)
IGY's braves are getting thumped again, their awesome pitching staff can barely go 6 innings anymore
and by thumped i mean they were up 6-0 and beachy gave up 4 in the 5th and is probably done
They gave up 4 in the btm of the 6th and the game is now in a rain delay. Sucks too because that very well could stiffle the momentum DC had going. When they resume, they'll have a man on 1st and no outs though, so hopefully they can pick up where they left off.
they are 30 games up on the braves and youre scoreboard watching
move to kansas city already, small time gump
luckily i forgot to start beaches today
Quote from: MDS on August 03, 2011, 03:51:07 PM
they are 30 games up on the braves and youre scoreboard watching
move to kansas city already, small time gump
Not sure if you're talking to me or Sunny.....or maybe both. Either way, farg off Nacho Hebre'. I scoreboard watch every day.
MLB investigating A-Rod on gambling claims (http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/MLB-investigating-New-York-Yankees-star-Alex-Rodriguez-for-illegal-gambling-080311?gt1=39002)
Matt Stairs is retiring, after doing virtually nothing this season. Thanks for the moon shot.
(http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/449/537/83257211_display_image.jpg?1287380724)
Former professional hitter Matt Stairs.
Quote from: QB Eagles on August 04, 2011, 06:40:52 AM
Matt Stairs is retiring, after doing virtually nothing this season. Thanks for the moon shot.
(http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/449/537/83257211_display_image.jpg?1287380724)
Now that is sweet!
JA Happ sent to AAA. Mock.
-- Juan Nicasio was hit in the head with a line drive last night (http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17690291) and broke one of the bones in his neck
-- Cy Jurrjens was put on the DL with a sprained knee
Creepin'
Did anyone else catch the video on Sportscenter of the two morbidly disgusting fatbody Tampa fans rooting thru (and eventually fighting over) a garbage can for a foul ball?
Security had to be called in and nobody ended up getting the ball. For real.
Stay classy, Rays fans.
lol
Quote from: Rome on August 07, 2011, 08:07:19 AM
Did anyone else catch the video on Sportscenter of the two morbidly disgusting fatbody Tampa fans rooting thru (and eventually fighting over) a garbage can for a foul ball?
Security had to be called in and nobody ended up getting the ball. For real.
Stay classy, Rays fans.
Hopefully somebody shoved their cowbells up their asses.
pirates are as close to the second overall pick as they are to first place
Have they won any games since the Jerry Meals 19th inning debacle?
once
So they have THAT going for them, which is nice.
Actually I don't think they have. I think they're 0-10 or something like that.
Bitchmade right there. Let a call affect you like that? Soft.
I don't think it was the call. They just remembered that they are the Pittsburgh Pirates.
I don't think it's a matter of being soft at all. They're completely unfamiliar with winning and seeing as though this was their first real run of success in a generation, it's not all that shocking that they've fallen off a cliff.
its a shame too because that city needs a championship bad
Pittsburgh - home of champions (and the Pirates)
For a couple months there, there were actual baseball fans here. Supporting the home team. It was weird.
Seems to be over, now.
I wasn't aware you were in L.A.
Bobby Abreu goes yard twice against the Yanks, including a go-ahead jack against Rivera. Mock?
Pete Happy is about to be resurrected in San Diego.
Douche Harper got tossed from a game for arguing balls and strikes. And by arguing I really mean throwing a temper tantrum.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on August 10, 2011, 05:19:29 PM
Pete Happy is about to be resurrected in San Diego.
He should fit right in with that lineup.
What a night last night for Carlos Zambrano.
1. Gave up five homers to the Braves.
2. Threw at Chipper Jones.
3. Was ejected.
4. Cleaned out his locker.
5. Told teammates he is retiring.
He was placed on the restricted list today.
Update: One of the bald farg announcers just said he was suspended for 30 days.
its so far down the line but if he becomes a FA and wants to actually play....i mean as a 5th starter?
No.
I have to agree with Munson here.
No farging way do I want that fat loser anywhere near my team. I almost understand what he did because frankly the Cubs are a nightmare but anyone who quits on his teammates isn't worth a look.
you all wanted fat albert
why not this guy
and yea im starting this because its that boring winning all the time
Keep an eye on the Brewers. Right now, they have a better home record (43-15) than the Phils (41-19). Road record is a completely different story. They've been playing some stellar ball lately (9-2 in August), though, and have opened up a five-game lead on St. Louis.
the thought of interchangeable mexican yvonni gallardo and panic attack posterboy zach grienke coming to the bank for a playoff game literally gives me a boner
Wow
Marlins optioned Logan Morrison to the minors after the ballgame tonight.
Mariners 5, Sawx 0
Umps actually reversed a call at home plate (call was that the Mariners' catcher dropped the ball applying the tag - seemed to keep control with his bare hand). Terry Francona went ballistic and was ultimately ejected.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on August 13, 2011, 11:17:17 PM
Wow
Marlins optioned Logan Morrison to the minors after the ballgame tonight.
I thought this was a joke so I checked ESPN.com and sure enough...
http://espn.go.com/mlb/conversations/_/id/6860250/florida-marlins-send-logan-morrison-minors-release-wes-helms
Wow. How awful are the Marlins?
BTW... this was on his Twitter account posted 7 hours ago...
QuoteWant 2 apologize 2 our Season Ticket holders in advance 4 being unable to attend today's meet & greet before the game 2day.
Hmmm...
seems like a total FU to the fans
hes a popular player down there and they have no reason to show up as it is. i mean is a month at AAA worth it so they can play mike cameron more?
its clearly a send down having something to do other than with his play....what a joke that franchise is...other than the two world series titles in the last 15 years they have
there was a good 5 year period when they had more world series than the phillies
so theres that
Quote from: MDS on August 14, 2011, 02:07:43 AM
there was a good 5 year period when they had more world series than the phillies
there is a period like right now where they have the same amount.....which is just another reason why the phils have to win this year....but when they lose in the playoffs i hope you wheels and tmac all had a grand ole time enjoying the regular season
lol its actually been getting kind of boring lately
the only NL team that maybe beats them is SF and they probably wont beat the dbacks for the nl west
red sox could be big trouble in little china
will your homerism still prevail if they dont win a title....and if not which i suspect....will you at least admit it was an all time epic choke and the run is over
if they dont make the ws its an epic choke, if they lose to the sox it wont be cause the sox are actually better. any other team would be zookeeper level disaster.
and no matter what run is not over because they already won the 2012 nl east title.
these just be reality bombs. everyone who doesnt wet their undies over the lurkin braves is a homer to you.
i want them to win more than life itself but if they dont i cant wait to see your vagina shed tears
ive never cried over sports and i never will. im a farging grown ass man.
if they lose itll be a blow to the crotch but ill take it like a man and get on with my life.
somebody be shook
6-9 in the order and questionable middle relief will do that to you
ok shut up fatty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwYZ3LHHERI&feature=relmfu
yea really this happened
It will be a travesty if Uggla somehow breaks DiMaggio's record. I hope someone just beans him 4 times in a game.
Quote from: ice grillin you on August 14, 2011, 02:24:17 AM
Quote from: MDS on August 14, 2011, 02:07:43 AM
there was a good 5 year period when they had more world series than the phillies
there is a period like right now where they have the same amount.....which is just another reason why the phils have to win this year....but when they lose in the playoffs i hope you wheels and tmac all had a grand ole time enjoying the regular season
what i don't get about comments like this are if you really feel this way why even bother watching?
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Haha...
Cody Ross hit a 2r homer today to end the Giants streak of 21 consecutive solo home runs. The previous record was 19, set by the Phils sometime in the early 1900's.
HOF Hanson to the DL and McCann activated.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on August 13, 2011, 11:17:17 PM
Wow
Marlins optioned Logan Morrison to the minors after the ballgame tonight.
They also released Wes Helms.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on August 14, 2011, 03:00:33 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on August 13, 2011, 11:17:17 PM
Wow
Marlins optioned Logan Morrison to the minors after the ballgame tonight.
They also released Wes Helms.
Get?
Skip.
Uggla's hit streak ended and the Braves lost 2 of 3 at home to the Cubs. mock
Must be German heritage day in Milwaukee. The "Bierbrauer" and the "Piraten" are tied at one in the 10th inning.
Jason Marquis was hit by a ground ball and stayed in the game. 13 pitches later, he does down with a broken leg.
Quote from: BigEd76 on August 14, 2011, 05:13:47 PM
Uggla's hit streak ended and the Braves lost 2 of 3 at home to the Cubs. mock
9 creepy games back!
Quote from: Geowhizzer on August 14, 2011, 07:50:04 PM
Jason Marquis was hit by a ground ball and stayed in the game. 13 pitches later, he does down with a broken leg.
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I hope someone plunks Nyjer Morgan real soon. He was a prick as a Nat and a bigger prick as a Brewer.
Thome blasted #599 and #600 tonight
Good night! Thome gets 600 and the bearded icehole from the Giants blows a 2 run ninth inning cushion.
now that hes got 600 theres no reason why the phillies cant trade for him
ross gload irrelevance!
lol Brian Wilson...I like seeing that freakshow blow games
Creepin's came back and got him tonight
the Nats just spent like $20M on draft picks in the past hour, and the Pirates spent $13M guaranteed on their top 2 picks
5 minutes before the midnight deadline, there were like 24 unsigned 1st-rd picks. After the deadline, there were 2 (Toronto at #21 and San Diego at #54)
The Ranger fan that fell and died will have a statue at Rangers Ballpark (http://www.foxsportssouthwest.com/08/15/11/Rangers-will-honor-Shannon-Stone-with-st/landing_rangers.html?blockID=548380&feedID=3742)
QuoteThe statue, which will also feature Stone's six-year old son Cooper, is tentatively titled Rangers Fans and will likely be on display by the home-plate entrance at Rangers Ballpark.
Ha - that's retarded.
as much as i feel for the guys wife, and more so for his kid who watched him fall, i agree - this is absolutely retarded. why not start a college fund for the kid or something like that?
That's gotta be a joke...right?
It was a pretty good pratfall.
statue should be called "idiot falls"
Good piece on Thome by Stark (http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/page/rumblings110816/jim-thome-truly-real-caring-person)
QuoteAnd bench coach Pete Mackanin reports, after a week of watching Pence's ferocious hacks at the plate, he kiddingly told Pence he should try blooping in a hit once in a while. To which Pence replied: "Pete, I don't do that. I melt faces."
radical.
That cock Eli Whiteside slid face first into second base tonight. He scraped his face up and had to leave because of dizziness.
And Brian Wilson went to see Dr Andrews but only has inflammation.
Inflammation of the _____?
what is vagina
Quote from: MDS on August 17, 2011, 10:11:43 PM
what is vagina
It's what ladies have in between their legs, li'l guy.
You're gonna have to draw him a picture Fred. While you're at it, draw me one as well just so I can confirm what they look like.
i dont get the reference
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on August 17, 2011, 10:05:56 PM
That cock Eli Whiteside slid face first into second base tonight. He scraped his face up and had to leave because of dizziness.
I heard part of that game on the radio. The Giants announcers were baffled as to why Whiteside tried to steal second. They had Jurrjens on the ropes and the Giants gave that clown the green light. I'd love to see a clip of that dufus trying to slide.
The Cubs fired Jim Hendry after 17 years. Took em long enough...
He can hug it out with Pujols and feel better.
speaking of bad slides...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8BNjd9Hhrg
And he's been playing that game nearly his entire life.
I can't stop laughing at that slide.
Marlins' fever - CATCH IT! (http://twitpic.com/6aq7ba)
The Tigers' third baseman just learned why you get the out at first with two outs instead of cheaping out and going to second. Walk off infield single for the Rays.
Yankees trailed Oakland 7-1 and won 22-9. They hit 3 grand slams in the game and were the first team to do that. And Jorge Posada plays a horrific 2nd base.
Somewhat interesting Nats-Reds game. Reds tied it up in the bottom of the 9th, it's currently in the 13th. Davey Johnson, Pat Corrales (Johnson's replacement) and Dusty Baker have all been tossed.
the Giants just split a home series with the AAAstros and are now 4 games behind the DBacks
Fricken' Ginats are not only losing ground in the NL West but also the wildcard race. What are they, 8 games out of the wild card race? Their lineup is completely decimated right now. Not having the bearded freak of nature is a huge loss.
farg those iceholes
ian kennedy @ the bank in game 1 nlds
yes. i vote yes.
