PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
The Jays aren't going to make the playoffs, but they're going to crush the playoff hopes of Yankee/Sox/Rays fans, and that's the next best thing.
MLB 2010 Thread
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I'm just pissed off now. I get to Wrigley and find my seats only to have a buddy of mine (fuckin' White Sox fan) text me about the Derek Lee trade. I was wearing my Derek Lee jersey today because he was (along with Ryan Theriot) my favorite player on the team. Now they're both gone.Totally ruined the game for me and we fuckin' lost on top of it all.That makes five consecutive losses at Cubs games that I've attended.
It wasn't worth the $42 I paid today for a seat. It wasn't worth the $20 in parking. It wasn't worth the $30 in concessions. I spent over a $100 to watch my Cubs play without my favorite player, use a starting pitcher with one start under his belt, and play eight rookies over the course of eight innings. I got to see Soriano jog to every goddamn ball hit to him. I got to see Zambrano strike out as a pinch hitter for 432nd time this year. I got to see an apathetic Lou Piniella manage an apathetic team (apart from Marlon Byrd who still plays like we're a game out of first). Fuck that. I'm sick and fucking tired of going to watch a losing team. Ugh, I'm just done with baseball this year. I don't know if I'll watch another game period.
Is it football season yet?
Damn I feel your pain. Fortunately for me the Twinks have been a champ caliber team the whole decade.
I'm just pissed off now. I get to Wrigley and find my seats only to have a buddy of mine (fuckin' White Sox fan) text me about the Derek Lee trade. I was wearing my Derek Lee jersey today because he was (along with Ryan Theriot) my favorite player on the team. Now they're both gone.
Let that be a lesson to you. Never buy a jersey of an active player, especially in today's sports world. You're just asking for disappointment.
Ace Bandage
The one and only.
I bought the jersey in 2004 when he came to the team. So I guess it wasn't a bad investment. I've had two Peyton Manning jerseys. I think that guy has a future here in Indy. Call me crazy. I bought a Reggie Miller jersey when I was in middle school, high school, and college. I also have a throwback Jerry fuckin' Rice jersey because he was my favorite player while growing up.
All in all, I think I had pretty good luck with jerseys. I'm still going to wear my D-Lee jersey too. Fuck Jim Hendry.
ChefChiTown
The secret ingredient? MY BALLS
Hmm, I wonder why you didn't say that last week when they were in second place in their division.
I hate it when the Sox and Twins play each other. It baffles me as to why the Sox cannot beat that team and this has been the case for about a decade now with the exception of 2005 when the Sox won the season series. Things never go the Sox way when they play the Twins and I thought maybe things would begin to swing our way with the Twins no longer playing in the house of horrors I call the Metrodome but it looks as if that won't be the case after all.
Chill homeboy.:1orglaugh They are not the NL's best team by being lucky. They are a legit team, who I believe will have a deep playoff run. That pitching staff is somehow the best in baseball. Other than Latos there are a bunch of nobody's with 10 plus wins on the starting staff. 6 inning games are what the Pads are playing while everyone else has to play 9, get an early couple of runs and ballgame. They execute everything perfectly, hit and runs, bunts, steals, pitching, defense, everything. It's old school baseball, geez I wish the Giants played like that.
Sanchez was an idiot, usually he keeps his mouth shut pitches 4 1/3 giving up 1 run striking out 8 and being inconsistent as all heck. Dumbass decides to get cocky after losing in Atlanta giving a team that has had the Giants number ever since Bochy became the manager in SF some extra incentive to dink and dunk and pitch their way to another manhandling. I have to agree that Sanchez's beard was weird. Brian Wilson could have the worst hair on the planet but as long as he keeps pitching like he does it don't matter. But if he was on any other team he would seem like the biggest douche which is how I am certain other fans think of him. But he's ours and he's great. As for Huff I'm pretty sure when Adrian Gonzalez hits a 408-foot out he might be a little peeved too.
