Rest of Baseball Thread 2009

[PhillyPhreak54]

DET's lead is down to one game.

I hope Minnesota catches them. Delmon Young had a GS tonight. While suffering insomnia last night I caught a special they had on MLB Network on the Young brothers (Dmitri & Delmon) and it was pretty damn good.

[Don Ho]

I was shocked at how many empty seats there were in Detroit tonight.  Same in Denver yesterday.  They showed the players out on the field after they clinched a playoff spot and no one was around. 

Just heard the Dodgers had their tenth sellout of the year tonight.  How pathetic.  Must have been bring your switchblade get a friend in free night.

[PhillyPhreak54]

SI did a piece on Detroit baseball last week and how fans were turning out for the games. But in that economy up there, I can understand them not wanting to spend the cash to go to the ballpark.

Colorado fans are bandwagoners, like many baseball cities.

LA fans are nothing more than an extension of either Hollywood people looking for status bumps or the California Penal System.

[Don Ho]

I did give the Detroit crowd a pass as I know the economy is just the shteins up there.  Colorado, ahhh,  Dodger fans, farg um'.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I did give the Detroit crowd a pass as I know the economy is just the shteins up there.  Colorado, ahhh,  Dodger fans, farg um'.

Not that it matters in this discussion, but I still love Detroit's home uniform and think its the best in the big leagues right now.

Things could get interesting tomorrow in that race. DET is starting a rookie but MIN has to face Greinke. If the Twins can eek out a win against him and the ChiSox paste the rook, it comes down to Verlander on Sunday for Detroit.

[ice grillin you]

i was reading an article in the waspo last week about how just last month the last grocery store closed in detroit....literally the only places you can shop now are at corner markets

[Rome]

Detroit is 12th in the Majors in attendance at 31,597 per game.

Yep - things sure are awful in Detroit.

[ice grillin you]

best sports cities in the US

1. philly
2. detroit


thats it thats the list

[Rome]

The worst economic conditions in 75 years, yet... the Pistons led the league in average attendance, you can't usually even buy a ticket to a Red Wings game, and even the Lions (the LIONS!  ) occasionally sell out.

[ice grillin you]

wow you really are attempting to downplay the lack of economy in detroit......good job

[PhillyPhreak54]

Blue Jays fire GM Ricciardi
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TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays fired general manager J.P. Ricciardi on Saturday, ending an eight-year tenure marked by an inability to get past the Yankees and Red Sox and into the playoffs.

"This was a tough decision and a difficult one for me personally as I have enjoyed J.P.'s friendship and his perspective on the game," said Paul Beeston, Toronto's acting president and CEO.

"J.P. has put an incredible amount of effort into improving the team and he has brought along a number of great young players," Beeston said. "However, I feel that it is time for a change and accordingly we have decided to move on."

Alexander Anthopoulos, the team's vice president of baseball operations and assistant GM, has been named Ricciardi's replacement, the Blue Jays said in a release announcing the change.

Ricciardi, who was also senior vice president of baseball operations, joined the Jays in 2001 and had one year left on his contract. The team posted four winning seasons and four losing ones under Ricciardi, never making the playoffs in an AL East dominated by New York and Boston.

Ricciardi was criticized for poor free agent signings and off-field missteps that overshadowed some productive drafts and other good moves.

The Blue Jays (75-85) are finishing out their regular season in Baltimore.

Ricciardi's firing comes on the heels of news of locker-room unrest with manager Cito Gaston.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

I'm shocked it took this long to fire him

[Rome]

I'm giving Detroit fans props for being loyal fans, dummy.

Edited - die Phreak die.

[MDS]

lol who didnt see that coming after the holliday fiasco

[QB Eagles]

Detroit is 12th in the Majors in attendance at 31,597 per game.

Yep - things sure are awful in Detroit.

It's down like 25% from last year, when the team was in last place.

Thousands of suburban-living white collar auto workers have been shteincanned over the last year... that's your Tigers season ticket holders right there. And the pool of folks buying individual game tickets is facing 20% unemployment.

They should still be getting 40,000 in Comerica down the stretch in a metro area that large and a race so close, but if the fans living in the area are anything like the Tiger fans I know, right now they are 100% depressed and convinced they will lose.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Minny beat KC on an 8th inning HR by Cuddyer

DET is losing to Freddy farging Garcia 4-0