Quote from: MDS on August 28, 2011, 10:15:03 PM
ian kennedy @ the bank in game 1 nlds
yes. i vote yes.
yep
Not the D-Backs! They beat Halladay in the 9th so they can win the series.
its the only way he can claim his aurora back
to slay the dragon that is lyle overbay
Quote from: MDS on August 29, 2011, 12:17:57 AM
its the only way he can claim his aurora back
You should stick to simple words like mojo.
I'm all for ripping MDS' atrocious grammar and vocabulary but there's a less than zero percent chance he didn't intentionally post aurora.
Quote from: Rome on August 29, 2011, 01:40:21 PM
I'm all for ripping MDS' atrocious grammar and vocabulary but there's a less than zero percent chance he didn't intentionally post aurora.
This talk is really a bore, E. Alice.
Swing and a miss.
Headline on MLB.com:
QuoteGritty CC helps Yanks close gap on Red Sox
UPDATE: The Braves got Matt Diaz back. Should the Phils just preemptively give them the division?!? CREEPING!
more proof that Mike Stanton is f'ing scary
opposite field upper deck HR over Utley's Corner (http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18625959)
Saw that last night. What's crazy is how far off the plate he stands and can still extend the bat to cover the outside of the plate and generate that type of power to the opposite field. And the fishies are moving to a more hitter friendly park next year too.
He's fun to watch
destroys one off Millwood (http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18043601)
dead center in Miami (http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18004597)
extra inning grand slam at Citi (http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17549375)
long HR in DC (http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=17382813)
Rowand and Tejada were just DFAed by San Fran
Braves forgot to watch out for creepin' Dodgers (http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18756259&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_18756259&v=3)
Speaking of the Dodgers, there's a group of Chinese "investors" who offered McCourt 1.2bil for the team. The good news is that they would continue to sell Dodger Dogs at the stadium. The bad news is they would actually be made of dog.
Bullpen backpacks (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/sports/baseball/rookies-served-humility-by-the-pack.html?_r=3&hp=&pagewanted=all)
Strasburg's first start after TJ surgery: 5IP, 2H, 0R, 5K. Was hitting mid 90s on his fastball and basically just throwing fastball and change ups.. No breaking pitches at all. Pretty sick.
Saw some of that. That guy is unreal and we get to witness it up close and personal.
Did I hear the Yankees/Orioles just started their game at 11 EST?
Quote from: Don Ho on September 06, 2011, 11:21:02 PM
Did I hear the Yankees/Orioles just started their game at 11 EST?
Yep.
Supposed to be even worse weather tomorrow, and there's no time to have any makeup games, so they're all trying to get the games in if at all possible.
This guy is a colossal douche and keeps on proving that.... (http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/6942703/milwaukee-brewers-nyjer-morgan-calls-albert-pujols-twitter-loss-st-louis-cardinals)
This is pretty damn cool...
Francouer throws out Michael Taylor at 1st base (http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18939359&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_18939359&v=3)
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 08, 2011, 10:04:47 AM
This is pretty damn cool...
Francouer throws out Michael Taylor at 1st base (http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18939359&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_18939359&v=3)
it's general laziness that that play is as rare as it is
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 08, 2011, 10:04:47 AM
This is pretty damn cool...
Francouer throws out Michael Taylor at 1st base (http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=18939359&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_18939359&v=3)
When someone does that they should just call it a Glenn Wilson...or better yet say "Taylor just got Glenbo'd!'
Ex-MLBer Curtis Leskanic is being charged with a DUI after registering .331 on the breathalyzer.
His kid was in the back seat.
.331? How the hell is he not dead?
He's a chronic alcoholic, obviously. His tolerance is so high that he's probably carrying .15 on a 24/7 basis. That's just to maintain, to keep the D.T.s at bay, etc. He probably appears perfectly sober with a double the legal bac.
Ironically he aspired to .331 all his adult life and now he's attained it.
Quote from: Rome on September 14, 2011, 08:33:53 PM
Ironically he aspired to .331 all his adult life and now he's attained it.
lol
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 14, 2011, 07:22:37 PM
Ex-MLBer Curtis Leskanic is being charged with a DUI after registering .331 on the breathalyzer.
That's HOF material right there.
.331 is child's play. While some of the all-time greats of :CF were at Penn State, this one chick hit .682 on her 21st birthday (http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22934862.html)... and survived.
Fielder told TBS that he thinks he's done in Milwaukee after the season
He probably wants to be paid like Ryan Howard, and the Brewers and probably at least 28 or 29 other teams would prefer to drink their own pee before getting themselves into one of those deals.
Fielder would come much closer to being "worth" that kind of contract than Howard is. He has the same power and rbi production that Howard does, but he also has a good avg and gets on base more. I'm not certain of his defensive stats, but the Brewers are a terrible defensive team and Fielder doesn't look to be overly athletic in the field, so Howard probably has the edge in that regard.
Edit: Just compared their stats and the 2 are nearly identical in the field. Pretty much the same at the plate, although Fielder does have a higher BA and fewer K's, but all of the power #'s and slg and ops are all in same ballpark. So yeah, that would be a ridiculous contract.
He's also only 27 vs. Howard alaready being 31....so no, a 5 year, 125 million dollar deal wouldn't be nearly as controversial for him vs. Howard. Howard's going to be like 36 by the end of his deal.
http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/6973624/florida-marlins-logan-morrison-files-grievance-demotion
Morrison filed a grievance against the Marlins for shipping his ass out in August.
Good for him. Their owner is without a doubt the worst in sports.
A long time friend of mine is a Yankees fan. He's been updating his facebook status every day for the last week with the Yankees magic number. Today's update is "10." LOL @ $200mil payroll.
Stanton at it again tonight
First AB: 7 rows deep into the closed-off upper deck (http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?c_id=fla&content_id=19402233&topic_id=8878534)
Second AB: blue seater in left-center about 450 away
Golden One Kimbrel gives up the walk off home run to Infante. Cards just 2 1/2 back.
Quote from: BigEd76 on September 19, 2011, 08:15:03 PM
Stanton at it again tonight
First AB: 7 rows deep into the closed-off upper deck (http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?c_id=fla&content_id=19402233&topic_id=8878534)
Second AB: blue seater in left-center about 450 away
HOLY shtein! That second one is now being called 461 feet!
Supposedly the wordmark isn't right, but this was confirmed to be the new Marlins logo
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h68/trevisw513/2012FloridaMarlinslogo.jpg)
Awful.
And they spelled Logan Morrison's name wrong on the scoreboard tonight
that looks like the airport symbol for miami in 1984
WTF is that? That logo is awful.
(http://thebiglead.fantasysportsven.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2012FloridaMarlinslogo.jpg)
Seriously? You really don't think Ed beat you to this?
oh i didnt even look
it was 3 posts before yours
havent opened this thread in months.....came to post that thing...opened it hit reply posted it and dipped
Come by more often, buddy!
MArlins
Black hats and alternate jerseys, orange creamsicle alternate hats and alternate jerseys, and the home and roads both say "MIAMI" instead of "MARLINS"
Also this is part of the new Blue Jays modernized throwback look for next year (yea they're going back to blue):
(http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4553/bluejays2012.png)
i'm not looking at that until igy posts it
Cardinals just blew a 6-2 ninth inning lead, Mets now up 8-6.
phillies want the dbacks so thats just terrific news
QuoteAccording to the Associated Press, Leo Nunez was sent back to the Dominican Republic this week because he was found to have been using a fake identity.
Nunez was placed on the restricted list Thursday and is not expected to return to the major leagues this season. According go the AP's sources, the right-hander's real name is Juan Carlos Oviedo and he's actually a year older than his listed age of 28. The Marlins have reportedly known about the issue for several months, but it's not yet clear how they plan to resolve it.
lol
Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement for major league baseball are moving at a fast pace and one issue the sides have all but agreed upon is adding two wild-card teams and holding one-game playoffs in each league to determine which of the wild cards advances, The Post has learned.
One person involved in the talks described that scenario as a done deal and another hedged a little by saying it is likely to play out that way, but nothing will be finalized until an entire CBA is inked.
Both sources said because there would be just a one-game playoff added, the second wild-card team could be installed as early as next year, but the new system will go into effect no later than 2013.
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There also is a lot of work being done on creating two 15-team leagues, which is tied up with the sale of the Astros because Houston is the club most likely to be moved from the NL to the AL to even the number of clubs in each league.
This group felt it would be particularly unfair if, for example, one wild-card team won significantly more games than another and was ousted in a one-game playoff.
That is one reason why the sides want to go to two 15-team leagues. Because it likely would mean clubs from different divisions would play more similar schedules, thus, making the competition for wild cards across divisions fairer. Also, there would be six five-team divisions, which would mean all clubs would be competing against the same number of opponents within their division to make the playoffs.
Both sides agree, by adding a second wild card in each league they are bolstering the importance of winning divisions because no club would want to settle for being a wild card and have to play an extra round of playoffs; especially a one-game playoff.
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 24, 2011, 08:23:54 PM
Both sides agree, by adding a second wild card in each league they are bolstering the importance of winning divisions because no club would want to settle for being a wild card and have to play an extra round of playoffs; especially a one-game playoff. [/i]
Seeing as how there is roughly a 50% chance of the better team winning a one-game playoff, they could same themselves the hassle of the extra game and just flip a coin.
wait the division woulds shake out like this
im not writing the whole thing...essentially houston goes from nl central to al west.
that means the yanks or sox will only have a 50% of making the playoffs. hmmmm. what.
Braves' lead down to 1 over St. Louis going into final series.
Braves vs. Phils
Cards vs. Houston
Maybe this is what Igy said by the Braves bein' creepin'?
Red Sox lead down to ½ over Tampa (Sox still play tonight with Yankees). Red Sox relying on Lackey and his 6.49 ERA to keep them ahead going into the final series.
Red Sox vs. Baltimore
Tampa vs. Yankees
Angels still creepin - 2.5 out going into today (could be 1 out going into last series).
the red sox choke is almost too good to be true
Sox already down 3-0 in the first inning.
Quote from: MDS on September 25, 2011, 04:55:52 PM
the red sox choke is almost too good to be true
better than the dream team not even making the ws?
one is currently happening. the other will probably happen later, but no reason to get preemptive bitching in about it. plenty of time to complain in a few weeks.
Quote from: ice grillin you on September 25, 2011, 11:51:55 PM
Quote from: MDS on September 25, 2011, 04:55:52 PM
the red sox choke is almost too good to be true
better than the dream team not even making the ws?
actually they are as close as there is to a lock to win the world series
Quote from: MDS on September 25, 2011, 04:55:52 PM
the red sox choke is almost too good to be true
One of the few times in my life I cheered for the Yankees.
Red Sox managed to come back and win the nightcap. 1 up with 3 to go over the Rays.
John Lackey divorced his wife after she had a double mastectomy and chemo earlier this year (http://www.tmz.com/2011/09/26/john-lackey-divorce-boston-red-sox-krista-lackey-breast-cancer-playoffs-wild-card/?adid=rr_tmzsports#.ToCcS-x8ES4)
winner
so he pitches his best game of the year the day he rids himself of his cancer stricken wife
god certainly exists, doesnt he?
QuoteLackey filed on August 30, according to court docs in Texas, claiming "the marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities."
Conflict of personalities? shtein, welcome to marriage.
That's cold blooded right there.
he flipped out on some boston media too, when they asked him about it postgame...got all mad at them for leaking the story
And he always screams when Tito takes him out - dude is like Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket
lackey is an idiot
he was mad a someone texting him from a number he didnt know asking about it. none of them guys who cover the team would do that. they either have his number or would bring it straight to him in the locker room.
the text came from tmz or something (which broke the story) and lackey cant tell the difference between beat guys and tabloid gutter media.
Right - the gutter sluts get paid.
yup
though there are some gutter sluts (randy miller) who dont get paid
Chicago Sun Times reporting that tonight will be Ozzie Guillen's last game in CHI; he will be traded to the Marlins.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 26, 2011, 09:14:27 PM
Chicago Sun Times reporting that tonight will be Ozzie Guillen's last game in CHI; he will be traded to the Marlins.
He coached for the Marlins a season or two. Also, a Latino manager will be a popular decision in Miami, especially going into the new stadium (actually in the city of Miami, at the site of the old Orange Bowl).
just about official now
i cant wait for wheeler to talk about him
Red Sox now tied for the Wild Card.
Cardinals just tied their game in the 8th inning. If they win, they're tied with the Braves.
phillies should tank/win accordingly to force a 1-gamer between atl and stl
why not
Idiot Punto dives into 1st. How many times does the coach have to tell you to run through the base?