San Francisco is puking all over themselves on this roadtrip while San Diego is taking care of business as usual. Everybody says that September will be tough for SD but they just have to keep doing what they're doing. Right now I am very worried about the Giants, hopefully they make the playoffs but that hope is slowly dwindling, the big problem is that ownership will see the competitive year the Giants had and give Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy 5-year extensions for 5 more years of torture. But that's another story.
Marlo Manson
Hello Sexy girl how your Toes doing?
Brawl Alert... anybody that enjoys when a hockey game breaks out @ a MLB game you might wanna watch the Tigers @ Yankee's game tomorrow afternoon... Gardner slid hard into 2nd a couple of games ago and put Carlos Gullien back on the IR... So Bonderman hit gardner in the legs 1st pitch of the game or so.... didn't watch it live, going on news account, so, after Cabrera already hit 2 homers in consecutive AB's, the Yankee's pitcher nailed Cabrera in the back... Leyland comes out :cussing:
gets ejected... then the Tigers pitcher Gonzales threw behind Jeter... Girardi comes out
... So maybe tomorrow, which will be the last time the 2 teams meet this year, they will get together for a friendly dance before saying goodbye to each other until next season. :elaugh:
How soon do you think it will be before the Yankee's are making a pitch to land Cabrera? the Tigers would get premium players and picks in return. :2 cents:
How soon do you think it will be before the Yankee's are making a pitch to land Cabrera? the Tigers would get premium players and picks in return. :2 cents:
the giants are doing what they've done since i was a child...falling apart around september :eek:...it's rough being a fan of theirs
I hate it when the Sox and Twins play each other. It baffles me as to why the Sox cannot beat that team and this has been the case for about a decade now with the exception of 2005 when the Sox won the season series. Things never go the Sox way when they play the Twins and I thought maybe things would begin to swing our way with the Twins no longer playing in the house of horrors I call the Metrodome but it looks as if that won't be the case after all.
The Twins are the shit. It's too bad you aren't from Minneapolis because they are the shit.
The Twins are the shit. It's too bad you aren't from Minneapolis because they are the shit.
:1orglaugh Minneapolis is the shit if you live in Fargo, or Brookings, or Sewer (Sioux) City.
Otherwise it's only famous for being the fictional home of Mary Richards
:1orglaugh Minneapolis is the shit if you live in Fargo, or Brookings, or Sewer (Sioux) City.
Otherwise it's only famous for being the fictional home of Mary Richards
Dude that's wack. Its the best city in the Midwest. It's even better than Chicago.
Haha! Yeah, after re-reading my post I guess I did come across a little aggressive there, sorry about that! I just get so sick and tired of the national coverage of the Padres being so poor, that any chance I get to go off, I usually do. I love the style of baseball they play, pitching and defense, to me, is the most exciting form of baseball to watch. When a team executes the fundamentals of the game to such perfection (with a few exceptions) night in and night out it really is a fun thing to watch. We finally got a team here in SD that actually plays "Money Ball." The organization had been talking about it for years, and said that as an organization, we were playing "Money Ball," but we never really were. We had no defense, no real pitching, and no speed on the basepaths, until now. The ownership change has been really encouraging so far, and the new GM, Jed Hoyer - a former assistant to Theo Epstein in Boston - really seems to know his way around a baseball team. I've been a season ticket holder for the Padres since the early 90's and every playoff year has been the same story: Get the fans excited just to lose to a far better team in the playoffs. The '98 WS was fun, but when you're playing one of the best, statistically, Yankee teams in history, you're chances are pretty short. Same in 2006/7, with 1st round drubbings at the hands of the hated Cardinals. I'm just glad that the Pads have a legitimate chance at making a good run in the playoffs this year. I'm not sold on a World Series by any means, but the first 110 or so games of the season have been a definite plus for long time Padre fans.
As a side note, give Bochy some time. As he used to coach the Padres, I know all about the reasons why fans can and do dislike him. But after some time, I really began to appreciate his vast knowledge of the game, and his stern approach to handling umpires. Bochy is still one of the only coaches I have ever seen get an umpire to overturn a call simply by using his knowledge of the rulebook. He just needs the right players to make his style of baseball work, and he never had that in San Diego, and it looks like he doesn't have that in SF right now for that matter. Either way, I respect him.