Cardinals lose... on a safety squeeze in the 10th inning. :-D
I know it's only for the wildcard but if Boston really does gag this away it will eclipse the Mets & 64 Phillies choke jobs. They were 9.5 games up on September 2nd, for goodness sake.
father of the year. the wife's look at the end is awesome.
http://youtu.be/zZdywEQF7JE
That is funny. I don't speak Korean but I'm sure she wasn't asking him to go to the snack bar for a large diet coke.
Quote from: MDS on September 26, 2011, 10:37:52 PM
phillies should tank/win accordingly to force a 1-gamer between atl and stl
why not
So Matt Holliday can finally touch home plate.
A woman's bitchiness breaks down any language barrier.
Price just gave up a slam to Teixeira to make it 5-0 New York. Boston up 1-0.
David Price - choker
Wow 7-0 Yanks now...Rays getting one hit by some farging scrubs.
Come on Baltimore!
The Wilkes-Barre Red Barons are lights out tonight!
Rays finally showing some signs of life in the 8th inning.
Longoria just homered to make it 7-6 New York.
shtein. farg you Price but farg you Boston more.
Rays have tying run on second. Damon up.
Wow...crazy game in TB.
Damon choked and popped out. 9th inning.
Holy shtein!
I wonder how long they'll wait in the rain for the Red Sox. 48 hours maybe? :paranoid
Quote from: Geowhizzer on September 28, 2011, 10:34:18 PM
I wonder how long they'll wait in the rain for the Red Sox. 48 hours maybe? :paranoid
Very funny Bud.
holy farging shtein!!!!
No farging way!
lol
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 28, 2011, 10:47:44 PM
holy farging shtein!!
Hell of a comeback. I have tomorrow off (I love Jewish folks right now!) and may have to look into getting tickets.
11 Yankee pitchers tonight :-D
Quote from: Geowhizzer on September 28, 2011, 10:48:39 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on September 28, 2011, 10:47:44 PM
holy farging shtein!!
Hell of a comeback. I have tomorrow off (I love Jewish folks right now!) and may have to look into getting tickets.
Go and wear your Phillies stuff.
L.A. upon hearing the update from the Rays game: a disgusted-sounded "That's pathetic!"
Crazy stat from WFAN:
QuoteSince 2008 TB's Dan Johnson is 17-for-52 (.327), 8 HR, 14 RBI in 22 gms vs BOS & NY. 20 for 168 (.119), 3 HR, 17 RBI in 56 gm vs rest of MLB
lol...LA is awesome
And some from Ryan Lawrence:
QuoteAmong non-pitchers, Dan Johnson (.119) had lowest batting average this season for any MLB hitter with at least 50 plate appearances.
QuoteHalladay's .122 batting average is higher.
this is terrific theater
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 28, 2011, 10:52:40 PM
Crazy stat from WFAN:
QuoteSince 2008 TB's Dan Johnson is 17-for-52 (.327), 8 HR, 14 RBI in 22 gms vs BOS & NY. 20 for 168 (.119), 3 HR, 17 RBI in 56 gm vs rest of MLB
GameCast showed him hitting .057 vs. RHP.
Apparently Cory Wade is not the replacement for Mariano Rivera?
Quote from: MDS on September 28, 2011, 10:58:52 PM
this is terrific theater
Agreed. Who has two thumbs and parlayed the Cards and Phillies tonight at +331? THIS GUY!
Boston-Baltimore back on.
Sounds like a Sawx home game.
That's why it's hard to watch it.
Sadly, Tampa sounds like a Yankees home game at times tonight, and they're actually in it.
Upton needs to steal here. Carpe Diem.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on September 28, 2011, 11:15:19 PM
Sadly, Tampa sounds like a Yankees home game at times tonight, and they're actually in it.
Another stadium that is half empty. Well, I shouldn't say stadium, meant shtein box.
Quote from: Don Ho on September 28, 2011, 11:17:16 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on September 28, 2011, 11:15:19 PM
Sadly, Tampa sounds like a Yankees home game at times tonight, and they're actually in it.
Another stadium that is half empty. Well, I shouldn't say stadium, meant shtein box.
Corridors are dark and dingy.
Quote from: FastFreddie on September 28, 2011, 11:00:15 PM
Quote from: MDS on September 28, 2011, 10:58:52 PM
this is terrific theater
Agreed. Who has two thumbs and parlayed the Cards and Phillies tonight at +331? THIS GUY!
Figures FF would be the one to not only post a played out joke, but also the guy who posts one that has a visual element to it.
Worse. Than. Munson.
who?
Quote from: Geowhizzer on September 28, 2011, 11:17:50 PM
Quote from: Don Ho on September 28, 2011, 11:17:16 PM
Quote from: Geowhizzer on September 28, 2011, 11:15:19 PM
Sadly, Tampa sounds like a Yankees home game at times tonight, and they're actually in it.
Another stadium that is half empty. Well, I shouldn't say stadium, meant shtein box.
Corridors are dark and dingy.
I forgot how much I missed the cat walks. Damn place looks like the inside of the Hindenburg.
Damon just launched one, but a bit foul.
I missed FF's terrible sense of humor. I've always been a sucker for bad jokes
Cardinals breaking the bubbly out. Little premature you dip shteins.
Quote from: Don Ho on September 28, 2011, 11:35:08 PM
Cardinals breaking the bubbly out. Little premature you dip shteins.
Yeah, didn't they see who Cholly sent out to pitch this inning? They should be getting ready for tomorrow's game. It's virtually guaranteed.
Rays have two on, one out in the 11th.
LOL Atlanta!
Why is not ESPN or MLB TV not showing the Rays game? farg.
Live from Atlanta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zeu4BrOkZF0&feature=player_detailpage#t=168s
My ESPN is...
Let's go O's, let's go O's!
Quote from: Munson on September 28, 2011, 11:49:37 PM
My ESPN is...
We've got Red Sox/O's on both networks here.
Rays had their shot in the 11th and didn't do it. Now the Yanks have a threat and no outs.
Orioles down to their last out.
QB, now that is funny!
Orioles have the tying run on second.
Yes! farg you Pappleshtein!
All I have to say is this has been a damn great night of baseball.
Only the Wades failed to give their opponent a game.
is selig rigging these games tonight, or what? farging outstanding baseball.
Crazy night. Jesus
WHAT A NIGHT OF BASEBALL!
And Tampa survived the 12th.
I'm going to have a sprained clicker thumb at this rate.
ORIOLES WIN!
I am speechless.
Crawford screwed himself trying to make the sliding catch. If he stays upright, that run doesn't score.
Thats why Crawford gets the big bucks.
Hilarious that the fate of the Sox rests in the bats of the Yankees.
lol x infinity
Longoria hits a game winning HR. Tampa's in!
Quote from: QB Eagles on September 29, 2011, 12:04:59 AM
Hilarious that the fate of the Sox rests in the bats of the Yankees.
Never got that far. They left it in the hands of Scott Proctor, of the 8.18 ERA.
farg you Boston fans. Go cry in your 3 Super Bowl trophies, 2 World Series trophies, one NBA trophy and your Stanley Cup you've won in the last 10 years.
I sure hope the Phils don't make it to the series only to face the Rays again. A 2nd WS win against them just wouldn't count and it would be top 5 fraud of a WS winner
lol wow what a night
no one deserves this more than boston
Wow! What a crazy farging night!!
Quote from: Munson on September 29, 2011, 12:07:59 AM
I sure hope the Phils don't make it to the series only to face the Rays again. A 2nd WS win against them just wouldn't count and it would be top 5 fraud of a WS winner
Thanks, Igy.
The last 30 minutes have just been sick.
Yanks vs. Tigers
Rangers vs. Rays
Phillies vs. Cardinals
Brewers vs. D-Backs
Quote from: Munson on September 29, 2011, 12:07:59 AM
I sure hope the Phils don't make it to the series only to face the Rays again. A 2nd WS win against them just wouldn't count and it would be top 5 fraud of a WS winner
Let's not forget that David Price is God.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on September 29, 2011, 12:09:11 AM
Quote from: Munson on September 29, 2011, 12:07:59 AM
I sure hope the Phils don't make it to the series only to face the Rays again. A 2nd WS win against them just wouldn't count and it would be top 5 fraud of a WS winner
Thanks, Igy.
I guess you saw what I did there
Tonight the Braves became the first team in MLB history to to blow a lead of at least eight games for a playoff spot in September. Sox just became the second.
To bad only 10,000 fans witnessed this in Tampa.
QuoteWhitlockJason Jason Whitlock
Hey, Simmons @sportsguy33, who Young Leek be?
lol
Quote from: Don Ho on September 29, 2011, 12:13:39 AM
To bad only 10,000 fans witnessed this in Tampa.
Sounds like better attendance than the Braves game.
Official attendance:
Phils-Braves: 45,350
Yanks-Rays: 29,518
Sawx-O's: 29,749
That was Papelbon's first loss of the season.
so fitting that crawford farged up at the end
such a pointless signing for them and its hurting now
Rays going full out with their wild card celebration. T-shirts and champagne!
They're also circiling the field and high-fiving the fans. Every fan might be touched!
Quote from: MDS on September 29, 2011, 12:25:37 AM
so fitting that crawford farged up at the end
such a pointless signing for them and its hurting now
He wasn't very good this season at all. Glad the Phils went with Phifer.
One last thought before turning in (glad I can sleep in tomorrow. Happy Rosh Hashanah, Todd!)
Tonight was a perfect microcosm of the season as a whole for many of these teams.
The Red Sox and Braves had leads and collapsed.
The Rays dug themselves a huge hole and managed to climb out of it.
And the Phils, of course, just took care of business. Like they did 101 other times.
Nothing is guaranteed in the playoffs, and every team in the tourney has at least 90 wins. But you have to like the Phils' confidence going in. Not to mention that starting rotation.
I like Baltimore sending Boston fans streaming out of Camden Yards with loser frowns on their faces. Thanks for the money, no go back to Boston.
Last two posts by Geo and Dio :yay right on.
I fell asleep and missed everything.
Incredible. Amazing. What else can you say? Six months, 162 games and in two games it came down to two outs and two strikes and both teams blew it.
Baseball, folks. So great a game not even a four-eyed MA douchebag like Bud Selig can ruin it.
other than college football which gives you this about every other weekend that had to be the single greatest night in sports history
Top Five!
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the farg
ha, that's awesome
That's hot.
One of the best farg-yous had to be given by the Orioles. I was watching the replay last night about 1:45pm local time....and in the 9th inning, I think after the first out in the bottom of the 9th, one of the boston fans is wearing a green shirt and looking like he's talking shtein to the two oriole fans behind him.
I wish I could have seen the expression on his face and the dialogue exchanged after the comeback. I would have paid top dollar to see that. farg Boston.
Now.....let's hope Philly flames out...and that would top off another successful baseball season. Go Ray, Go Rangers, farg everyone else.
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How drunk is the Mexican pole chugger right now?
BTW... Los Dodgers are probably going to have the Cy Young & MVP winners and still not make Los Playoffs.
El Oh El.
Kemp had an amazing year, but I'm in the camp that believes that an MVP shouldn't come from a non-playoff team (or at least that team should be a contender).
When it comes to the Cy Young award though, my opinion is almost the exact opposite. If you put up the numbers that Kershaw did on a team as bad as LA was this year, you should absolutely win the award even if someone else with comparable numbers did so for a winning club.
I still cannot get over how awesome last night was.
It was great, but I've already moved on. Time for the playoffs, Jay. Quit acting like a virgin.
Yeah I know, but that was a enjoyable evening of baseball. And I like reading about the misery of the Boston fans. Adrian Gonzalez blames their collapse on playing too many late games and getting into cities at 4am because of no day getaway games.
Francona expected to be gone from Boston tomorrow
Resign or fired?
He was very open about how the team just didn't click as a unit this year.
Golden boy Luchinno is in deep dodo as well.
theo has to be gone for chicago, too
such a shame those poor fans have to suffer this
Quote from: Sgt PSN on September 30, 2011, 01:32:27 AM
Resign or fired?
Seems like it will be they don't pick up his option
I wonder where he will end up. I am curious to see how he will fare if he goes to a team that doesnt spend a billion a year
Hey, you leave the 1997-2000 Phillies out of this.
Maybe he can go somewhere and have Robert Person and Mike Mimbs as his #2 and #3 guys
he brought out the best in travis lee
Those were fun times!
http://bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1369880&position=1 (http://bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1369880&position=1)
TBS just reported Francona's gone. Hello Cubs!
Actually, I think he'll end up on the Southside.
And holy shtein is Tampa laying the wood on the Texas. Both teams and cities can slide into the nearest lava flow for all care, but still... wowsa.
dont lie, you love everything florida
'08 rematch for the win.
Can you imagine the endless havas metldown that would ensue if the Phils won a second ws against the Rays? Hahaha, oh it's almost too good to imagine.
It would be almost as glorious as an Eagles Super Bowl win with Vince Young winning the MVP.
Quote from: MDS on September 30, 2011, 06:38:09 PM
dont lie, you love everything florida
Well, it's no Texas, that's for sure.
Quote from: Rome on September 30, 2011, 06:48:08 PM
It would be almost as glorious as an Eagles Super Bowl win with Vince Young winning the MVP.
I'd take an Eagles Super Bowl win with Stillupfront as the MVP.
Forgot how fat CC looks in pin stripes.
Another major farg up by Bud Inc. Why in the farg did they start this thing? Damn monsoon and it's going to be like this all night. Just wasted Verlander and Sabathia.
Quote from: Don Ho on September 30, 2011, 09:19:00 PM
Another major farg up by Bud Inc. Why in the farg did they start this thing? Damn monsoon and it's going to be like this all night. Just wasted Verlander and Sabathia.
He wants the yanks to win.
tampa appears to have everything....off the charts talent across their roster....great manager...on a crazy hot streak....weak AL
if its not phillies tampa in the ws something went very wrong for someone
So if they meet up in the series and the Phils win, is it meaningless?
the first one wasnt meaningless....why would the second one be?...and in general how could a ws title ever be meaningless
Texas shteinting on themselves again
Texas loads them up with no outs...their bats werent going to stay silent for much longer
Shields seems to have completely lost it.
Well Jim Leyland that was a helluva inning there, buddy
Too many mistakes to name
Los Tigres survive the 9th, the rain, and the catcher slipping on the foul pop and giving Canu a chance to come up as the winning run.
hell of a game....Valverde closes it out again
so NY is relying on AJ Burnett to save their season
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 03, 2011, 11:58:09 PM
hell of a game....Valverde closes it out again
so NY is relying on AJ Burnett to save their season
With Valverde's antics after being in danger of losing the lead, it almost makes me want to root for the Yankees. And then I remember they're the Yankees.
AJ escapes the first by the skin of his teeth.
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on October 04, 2011, 09:02:18 PM
AJ escapes the first by the skin of his teeth.
I was on the shteinter but thought I heard the announcers saying Burnett's stuff is just as good as Verlanders. Am I mistaken?
Burnett's always been a great "stuff" pitcher.
Quote from: SD on October 04, 2011, 09:09:17 PM
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on October 04, 2011, 09:02:18 PM
AJ escapes the first by the skin of his teeth.
I was on the shteinter but thought I heard the announcers saying Burnett's stuff is just as good as Verlanders. Am I mistaken?
pretty much. TBS is all about quality insight.
i think my favorite from brenly/stockton tonight was "Hamels isn't asked to bunt much because of the Phillies offense". Take as long as you want to try to decode that one.
They also said Victor Martinez was hitting .380 after Cabrera was walked, so he "usually cones through" in that situation.
game 5 in the bronx
hopefully dbacks can push brewers to game 5. tire them stillupfront's moms out.
yep, kind of figured arizona was going to roll over and die tonight vs Marcum. Time to see if they can make it a series.
QuoteBuster_ESPN Buster Olney
After A-Rod's first hit of the series, Miguel Cabrera just looked in the Yankees' dugout and jokingly asked if they wanted the ball for him.
lol
i really thought after a rookie in his second start ever won game one for tampa they were gonna roll to the ws
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 04, 2011, 11:55:30 PM
QuoteBuster_ESPN Buster Olney
After A-Rod's first hit of the series, Miguel Cabrera just looked in the Yankees' dugout and jokingly asked if they wanted the ball for him.
lol
That's awesome.
The White Sox hired Robin Ventura to be their manager. He has never been a manager on any level. Or a coach - except as a volunteer assistant at the high school level.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on October 06, 2011, 08:18:39 PM
The White Sox hired Robin Ventura to be their manager. He has never been a manager on any level. Or a coach - except as a volunteer assistant at the high school level.
So he got Juan Castillo'd
Wow. The Yankees lost, huh?
Really wanted a Phils-over-Yanks in WS outcome.
Quote from: Rome on October 07, 2011, 05:54:48 AM
Wow. The Yankees lost, huh?
And the last out a whiff by A-Fraud.
Maybe it's the inferiority complex side in me but the Yankees choking actually makes me feel better about tonight.
yankees were down 2-0 in the series and came back to tie it
also they had exactly two more regular season wins than detroit....the tigers are a good team that beat the yanks straight up...no choking involved
You seriously don't have the vaguest clue of what the word "choke" means, do you, Tony?
It's the YANKEES. They're always favored. They were at home. In a win or go-home game. They lost. To anyone other than you, apparently, that's a gag job.
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 07, 2011, 07:37:56 AM
yankees were down 2-0 in the series and came back to tie it
What series are you talking about?
Quote from: Rome on October 07, 2011, 07:40:17 AM
You seriously don't have the vaguest clue of what the word "choke" means, do you, Tony?
It's the YANKEES. They're always favored. They were at home. In a win or go-home game. They lost. To anyone other than you, apparently, that's a gag job.
yeah see sports doesnt work in simpleton terms like that...the uniform doesnt mean that much....just because its the yankees doesnt mean they are better than everyone else....the two teams were evenly matched and the yankees were beat....there was no choke involved...stop listening to everything espn says
if the yankees had 105 wins and detroit had 90 then id say yeah they choked...or if the yankees were up 2-0 in the series and lost then yeah maybe choke...but that wasnt the case...they came from behind in the series against an opponent who was as good as them and lost....nothing more to it
also home field means virtually nothing in baseball
Quote from: QB Eagles on October 07, 2011, 07:50:39 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 07, 2011, 07:37:56 AM
yankees were down 2-0 in the series and came back to tie it
What series are you talking about?
if you leave out the 1st game the yankees won, they were down 0-2.
oh they were only down 2-1....defintiely choked then
lol at someone who refuses to acknowledge tony romo as a choker lecturing anyone about what constitutes a gag job.
you're ridiculous.
The one post-season where ARod hit was 2009...figures
it was almost too perfect that he was the last out..i cant believe they still have 6 more years of that guy
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 07, 2011, 09:39:44 AM
The one post-season where ARod hit was 2009...figures
That still kills me.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 07, 2011, 09:39:44 AM
The one post-season where ARod hit was 2009...figures
it also happened to be the one post season where heidi hamels sucked
dont forget about brad lidge, too
Oh trust me, I didnt.
holy farg did anyone just see that
YES! What a farging big time catch.
yeah...amazing catch
Kennedy's been living on the edge all game.
farging kennedy HAS to pick him up there.....dope
christ do the brewers histrionics piss me off....i farging hate nyjer and prince...i want them to lose so bad
Much rather the Phils sweep their sorry asses instead.
id much rather frankie k implode here
this barber shop quartet motherfarger needs to die
what a game this is
Wow...ARZ coming back on a safety squeeze!
Great bunt
What are your thoughts on Front Row Amy???? The chick in yellow with the big boobs.
Quote from: SD on October 07, 2011, 08:18:44 PM
Great bunt
And nice block on Fielder by Axford. Maybe the Eagles should sign him up.
Nelson Cruz just hit the first walkoff grand slam in MLB playoff history.
And the Phillies still blow ass!
And Ryan Howard just killed a french toast grand slam.
Apparently the Sox winning a WS after 86 years wasn't enough of a challenge for Theo Epstein. He's taking over the Cubs...
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2011/10/12/red_sox_unity_dedication_dissolved_during_epic_late_season_collapse/?page=1
Behind the scenes look at the collapse of the Red Sox and all the problems in the clubhouse. Pretty good read.
Tito is a pillhead + Lackey/Beckett/Lester spent games in the clubhouse drinking beer, eating fried chicken and playing video games.
no mention of why PEDroaia is so intense?
Wolf vs. Lohse tonight! Ex-Phillie action!
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 11, 2011, 10:27:11 PM
Apparently the Sox winning a WS after 86 years wasn't enough of a challenge for Theo Epstein. He's taking over the Cubs...
Theo Epstein would be a choice if after we died, we could come back as anyone we wanted. Dude's young, good looking, makes money, runs baseball franchises. Did I mention the mad tail he must get?
So why would you want to be him?
"Tail" can (and in this case does) refer to dudes.
I guarantee Pujols does not get a hit here.
EDIT: Double or nothing on Berkman!
Nelson Cruz hit 6 home runs in the ALCS. The Phillies hit 3 in the NLDS.
Must be nice.
Yeah but Cruz had a whole extra game to hit all those home runs.
f'ing Cardinals
worst manager ever in the world series again
Said it in the Phils thread but the winner of the Phils/Cards series is winning the world series. How idiotic was it for the Phils to let the hottest team in the league who they don't match up with in?
newsflash kiddo: if they couldnt beat the cardinals they werent winning the world series
Because why...? They would have beaten the Brewers/Zona/Braves and Texas doesn't scare me.
lol what
so the cardinals were their kryptonite or something? that doesnt make any sense.
the cardinals were and are a terrible team. the phillies choked it away for a variety of reasons and might have done the same to the dbacks. if you need to make yourself feel better by saying they win the series if the cards arent in it then go for it. but they werent getting it done this year. plain and simple. no getting around it.
The playoff performance was no surprise. shtein we saw this coming all year and it was magnified (again) in the playoffs. August/September was a pretty good indicator. What's infuriating is Carpenter (ok, he's pretty damn good)/Lohse/Garcia/Edwin farging Jackson are going to the World Series.
Quote from: MDS on October 17, 2011, 03:16:08 PM
lol what
so the cardinals were their kryptonite or something? that doesnt make any sense.
the cardinals were and are a terrible team. the phillies choked it away for a variety of reasons and might have done the same to the dbacks. if you need to make yourself feel better by saying they win the series if the cards arent in it then go for it. but they werent getting it done this year. plain and simple. no getting around it.
The Cards were fighting for their lives to get into the playoffs and were the hottest team entering the playoffs. The Phillies were 6-3 against them this season. Aside from Lohse the Phils don't hit their pitching well. Just like the Giants were an inferior team to the Phils that shtein goes out the window once the postseason rolls around. It's not always the best team that wins it's the team that's playing best. Do you really think the Brewers would have beaten the Phillies in a 7 game series? No farging way.
phils had one series win in them this offseason no matter who they played....to suggest they were the best team but got a bad draw is insulting...you could see this coming from a mile away all year....zero bats pitching that could only regress once the playoffs started and no motivation = disaster
i do agree that st louis was the worst possible matchup for them and they werent getting their one series win against them...but if they had eeked by they were gonna get outhit by a lot against the brewers
Go Rangers.
Quote from: SD on October 17, 2011, 06:44:35 PM
Do you really think the Brewers would have beaten the Phillies in a 7 game series? No farging way.
i mean whatever you gotta do to make it better for yourself, go for it
fact is if they were playing pittsburgh, houston and san diego they wouldnt have won the world series
It makes me feel worse knowing that my team would be playing in the world series right now if they had tanked against the Braves. Maybe I'm missing your reverse jew logic.
how many ways can we saw this
it didnt matter who they played. they werent winning the world series. they werent good enough.
Quote from: SD on October 17, 2011, 07:38:09 PM
It makes me feel worse knowing that my team would be playing in the world series right now if they had tanked against the Braves. Maybe I'm missing your reverse jew logic.
You are. He exposed himself as a front running fraud. All year long he was killing anyone who had the slightest negative comment about them and once they get bounced he suddenly feels like they weren't good enough to win.
Cards were the worst match up for them, much like San Fran was last year (who also got in on the last day if I'm not mistaken thanks to the Padres falling apart in Sept). Had SD gotten in, Phils would have torn them apart.
Cards won the season series vs the Phils this year and the Giants last year.
The Phils won the season series vs every other team in the playoffs this year. Does that guarantee they make it to the WS? No. But I honestly believe they would have taken out Arz/Mil/Atl.
The Phils had a fatal flaw - it's inconsistent offensive production. Most of its best hitters (Rollins, Utley, Howard) are in their 30s and the latter two were either returning from (Utley) or fighting injuries (Howard), on top of being damned inconsistent in the first place. This was a team that could score 5-7 runs easily - or get shut down multiple games in a row just as easily.
Halladay pitched a gem in game 5 - gave up a run in the first, then shut them down the rest of the way. Lee got a 4-run lead and couldn't hold on.
St. Louis took the extra base, played aggressively smart baseball, and went on. The Phils rested on their "We won 102 games" laurels, and went home. The Cardinals may not have been the best team over 162, but they definitely were over the five game - particularly in the last two, when the Phils had a chance to close out the series.
This team will be in the hunt next year. A top three of Halladay-Lee-Hamels guarantees that. Unless they improve their offensve - both from baseball intelligence (know when to take a pitch) and talent (this team has had a huge drop off of power since last All-Star Break), their fatal flaw also guarantees that, come next World Series, they'll be watching it on TV like all of us.
Funny thing is that they "got smart" in Game 5 and started taking pitches but were too dumb to realize that Carpenter was throwing 1st pitch meat and then giving them next to nothing after that.
The August Phils woulda won it all but the infield's arthritis kicked in and most of those guys were useless at the plate by October. The big hitters were mediocre at best, Polanco's offense was sub-Valdez, and Señor Octubre must not have seen any calendars because he hit more like what we expect from Señor Gluestick in LF.
lol @ getting angry about the 8th hitting catcher.
yall are searching for answers when there is nothing there. for the 2nd year in a row they simply didnt want it bad enough, on top having an aging slow team. they went in thinking it was their birth right to win the world series and got run.
they need to change some things up with the lineup...install some hungry young blood...but i dont see that going down
farg Saint Louey
we now know theres at least one team in the majors that can come back from 1-0 on the cardinals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHrygsiNfc
That was amusing. LaRussa is a smart dude, probably too smart for his own good from time to time.
That was funny. Can't go wrong when Nipsey Russell is in studio.
Cards are hitting pretty well this series. Looks like McGwire has injected a lot of confidence into that lineup.
Oh, and that Pujols guy is pretty good.
The Cards should send the Phillies a thank you gift after they win the WS...its' the least they can do.
Quote from: SD on October 23, 2011, 01:44:23 PM
The Cards should send the Phillies a thank you gift after they win the WS...its' the least they can do.
Nah. If they got any money for gifts, it's all going to the Braves.
Tony Gwynn may stand up to cancer but clearly not often to ice cream. Holy shtein fat.
Did LaRussa really just bring in Lynn... just to issue an intentional walk?
Where is the king LaRussa defender to stick up for his boy?!
LaRussa managed like Nipsey Russell tonight.
I love how he's using crowd noise and the phone bullshtein as excuses for his blunders.
Greatest manager ever!
That's what's laughable about LaRussa, when he makes great decisions (which he often does) he's a genius. But when he does something boneheaded it's not his fault.
no whats laughable about him is that dumb fans like to say hes a zesty manager because hes made a bunch of mistakes in his 30+ years of managing
then again sports fans will never be confused with geniuses
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 25, 2011, 10:39:45 AM
no whats laughable about him is that dumb fans like to say hes a zesty manager because hes made a bunch of mistakes in his 30+ years of managing
Your ability to twist and mince words is astonishing. Ever consider going into politics? If you read it again and take off your LaRussa tinted sunglasses you'll see that all I said was that when he makes a bad decision, it's not his fault. It's the crowd or the umps or the peanut vendor. He takes all the praise and none of the blame. That's not a managerial problem, it's a personal one. And it's laughable.
Quotethen again sports fans will never be confused with geniuses
You've proven that just as much as the rest of us.
i dont care at all about larussa and i care even less about his personal problems
im more concerend with the people that dont think hes on the short list of best skippers ever and go out of their way to try and make him seem like a zesty manager
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 25, 2011, 10:54:16 AM
i dont care at all about larussa
False.
Quoteim more concerend with the people that dont think hes on the short list of best skippers ever and go out of their way to try and make him seem like a zesty manager
I doubt anyone here would care about him one way or the other if you weren't constantly telling us how good his seed tastes. You realize this, right?
Anyone else find it funny that the board fisherman keeps taking the bait when it comes to LaRussa?
Recognizing irony isn't an IGY strong suit.
And yes, that's exactly why I posted what I did.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on October 25, 2011, 11:13:31 AM
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 25, 2011, 10:54:16 AM
i dont care at all about larussa
False.
Quoteim more concerend with the people that dont think hes on the short list of best skippers ever and go out of their way to try and make him seem like a zesty manager
I doubt anyone here would care about him one way or the other if you weren't constantly telling us how good his seed tastes. You realize this, right?
Anyone else find it funny that the board fisherman keeps taking the bait when it comes to LaRussa?
i take the bait on ignorance...ignorance annoys me...its one of my weaknesses i admit...
larussa doent affect me in any even small way
you love right wing zealots with drinking problems
IGY abhors ignorance.
Good lord.
Quote from: Rome on October 25, 2011, 01:21:02 PM
IGY abhors ignorance.
Good lord.
Sweet, delicious irony. It's what makes the world go 'round.
"Ignorance annoys me"
"I've never *seen this movie, watched this show, had this food, been to this place, etc*, but I can tell you without knowing anything about it that it's terrible and couldn't possibly be good in any way."
Nice :yay
John Lackey needs Tommy John surgery and will miss all of next year
convenient...anyone doubt that he went out and shredded his ligament with a hunting knife just so he would be out and not have to face the music on the beer and chicken stuff?
He probably shredded his ligament tipping 40s.
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lolol
Rangers ahead 7-4 in the 7th. Even though I didn't want Heaven to win, farg Dallas...
7-5 top 9.
shtein load of Rangers fans in St. Louis.
HOLY CRAP!
Looks like Cruz should have had that.
Looked to me like Cruz misjudged that.
Up to Tatoo.
Definitely misjudged that. Was jogging, then realized "Oh shtein, I don't have it!"
Hamilton may have just saved Nelson Cruz from Bill Buckner-itis.
:-D Yes he did.
Let's see what the genius La Russa blames it on this time.
This is farging amazing.
Wow - this game may go down as a classic.
Not to go all Igy, but if the Cardinals win this game, I think they win game seven as well. Two blown leads with two out and two strikes?
How is this not a classic already?
Please don't go IGY on us. I don't want to hear the dilusional 'everyone/everything on the east coast is better than anything/anyone else'.
What a fitting end to the game.
Just a great game.
called Joe Buck stealing his dad's line from 20 years ago as soon as German grounded out. Thought it was gonna be Molina though.
farging Cardinals
whatever
Loved Joe Buck using the tomorrow night line. I'm not the biggest Buck fan but his pops was awesome and that is my favorite walk off line for baseball postseason ever.
Nelson Cruz channeled his inner Bobby Abreu on that ball. Like Kruk said you have to run through that wall to make the catch.
Amazing game.
farg STL
hes a zesty outfielder and probably never should have been in
its also brings up an only interesting to me and possibly J subplot of game 7 going up against a rather big night of high school football. suck it, texas.
High School football will win out everywhere but the metroplex. And the people up there will be in the stands with earbuds in listening to the radio broadcast.
It won't matter in places like Odessa or bumfarg mcsmalltown.
One thought on the 10th:
Lance Berkman was the Cardinals' best hitter throughout this series. He's also a lefty, facing the right-handed Feldman, after walking Pujols to get to him. Not to mention that Pujols represented the winning run. There were two outs.
Should Feldman have just pitched to Pujols instead?
Also, the Rangers twice had two outs and two strikes, and couldn't get it done.
Game 7 may be anticlimatic. We'll see if the Rangers have some testicular fortitude.
Helluva game. That's why baseball is still the best game to me.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on October 28, 2011, 01:24:02 AM
High School football will win out everywhere but the metroplex. And the people up there will be in the stands with earbuds in listening to the radio broadcast.
It won't matter in places like Odessa or bumfarg mcsmalltown.
thats exactly where ill be tomorrow
They're still playing?
Quote from: Geowhizzer on October 28, 2011, 01:33:31 AM
One thought on the 10th:
Lance Berkman was the Cardinals' best hitter throughout this series. He's also a lefty, facing the right-handed Feldman, after walking Pujols to get to him. Not to mention that Pujols represented the winning run. There were two outs.
Should Feldman have just pitched to Pujols instead?
Nah. My biggest issue with that inning was having the defense play no-doubles. Pujols wasn't going to score from 1st anyway...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuAnVlRWf7o&feature=share
what a lazy farg.
Ha. That's just what I thought.
farg that hack.
I could give the left cheek of a rat's ass about Joe Buck.
You could tell he's been waiting to say it.
it would have been better if he was crying while saying it.
hes actually getting a lot of compliments on it
and i thought it was pretty cool....and i hate joe buck and everything that disinterested bore stands for
yeah, what an icehole for paying respect to his legendary announcer father
Quote from: SunMo on October 28, 2011, 01:02:52 PM
yeah, what an icehole for paying respect to his legendary announcer father
This. Very seldom that I can say something positive about Joe's commentary, but that was pretty awesome.
Quote from: MDS on October 28, 2011, 01:00:33 PM
hes actually getting a lot of compliments on it
and i thought it was pretty cool....and i hate joe buck and everything that disinterested bore stands for
Yeah I loved it...like I said last night Jack Buck's call in the '91 Series was golden.
i was just joking. i don't care either way.
you do
its fun and easy to rip on joe buck because hes terrible but this was legit cool
he's smug and pretentious and hates having one of the best jobs in the world but i actually think he's really good at his job.
Freese is unconscious. Wow.
Some fag just dropped the best eva shtein at the bar.
Settle down, Nancy.
A shtein wildcard team is about to win a Series.
Quote from: Rome on October 28, 2011, 10:55:17 PM
A shtein wildcard team that beat the alleged best team in baseball is about to win a Series.
Quote from: Geowhizzer on October 28, 2011, 10:59:05 PM
Quote from: Rome on October 28, 2011, 10:55:17 PM
A shtein wildcard team that beat the alleged best team in baseball is about to win a Series.
Which is making this that much more painful.
So for the third year straight the Phillies were eliminated by the eventual World Series champs. The Cardinals should definitely send the Phillies a thank you card.
Quote"I've been a big fan," La Russa said. "Whenever I think about the National League I'm going to think about the Phillies. What they put into that series -- the integrity, the competition, the manager, the coaches and the players -- that is Major League Baseball at its best. I will never forget that. I hope nobody else does."
You owe us Tony!
Quote from: Geowhizzer on October 28, 2011, 10:59:05 PM
Quote from: Rome on October 28, 2011, 10:55:17 PM
A shtein wildcard team that beat the alleged best team in baseball is about to win a Series.
They played the Yankees?
farg YOU PHILLIES and your 102 wins.
Congratulations FS '64
Now Rube can go sign Pujlos.
Quote from: Don Ho on October 28, 2011, 11:24:34 PM
Now Rube can go sign Pujlos.
Maybe to play third. He's better than Polanco at this point.
now the best team in sports can win another championship
Quote from: SD on October 28, 2011, 11:08:54 PMSo for the third year straight the Phillies were eliminated by the eventual World Series champs.
And the Flyers were eliminated by the Penguins, Blackhawks and Bruins
And the Eagles were eliminated by the Packers
7 times in 12 seasons. farg
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 28, 2011, 11:48:59 PM
now the best team in sports can win another championship
Wait. the Nationals or the Braves?
Quote from: BigEd76 on October 29, 2011, 12:12:54 AM
Quote from: SD on October 28, 2011, 11:08:54 PMSo for the third year straight the Phillies were eliminated by the eventual World Series champs.
And the Flyers were eliminated by the Penguins, Blackhawks and Bruins
And the Eagles were eliminated by the Packers
7 times in 12 seasons. farg
easy is the only person counting that stuff
god i love this guy
I hate to see them win but what they did and how they did it was incredible.
I think Havas is sleeping with a LaRussa pic under his pillow
Actually it's a poster on his ceiling.
I'm just glad that Texas didn't win. farg Texas.
Texas didn't win because Rick Perry didn't pray hard enough
Quote from: SD on October 28, 2011, 11:30:14 PM
Quote from: Don Ho on October 28, 2011, 11:24:34 PM
Now Rube can go sign Pujlos.
Maybe to play third. He's better than Polanco at this point.
Better watch out. Igy's going to think you said "
maybe Pujols is better at this point."
philly has had a ton of sports heartbreak, but i think being 1 strike away from a championship twice in one game is about as tough to handle as it gets
Let us hope that it's just too much to bear for hundreds of Texas fans.
Quote from: Diomedes on October 29, 2011, 10:32:10 PM
Let us hope that it's just too much to bear for hundreds of Texas fans.
Let's hope that the Eagles add to their misery tomorrow night.
eagles last championship was one year before the birth of the rangers
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 29, 2011, 10:46:56 PM
eagles last championship was one year before the birth of the rangers
Worse yet, it was 10 years before the birth of me. And about 49 before the birth of MDS.
Quote from: hbionic on October 28, 2011, 11:23:22 PM
Congratulations FS '64
Hey thanks, hbionic. I'm still around, but "Today in Pro Football History" takes up a lot of time.
Still in amazement that the Cards pulled it off, but very happy. 8)
LaRussa is retiring.
Now the Phillies have no excuses! 2012 lets get it done!
good riddance
He's going to get more out of that microphone than any other manager has when announcing their retirements.
he's going to switch microphones halfway through for seemingly no reason.
Only if the phone is working properly.
Derek Lowe and $10M was traded to the Indians for an A-level relief pitcher
ill miss him
he was awful
I'll miss his gushing sweat. That mofo sweats like it's going out of style.
only a couple of minor re-signings so far today, but in news that may devastate igy, the Braves are considering trading Cy Jurrjens and/or Prado
they are also eyeing tranny reyes
(http://www.awfulannouncing.com/images/stories/brianwilsonLSU.png)
this funhole 1, jose reyes 0
I know everyone hates that dude, but I think he's kind of hilarious. I mean, he's an idiot, but he's intentionally idiotic, completely non-plussed by his own fame and really doesn't seem to give a flying farg about making a fool of himself.
Quote from: rjs246 on November 07, 2011, 02:43:37 PM
I know everyone hates that dude, but I think he's kind of hilarious. I mean, he's an idiot, but he's intentionally idiotic, completely non-plussed by his own fame and really doesn't seem to give a flying farg about making a fool of himself.
Yes he does, he cares a lot about making a fool of himself. He's the Jim Carrey of baseball.
if you are gonna have a schtick like that it damn well better be funny or its massive fail time.....his is not funny
He's a gigantic icehole but he's just another in a long line of athletes who deserve agonizing deaths.
The very fact that you all hate him is solifiying my positive view of the man.
i honestly dont hate him...his just painfully not funny...kinda reminds of robin williams circa 1993 where everything that he says and does has to be an over the top attempt at humor and none of it ends up working
And IGY calling him not funny, solidifies him as funny.
Glad we got that all figured out
Quote from: rjs246 on November 08, 2011, 01:43:33 PM
The very fact that you all hate him is solifiying my positive view of the man.
Who hates him? He's just not funny, and mildly retarded.
He talks about ninjas, has a glorious albiet unkempt beard and had Pat Burrell walking around his house in leather dom gear during a tv interview. He's not always hilarious but I get the feeling that he is just being himself, having a good time and all others be damned. Much more enjoyable than "Tony Plush" and definitely better than boring ass A Rod.
Quote from: rjs246 on November 08, 2011, 01:43:33 PM
The very fact that you all hate him is solifiying my positive view of the man.
Solify this, motherfarger.
Nats catcher Wilson Ramos was kidnapped in venezuela
Guess that means Douche Harper will be starting on opening day.
So, the Marlins signed Reyes and are now turning their attention to Pujols? Seriously?
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 10, 2011, 10:15:28 AM
Guess that means Douche Harper will be starting on opening day.
I think they're playing him in the OF now
Quote from: FastFreddie on November 11, 2011, 09:59:48 AM
So, the Marlins signed Reyes and are now turning their attention to Pujols? Seriously?
The Marlins signed Reyes? Is that official?
No, but they're supposedly close on a deal.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 11, 2011, 11:50:11 AM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 10, 2011, 10:15:28 AM
Guess that means Douche Harper will be starting on opening day.
I think they're playing him in the OF now
Probably, especially after the Posey incident this year.
Also, I remember hearing rumors and rumblings about this story quite a few years ago but only bits and pieces and never anything substantial with names or detailed accounts. But the Red Sox had their own PSU kiddie pool going on back in the 60's-70's and 80's. It almost perfectly parallels the events at PSU.
http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201111/another-era-and-another-sport-sex-abuse-scandal-still-inflicting-pain-today
The new Marlins crap gets revealed tonight. Here's (https://p.twimg.com/Ad_G8nhCEAAIihr.jpg) the actual orange alternate jersey
No doubt that's what attracted Reyes to them.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 11, 2011, 01:07:57 PM
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 11, 2011, 11:50:11 AM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 10, 2011, 10:15:28 AM
Guess that means Douche Harper will be starting on opening day.
I think they're playing him in the OF now
Probably, especially after the Posey incident this year.
Also, I remember hearing rumors and rumblings about this story quite a few years ago but only bits and pieces and never anything substantial with names or detailed accounts. But the Red Sox had their own PSU kiddie pool going on back in the 60's-70's and 80's. It almost perfectly parallels the events at PSU.
http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201111/another-era-and-another-sport-sex-abuse-scandal-still-inflicting-pain-today
Holy shtein! Why has this not ever made the national news?
Quote from: Sgt PSN on November 11, 2011, 01:07:57 PM
Also, I remember hearing rumors and rumblings about this story quite a few years ago but only bits and pieces and never anything substantial with names or detailed accounts. But the Red Sox had their own PSU kiddie pool going on back in the 60's-70's and 80's. It almost perfectly parallels the events at PSU.
http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201111/another-era-and-another-sport-sex-abuse-scandal-still-inflicting-pain-today
I just sent this article over to two of my friends that are both Boston natives and huge Red Sox fans. They were in shock as they have never heard a thing about this. Go Nation!
QuoteAlbert Pujols, Jose Reyes, and Mark Buehrle are in #Miami right now with #Marlins executives. All have been made "substantial offers."
So they're trying to imitate the Heat
SUEÑE el EQUIPO!
so they are trying to push the phillies to fourth place in the division
mixed reports right now that Reyes signed with the Fish
Hanley moves to 3B
The Cards interviewed Terry Francona, Ryne Sandberg, and Jose Oquendo.
They're hiring Mike Matheny.
Matt Kemp got 8/$160M+FTNC from the bankrupt guys
domonic brown and justin de frautus for matt kemp
almost official per SDEagle5
Quote from: MDS on November 14, 2011, 03:33:24 PM
domonic brown and justin de frautus for matt kemp
almost official per SDEagle5
I hear he's close to Gaylord Focker. Could be legit.
Quote from: ice grillin you on October 15, 2011, 12:05:13 PM
i dont care what the current financial situation is the dodgers are not trading a 27 year old mvp candidate who has very few statiscal comparisons in mlb and a franchise cornerstone for shane victorino and HOF....they arent the astros....if kemp is dealt and i highly doubt he is he is going for over market value
i fully expect him to be extended this offseason
Given that within the last couple of weeks McCourt has been working on selling the team, I'm really surprised that this happened right now. Good call.
[igy butta jawn news]The O's went back to the cartoon bird on the hats[/jawn]
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Nice. Love that goofy bird.
Expos had a dope ass logo.
so this 15/15 league thing is going to happen
30 games vs. other league (10 3-game series)
132 vs. your league (9 games vs. 12 teams, 12 vs. 2 teams)
5 teams make the playoffs (4 plays 5 in a 1-gamer, 1 plays winner, 2 plays 3)
so basically the phillies will be as interested in the outcome of the padres/dodgers game as they will be in the mets/braves game. go bud go.
Why wouldn't it be 18 vs each division opponent (72) and 6 vs each non-division opponent (60)?
Quote from: BigEd76 on November 15, 2011, 09:32:52 PM
Why wouldn't it be 18 vs each division opponent (72) and 6 vs each non-division opponent (60)?
Because Bud Selig is nearly as farging dumb as Gary Bettman.
there are no divisions...its just 15 per
stark said there would be 30 interleague games per team of course spaced across the entire season.
i cant see them only having the sox and yankees meet tops 4 series per year. same with cubs/cards and giants/dodgers. they need to do the 3 home series per for those.
Quote from: MDS on November 15, 2011, 09:49:47 PMthere are no divisions...its just 15 per
The Astros are moving to the AL West. Everything else stays the same
wait i though they said it would be no divisions
whatever, i hate baseball anyway
how would there not be divisions?
mets finally got rid of their awful black drop shadow jerseys and are going for a vintage look next year with a pretty cool 50th aniv. patch
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 16, 2011, 08:41:15 AM
how would there not be divisions?
i dont know, maybe i read it wrong
either way i dont like this one bit
new Blue Jays unis:
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(http://mlb.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pMLB2-11683883dt.jpg)(http://mlb.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pMLB2-11683900dt.jpg)(http://mlb.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pMLB2-11683869dt.jpg)
that is so farging awesome
Joe Nathan goes to TEX for 2yrs (3rd yr buyout) for $15M
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 21, 2011, 08:40:19 PM
Joe Nathan goes to TEX for 2yrs (3rd yr buyout) for $15M
Interesting. It lets Texas put Feliz in the rotation.
until nathans arm falls off in june...
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 21, 2011, 08:40:19 PM
Joe Nathan goes to TEX for 2yrs (3rd yr buyout) for $15M
and it begins
Nathan is a better investment than Papelbon.
oh its not even close
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on November 21, 2011, 08:40:19 PM
Joe Nathan goes to TEX for 2yrs (3rd yr buyout) for $15M
what an awesome 37th birthday present for him, 37 year old closers are always a great investment.
maybe i missed it but i dont see anyone calling it great....i would call it smart prudent and harmless
How old will Papelbon be at the end of his contract? 36 1/2?
new royal alternate and road jerseys...buttery for the most part (i dont love the script on the road jersey...its to small and shiny)
(http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6236/6386051391_1cedeb6ce0_b.jpg)
Sharp
Ed Wade is getting fired again.
that sucks. I very much like his trades.
Broxton signed $4M deal with Kansas City
Can we tie all this together by having him model the new uniforms?
hehe
Red Sox hiring Bobby Valentine as their new manager.
That sucks. I like him on bbtn.
Heath Bell signs with Miami 3ys $27M
no clue how he got 3 yrs
i was off by one year on bell but like i said if the phillies would have just let the market settle down and form itself they could have avoided giving that terrible deal to paplebon...shtein no one else in the majors was going to pay paplebon what they gave him...his number would have come down significantly
Quote from: ice grillin you on November 12, 2011, 02:31:44 PM
madson is gonna sign for like 3-27....and heath bell for like 2-18....and then what are the phillies gonna feel like....they jumped the gun here like they did with ibanez
when you have massive holes elsewhere (ss, lf,) and need to get heidi done you dont need to be throwin 50+ mil at a farging closer...joe nathan for peanuts would have been a much better move
Bell's deal is worse than Papelbon's.
actually, I thought he was older than he is, so I take that back. not worse, its about the same. Papelbon is better, but the terms make it a wash.
Stark was on Phanatic the other day saying it's quite possible that Madson will have to accept the arbitration offer from the Phils.....said that there aren't a lot of teams left out there that are going to give MAdson the money he's asking for, and that the closer pool for next year's FA is going to be very very thin.
Quote from: Eagles_Legendz on December 01, 2011, 11:52:14 PM
Bell's deal is worse than Papelbon's.
any closer that gets more than three years is automatically a bad deal...five years is outrageous....bells deal is much better
especially when you consider how bad the philies are going to be in two three years much less five years from now...and that closer was at best their third highest priority this offseason
lol - calm down. it's not your money and the phillies got the guy they wanted. if he helps them win the series next year or any year within the frame of the deal, it's a bargain.
i dont care about the money if they get a legit shortstop outfielder significantly improve the offense and resign heidi.....but theres no way paplebons contract doesnt effect in a tangible way what they do in those areas
Let's try this again... they offered Madson 4/44 which equates to 11 million a year. They gave Papelbon 6 million more. That's chump change and not only that they were paying Lidge the exact same yearly salary as Papelbon. Basically they traded Lidge for Papelbon and the deal in no way prevents them from signing anyone else they want.
Even if they waited and got Bell for 9 million a year, that's only 2.5 less than what they gave Papelbon. Are you really going to allow yourself to repeatedly get into a twist over 2.5 million dollars with a team payroll of 180 million?
You hate Papelbon and think they spent too much to get him. That's fine. You're entitled to those opinions. They thought differently and decided to act. Deal with it.
lol at madson getting that money...that offer alone shows how clueless and out of touch with the market they are
and i have nothing against paplebon its the contract and their roster priorities that are retarded...they used a significant portion of their minimal remaining resources on a guy who pitches 60 innings a year...so paplebons one of the best pitchers in baseball who throws one inning per game twice or three times a week and plays a position that is up and down and tends to get hurt....is that worth four and fifty?
meanwhile jimmy rolllins or a significant offensive upgrade in the outfield players that impact every inning of every game might not even sign for that much
they rushed into getting a player they didnt need and paid waaaaaay above market price during a time over the next few years when their funds will be limited.....thats what i have a problem with
i agree that they overpaid for papelbon, but i'd probably rather have 4 years @50mil for Papelbon than 3 @27 for Bell. We'll see how he does outside of Petco. Regardless, I'm against paying more than $10 mil for a closer period if you need that money somewhere else. IF it doesn't impact their other expenditures than obviously that's great, but I agree that if it does I'd much rather pour that money into 3B or SS or LF etc.
being a funny fat guy that costs half as much and doesn't cost a 1st-rd pick >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> top 5 successful douchebag
this has nothing to do with heath bell...it has to do with 4 for 50 and not understanding the market
they could have gotten paplebon for much less
yea michelle and until wilson valdez starts at SS and cole walks take it down a notch
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/02/v-fullstory/2529191/feds-open-sec-probe-into-miami.html
lol
This stadium deal was shady from the start. Loria and Samson are crooks and they hoodwinked the taxpayers down there. I hope they get the piss stomped out of them.
Marlins have offered SunMo's boy Reyes 6yrs $111M
if true how the farg does he turn that down
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 04, 2011, 07:18:55 PM
Marlins have offered SunMo's boy Reyes 6yrs $111M
Reyes>>>> Werth
That was, according to Heyman, like $30M more than the Mets were willing to go. So the Fish bid against themselves.
gayest left side of the infield since jeter and arod
cant wait till he misses 75 games next year with a pulled muscle
Yeah both him and Hanley love to pimp and showboat quite a bit...and when these rumors broke a few weeks ago there was word that Hanley was not happy with moving to 3rd.
Quote from: MDS on December 04, 2011, 10:23:04 PM
gayest left side of the infield since jeter and arod
You must mean Reyes and Dobbs.
6/106 for a guy hasn't played a full season since 2008 because of AIDS muscle strains?
Awesome deal.
Quote from: Rome on December 05, 2011, 01:40:24 AM
6/106 for a guy hasn't played a full season since 2008 because of AIDS muscle strains?
Awesome deal.
unless the phils signed him then its the best deal ever and who cares its not your money.....
Only Sunny, Smug, Reyes and his agent would be happy if the Phils had signed him.
18 million dollars a year for a guy who hasn't played regularly since the year the Phillies won the World Series is fantastic and is clearly much better than Papelbon's "crazy" 12.5 million per...
It's IGY logic and it's irrefutable.
He's played more games the last couple of seasons than $15 million/yr Grit has.
He might not have played a full season since 2008, but I think the Marlins are okay with Reyes missing 30-odd games and winning the batting title like he did this season. 2009 is probably the only year that really gives them pause about signing a 6-year contract. As long as the AZT cocktail keeps working, anyway.
Yeah, I'm sure they'd be thrilled if he only played 130 games a year. What's the Spanish word for "thrilled" incidentally?
i'm such an idiot for wanting a dynamic young leadoff hitter.
farg you Reyes
Quote from: SunMo on December 05, 2011, 09:36:57 AM
i'm such an idiot for wanting a dynamic young leadoff hitter.
No you're not. We all want one of those. Reyes wasn't coming to Philly, though. Sorry, Sunny.
Yes we would; Jose Reyes is not one of those dynamic young leadoff hitters.
He's dynamically gay though
ok, so Jose Reyes isn't a good leadoff hitter.
cool.
He's good on a fantasy team, not a real one.
I thought you liked sports.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 05, 2011, 01:02:56 PMJose Reyes is not one of those dynamic young leadoff hitters.
what
The guy doesn't play hard all the time, has a low baseball IQ and gets hurt like clockwork. That screams dynamic to me.
Reyes would be a million times better than anyone else available but tying up $100M+ for a guy who repeatedly gets hurt is just daring fate to smack you down.
it worked out well for michael vick!
Apparently death made Ron Santo a better player - whatever the Veterans Committee goes by now has elected him to the Hall of Fame.
Nats are apparently offering CJ Wilson a 6yr deal.
He's cashing in big time on a weak SP market.
Marlins still after Pujols but may apparently have to trade Hanley Ramirez. Excitement.
Mets sign Jon Rauch (were talking to Lidge too)
They also traded Angel Pagan to SF for Andres Torres and Ramon Ramirez
Edit - they signed Frank Francisco too
Marlins "emotionally moving on" from Pujols and signed Buerhle instead.
hes going to be garbage in the NL but will dominate the phillies
3 teams in running for Pujols:
Angels
Cardinals
mystery team (not confirmed to be actually is the Cubs)
Ok, maybe not the Cubs... Per Stark:
QuoteDefinitely less skepticism now that unidentified 3rd team in Pujols bidding is real. Appears to be a club that needs to move its current 1B
Apparently Sox fans thought they might be the mystery team, but ESPN is reporting that Pujols is taking a 10-year offer from the Angels.
Going to the Angels for 10 yr $250 mil
Quote from: Sgt PSN on December 08, 2011, 10:15:25 AM
Going to the Angels for 10 yr $250 mil
damn...was really hoping the Phils were the mystery team and that Howard was being shipped to St. Louis. Oh well.
Money factor aside, it's smart of him to sign with an AL team where he might actually play out the life of that contract.
Quote from: FastFreddie on December 08, 2011, 06:18:11 AM
Ok, maybe not the Cubs... Per Stark:
QuoteDefinitely less skepticism now that unidentified 3rd team in Pujols bidding is real. Appears to be a club that needs to move its current 1B
Apparently Sox fans thought they might be the mystery team, but ESPN is reporting that Pujols is taking a 10-year offer from the Angels.
Granted I'm not too in the know with baseball contracts, but why would the Sox have to move Adrien Gonzalez?
hes the best fielding first baseman in the majors and wouldnt wanna dh
they dont wanna go over the luxury tax
oh i thought that meant they were already trying to move him before pujols. that makes sense then.
LA gave 5/$77.5M to Wilson too
i challenge anyone to look at the dodgers lineup besides matt kemp without puking
its make the phils look like the 27 yanks
Pujols and Vernon Wells by themselves would be a higher payroll than 4 MLB teams
awesome
that doesnt seem possible...dont they together make only like 46 mil this year?
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 08, 2011, 12:01:24 PM
that doesnt seem possible...dont they together make only like 46 mil this year?
Indeed, sir. *Only* $46 million.
choke and halladay make 40 and they didnt even hit the open market
plus 46 mil in terms of 2011 payrolls would only rank 27th....choke and lee would rank 29
theyd have to make a combined 86 mil to come in at 17
It'll be more than the Royals, Rays, Pirates and Padres. The 17 was a joke
its relatively not that much...its only 5-6 mil more than any combo of halladay lee and choke...its less than any combo of tex cc and arod
the albert contract per year is not bad at all...the ten years is what is significant and what makes it a bad deal
id take pujols for 30 years if it means getting rid of that choke contract
QuoteHouston native and Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman James Loney was arrested in November after allegedly smashing his Maserati into three cars and later spit at a police officer, according to a report by TMZ.
Loney was arrested because he was believed to be under the influence of drugs after he swerved into one car and careened into two others.
Loney was "restless, unsteady, aggressive and irritable," according to the report.
Loney was asked what day it was and he replied "7/15 and Saturday." Well, it was Nov. 14 and a Monday.
When he was transported to a nearby hospital, he became "uncooperative." When an officer attempted to give him a breathalyzer test, Looney, according to the report, bit off the mouthpiece and spit it back at the cop.
Cops say they obtained a blood sample to test drugs and alcohol, and it came back negative, actually.
Loney played at Elkins High School in Missouri City from 2000-2002. He was the 2002 Houston Chronicle Player of the Year after hitting .509 with a 9-1 record and a 1.80 ERA as a pitcher.
Loney was a first-round draft pick by the Dodgers, 19th overall. He signed with Baylor out of high school, but opted to play pro.
TMZ reports the case is with the L.A. City Attorney's Office.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 08, 2011, 02:40:34 PM
Quote
Loney was asked what day it was and he replied "7/15 and Saturday." Well, it was Nov. 14 and a Monday.
Hahahaha
holy shtein, Ryan Braun tested positive for a PED
Ryan Braun, BUSTED. Performance-enhancing drugs. Of course pleading "I didn't know"
Quote from: SunMo on December 10, 2011, 07:53:58 PM
holy shtein, Ryan Braun tested positive for a PED
Can't wait until his first visit to CBP!
Cards signed Furcal to 2 year deal. Welcome back Jimmy.
That kinda sucks about Braun because unlike Manny he's not a complete icehole.
good thing baseball's clean now
Quote from: Don Ho on December 10, 2011, 07:56:10 PM
Quote from: SunMo on December 10, 2011, 07:53:58 PM
holy shtein, Ryan Braun tested positive for a PED
Can't wait until his first visit to CBP!
Hahaha, awesome.
i hear what you're saying and i'm sure not everybody is being caught but this is a pretty big get for baseball's system
just wait til all the facts come out on this
dont trust espn jumping the gun to get a story
Quote from: MDS on December 10, 2011, 08:18:42 PM
just wait til all the facts come out on this
(http://krosstees.com/web_images/stand-by-israel.jpg)
his quotes about arod are priceless
this aint a jew/jew thing
its an anti-espn thing. they are so full of shtein 99% of the time i wont take their word for it.
Yeah I think ESPN may have jumped the gun on this one
I was listening to Sirius on the way home tonight and the guy on Mad Dog's channel had Bob Nightengale on and he said people have told him that Braun passed the re-test. Brewers beat writers are saying the same thing along with the supposition that whatever the information they (the lab) has will show the false positive.
it doesnt even add up
hes been tested plenty of times before this one test (we assume) and his powers numbers werent even higher this year than they were earlier in his career.
my guess what happened is since espn lost the scoop war on both pujols and the paul trade and wanted to come back over the top with something. and what they have is unconfirmed and speculative.
ESPN has a lot of mud on their faces in the last week, assuming this is indeed a bogus report. They withheld the Fine tape and now may have jumped the gun on this a sullied Braun's name. If proven false and Braun is cleared I wonder if he sues their balls off?
And the leak within baseball who let this get out there should be smoked out too...bad news all around
pretty white guy could never test positive...wetbacks getting illegal street drugs in caracas are at fault here
considering no positive tests have been overturned their odds are pretty good that itll stick, but no one is quite sure yet HOW he came out positive. it very well may be what you think, it could be something else.
either way what espn has now isnt enough to run with, especially with no one on the record.
i know how he came out positive....because he shot up or swallowed lots of steroids.....this isnt rocket science
that said mlb is going to do everything in their power to make this go away so it wouldnt surprise me if we have a back n forth....but he def did them
if he did them there would be no way around the test. a positive would be a positive and braun would be doing damage control now.
maybe youre right, i dont know. im withholding judgement because of how awful espn is. thats all.
of course you are....again white greasy long haireds get a pass
jesus christ latino romero not so much....guilty as charged from jump
How can you say he definitively did them though? If the science is proven right and it was a false positive, then what?
I read someone say that there haven't been any reports of re-tests and appeals that were won being made public because this is all supposed to, and many have, taken place under the cloak of secrecy.
I too am withholding judgement until more comes out - too many questions now.
thats what baseball players do...they roid up.....he isnt any different....cept he just won the mvp and is an articulate white
I've never really been much of a fan of his - and it would not shock me if this turned out to be true; but I need to hear more first
yeah thats kind of my point
certain people get the benefit of the doubt and others burn from the start
uhhhh no
its not a pass, its a temporary stay considering who's it's coming from. it would be the same as if eskin reported it.
Quote from: MDS on December 11, 2011, 01:27:06 AM
uhhhh no
its not a pass, its a temporary stay considering who's it's coming from. it would be the same as if eskin reported it.
where are the latinos temporary stays?
i can remember to this day you killing pg for defending jc romero at the same point in time that this guy is getting the benefit of the doubt from you
it doesnt suprise me because this is how white people in america work but at least farging admit your mind set
If he was a latin or black dude and I heard the same info and insight I did earlier I'd be saying the same thing.
If he comes out and says it was flaxseed oil or something he got a GNC then he'll get lit up
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 11, 2011, 01:30:42 AM
Quote from: MDS on December 11, 2011, 01:27:06 AM
uhhhh no
its not a pass, its a temporary stay considering who's it's coming from. it would be the same as if eskin reported it.
where are the latinos temporary stays?
i can remember to this day you killing pg for defending jc romero at the same point in time that this guy is getting the benefit of the doubt from you
it doesnt suprise me because this is how white people in america work but at least farging admit your mind set
lol what are you even reading what im saying
this is all because of espn. nothing to do with race.
and i farging hate white people. and jews. id love to throw braun under the bus. come on.
if the same report came out about Ryan Howard I'd give him the benefit of the doubt too....dude's just farging big.
IGY can't get over the race card...best to just let it go
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 11, 2011, 01:35:22 AM
If he comes out and says it was flaxseed oil or something he got a GNC then he'll get lit up
From he OTL piece:
Quote"There are highly unusual circumstances surrounding this case which will support Ryan's complete innocence and demonstrate there was absolutely no intentional violation of the program.
He used the cream and the clear but didn't know what was in them.
Well, unluckily for him, even if he's completely exonerated, no one will care. Much less interesting story than the original.
Quote from: QB Eagles on December 11, 2011, 07:57:52 AM
Quote"There are highly unusual circumstances surrounding this case which will support Ryan's complete innocence and demonstrate there was absolutely no intentional violation of the program.
the it wasnt intentional thing is just classic
yeah - nice wording there by the lawyer.
That swings my thoughts towards guilty for damn sure.
They should be legally able to use whatever they want to enhance performance.
I agree. Sosa/McGwire = excitement... Rangers/Cardinals/Giants in the WS = Zzzzzzzzzz
Rosenthal reporting that he tested positive for a "prohibited substance" and not a performance enhancing drug.
And the last WS was anything BUT Zzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 11, 2011, 01:09:11 AM
pretty white guy could never test positive...wetbacks getting illegal street drugs in caracas are at fault here
I usually hate when you pull the race bullshtein but I agree it applies to this situation...somewhat. There's a double standard. When Bonds was chasing the homerun record every one and their mother was accusing him of being on something. When McGwire was chasing the record nobody said shtein...or maybe they did but there definitely wasn't as big of an outrage. I remember some white guy trying to tell me that Mcgwire "just took some stuff he bought at GNC" as if there was no way he would have taken juice. Newsflash: Anyone with freakish muscles is on something. Everyone.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 11, 2011, 12:52:15 PM
Rosenthal reporting that he tested positive for a "prohibited substance" and not a performance enhancing drug.
And the last WS was anything BUT Zzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Tell that to casual fans/TV viewers.
Quote from: SD on December 11, 2011, 12:53:12 PM
Quote from: ice grillin you on December 11, 2011, 01:09:11 AM
pretty white guy could never test positive...wetbacks getting illegal street drugs in caracas are at fault here
I usually hate when you pull the race bullshtein but I agree it applies to this situation...somewhat. There's a double standard. When Bonds was chasing the homerun record every one and their mother was accusing him of being on something. When McGwire was chasing the record nobody said shtein...or maybe they did but there definitely wasn't as big of an outrage. I remember some white guy trying to tell me that Mcgwire "just took some stuff he bought at GNC" as if there was no way he would have taken juice. Newsflash: Anyone with freakish muscles is on something. Everyone.
People may not have been saying much about Mcgwire, but there were a healthy amount of people who were cheering for Sosa to beat him. Me among them.
The Orlando Romes still owe Arenas $62.4M
Wow.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 11, 2011, 06:14:53 PM
The Orlando Romes still owe Arenas $62.4M
Wow.
Baseball fever, catch it!
Whoops...
Keep my name out yo fargin mouth, Tex.
Or we goin'...
:-*
no more Fielder + no Braun for 50 games = signing Aramis Ramirez to a 3-yr deal
that was the phillies last chance to do anything about their offense
They should trade for David Freese and Cody Ross.
Quote"It's just like God," [Mrs. Pujols] said at the end of the interview, "to put us on a team called the Angels."
Ugh...
ha
Its funny/maddening to listen to these baseball writers try to defend not stripping the MVP from Braun if the results are upheld, which they likely will be.
Golic had a point that these writers like to say there is no precedent to taking an award away but the writers can set a new precedent and yank the award. Stark was on this morning and he offered up weak excuses and yammered quite a bit about it. Now Rosenthal is saying that because he tested positive in the post-season (Stark said this too) there is no way to prove he doped during the regular season.
Yeah, ok. Like we're supposed to believe that he goes through the season clean and then decides he needs a little more push for the playoffs and begins doping?
Baseball writers may be the most stubborn group of people on the planet.
they arent stubborn they are self important nerds who are full of themselves...they use baseball as a way of getting back at the world that has tortured them since childhood
Quote from: Rome on December 13, 2011, 07:46:14 AM
Quote"It's just like God," [Mrs. Pujols] said at the end of the interview, "to put us on a team called the Angels."
Ugh...
Sounds more like Mrs. Tebow
In case you didn't already know, Jeter is a farging pimp (http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/derek_jeterrockstar/8705767).
JC Romero to the Cards official. News!
Mat Latos to the Reds for Edinson Volquez, Yonder Alonso and two minor leaguers
Rangers won the Yu Darvish sweepstakes. They bid something like $52M for his rights. Insane.
Nats got Gio Gonzalez for Tom Milone and 3 of their top 9 prospects
Cardinals sign Carlos Beltran for 2 years / $26 million. (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-cardinals-beltran)
wtf
Why is that wtf? It makes sense from the Cards and Beltran's perspective.
the real wtf is on the giants side. they gave up good prospects for beltran and didn't even try to re-sign him. instead they spend more money on mediocre pitching.
Over/under on how many games Beltran actually plays in baseball heaven?
150 over two years??
Andrew Bailey to the Sox in a 5-player deal, so that eliminates another place for Madson
Wonder if he regrets declining arbitration. Phils should throw an offer to him to see if he takes it...maybe they can lowball him.
Smugly would be dripping with extra smugness if that happened....you'd be able to sop that shtein up off the podium with a sponge if he got Madson back on the cheap.
I agree they should throw a deal at him and see if he comes crawling back. But I doubt that happens - Boras likes to wait wait wait and with pitching at a premium he will find a spot for him.
Quote from: PhillyPhreak54 on December 28, 2011, 09:02:03 PM
Smugly would be dripping with extra smugness if that happened
that would be a joke because smugerson could have had madson at less than half the price as paplebon....madson still being available doesnt shine a good light on smugs it shines a horrible light on the fact that he went out on a spaz mission and massively overpaid for a closer in a closers market
lol at Madson signing for less than 25 million.
the only chance of that happening is for the cardinals to enter the fray and go head to head against the reds...which i suppose is possible...but i cant imagine two seperate teams bidding against each other for a player that has no real market
Amaro will have the last laugh when Papelbon saves 70 games and also 70 kittens from trees.
Madson was not going to sign with the Phillies for 25 million dollars.
He made a mistake thinking anyone would sign him for more but there's no way he would have signed for that if they laid that deal on the table in front of him.
He might have gone for a $25m one-year deal. Which would have been better than Papelbon's contract.
^ Real Talk ^
i love how people still care about overpaying for papelbon
this isnt the oakland a's budget you dorks. they print money and if they spent $5 mil a year too much on a closer it makes no difference in the world to anyone except fans who care too much about what people make.
was it a ridiculous contract? yes. what is short sighted? of course. does it matter? NO.
Quote from: MDS on December 29, 2011, 08:09:41 PM
i love how people still care about overpaying for papelbon
this isnt the oakland a's budget you dorks. they print money and if they spent $5 mil a year too much on a closer it makes no difference in the world to anyone except fans who care too much about what people make.
was it a ridiculous contract? yes. what is short sighted? of course. does it matter? NO.
People need to stop thinking about the Phillies as a small market team. They're top 3 right now behind the Yanks and Red Sox. Yo Yo Yo Top of the Food Chain.
Quote from: MDS on December 29, 2011, 08:09:41 PM
i love how people still care about overpaying for papelbon
I got a whopper on the line!
Quote from: SD on December 30, 2011, 12:19:36 PM
Quote from: MDS on December 29, 2011, 08:09:41 PM
i love how people still care about overpaying for papelbon
this isnt the oakland a's budget you dorks. they print money and if they spent $5 mil a year too much on a closer it makes no difference in the world to anyone except fans who care too much about what people make.
was it a ridiculous contract? yes. what is short sighted? of course. does it matter? NO.
People need to stop thinking about the Phillies as a small market team. They're top 3 right now behind the Yanks and Red Sox. Yo Yo Yo Top of the Food Chain.
To this point, they're still claiming that their goal is to stay under the luxury tax threshold. If so, they're pretty hard up against it.
Yes, I realize they can afford easily to go over it - I just haven't seen evidence yet that they're willing to do so.
I was talking to a buddy last nite and I asked him how he felt about the Phillies offseason.
He said, papelboner!
I punched him but I still laughed mostly because I knew I was going to post it here today. I love you all that much!
Quote from: Geowhizzer on December 30, 2011, 01:03:23 PM
Quote from: SD on December 30, 2011, 12:19:36 PM
Quote from: MDS on December 29, 2011, 08:09:41 PM
i love how people still care about overpaying for papelbon
this isnt the oakland a's budget you dorks. they print money and if they spent $5 mil a year too much on a closer it makes no difference in the world to anyone except fans who care too much about what people make.
was it a ridiculous contract? yes. what is short sighted? of course. does it matter? NO.
People need to stop thinking about the Phillies as a small market team. They're top 3 right now behind the Yanks and Red Sox. Yo Yo Yo Top of the Food Chain.
To this point, they're still claiming that their goal is to stay under the luxury tax threshold. If so, they're pretty hard up against it.
Yes, I realize they can afford easily to go over it - I just haven't seen evidence yet that they're willing to do so.
There has also been no evidence that they aren't willing to do so. They also haven't not gone after any player they've targeted because of financial concerns. They got papelbon, and resigned rollins. Does anyone expect Hamels to not get his contract?
No one brings up the notion that maybe they just did not want to bring Madson back for baseball reasons? I mean every other team that needed a closer passed on Madson.
You mean like this? (http://www.csnphilly.com/blog/phillies-talk/post/Phillies-avoid-luxury-tax-in-2011?blockID=616582&feedID=704)
Excerpts:
QuoteAs the Phillies' payroll has risen in recent seasons, the team has become more aware of the competitive-balance (or luxury) tax threshold.
Team officials were very cognizant of the $178 million threshold as they made deals during the 2011 season.
QuoteTeams exceeding the tax threshold for the first time pay 22.5 percent for every dollar spent over the threshold. The Phillies view that as "empty payroll."
The threshold will remain at $178 million for 2012.
"We're working to try to be successful at staying under again," Amaro said.
May not mean they're not willing to go over - but it probably won't be over by much.
What is said in the press is one thing, the acquisitions say otherwise. they wanted Halladay, got him, Lee... got him. Oswalt... Pence... a slight overpayment for Papelbon this offseason is not going to keep them from someone else they feel is the right fit.
Quote from: charlie on December 30, 2011, 05:04:50 PM
What is said in the press is one thing, the acquisitions say otherwise. they wanted Halladay, got him, Lee... got him. Oswalt... Pence... a slight overpayment for Papelbon this offseason is not going to keep them from someone else they feel is the right fit.
None of those acquisitions put them over the luxury tax threshold. We'll see if/when they actually take that step.
Maybe I just have bad flashbacks from the 1990s Phils that tried to pawn of Gregg Jefferies as a premier free agent signing.
they arent going over the tax threshold.....EVER
they could have had madson and cuddyer instead of paplebon....or madson and beltran or madson and another hitter
i hope everyone is happy when paplebon is pulling 30 win save seasons wile the team is imploding again because of its offense
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2013/01/29/report-nats-gio-gonzalez-linked-to-florida-ped-clinic/
Gio Gonzalez linked to PED clinic in Florida
i wonder what the rules are as far as being associated with ped's versus testing positive...i would think without a positive test baseball couldnt touch you
either way hopefully his play falls off big time this year as he obviously has to be off them now
ARod was linked to that Canadian doctor and nothing really came of that other than to create controversy, right?
Quote from: ice grillin you on January 29, 2013, 11:08:33 AM
i wonder what the rules are as far as being associated with ped's versus testing positive...i would think without a positive test baseball couldnt touch you
The agreement between the Commissioner and the MLBPA says that players can be disciplined if MLB determines a player used or possessed PEDs, even if there is no positive test. It's called a "non-analytical positive" and there have already been examples of players suspended or otherwise disciplined for it, largely because of shipments of PEDs to their house. Jordan Schafer, for example. (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3336898)
If the MLB finds anything more substantive than Gio's name in a notebook, I think he's getting 50 games.
And that'll also be ARoid's 2nd offense as well. Not that a 100 game suspension would matter since he may be out the entire year anyway.