As far as the Giants go, they had a stellar July. And when you commented earlier that the Padres never lose, we Padre fans were thinking the same exact thing about the Giants last month. Wilson, as lame as I think he is, has incredible stuff, and I would love him were he on my team. But he's not, so its really easy to hate him, haha! Something's up w/ Lincecum, too. I don't know whether its phyical or mental, but he has been struggling, especially by his standards. And Posey, he will be around for a long freakin' time, I hate to say it, but he may replace the departed Bengie Molina as the new "Padre Killer" for the foreseeable future.
^^^It's cool man.:thumbsup: I understand. Everybody kept saying how the Pads would eventually fall apart and it never happened. Nobody gave them credit for being a damn good team. You are not alone for sticking up for your team when the rest of the baseball world thinks they are a fluke.
Bochy doesn't give a lot of Giants fans much to get excited about, when he was let go by San Diego and the Giants were looking for a new skipper he was among the choices including this year's manager of the year, Bud Black (Actually Bobby Cox has a good chance too as a lifetime achievement award kind of deal). We all know how that turned out. Bochy got some leeway when he got Mattingly for mound-gate and Giants fans realized he wasn't as dull as he seemed.
In July the Giants did what the Padres will be doing this month, taking care of the scrubs. Lets leave Lincecum alone, everyone has their theories about whats wrong with him. Posey v. Latos will be the West Coast flavored matchup of Heyward v. Strasburg for years to come.
Of course the Giants look like worldbeaters against Cole Hamels today who just happened to be blazing hot coming into this game. Goddamn they are the most aggravating team to root for. Nice Pablo GIDP on a pitch 2 inches above the dirt.
Bochy doesn't give a lot of Giants fans much to get excited about, when he was let go by San Diego and the Giants were looking for a new skipper he was among the choices including this year's manager of the year, Bud Black (Actually Bobby Cox has a good chance too as a lifetime achievement award kind of deal). We all know how that turned out. Bochy got some leeway when he got Mattingly for mound-gate and Giants fans realized he wasn't as dull as he seemed.
In July the Giants did what the Padres will be doing this month, taking care of the scrubs. Lets leave Lincecum alone, everyone has their theories about whats wrong with him. Posey v. Latos will be the West Coast flavored matchup of Heyward v. Strasburg for years to come.
Of course the Giants look like worldbeaters against Cole Hamels today who just happened to be blazing hot coming into this game. Goddamn they are the most aggravating team to root for. Nice Pablo GIDP on a pitch 2 inches above the dirt.
Dude that's wack. Its the best city in the Midwest. It's even better than Chicago.
You don't seriously think that Minneapolis is better than Chicago?
Please tell me you are joking.
Well, considering Teixeira has 6 years left on his deal, I'd say it'll be a while. Cabrera has made it known he doesn't want to be a full-time DH, which would pose a fundamental problem.
He's hurt, I'm convinced of it. There's no way his K% and BB% regress that fast without something wrong with him. Batters are even swinging at more of his pitches, and barely making more contact than before, and he's been fairly unlucky with a BABIP of .331, but but his location is shaky at best right now, and I'm putting my money on injury.
It would help if Brian Sabean would actually build an offense instead of relying on so much luck from players on the downside having a career year.
You don't seriously think that Minneapolis is better than Chicago?
Wow dude, have you ever even been to the Twin Cities? Seriously a top notch world class urban center. There's a reason Minneapolis is called "the Mini Apple" - it's everything New York but not nearly as trashy.
And BTW, I have been to the Chi; I have cousins that live there. Is it as racist as I've heard it is? When I was on my ban I was hanging at the City Data forum and I heard people say Chicago is a really racist town. :dunno:
Wow dude, have you ever even been to the Twin Cities? Seriously a top notch world class urban center. There's a reason Minneapolis is called "the Mini Apple" - it's everything New York but not nearly as trashy.
And BTW, I have been to the Chi; I have cousins that live there. Is it as racist as I've heard it is? When I was on my ban I was hanging at the City Data forum and I heard people say Chicago is a really racist town. :dunno:
Na, I wouldn't say this town is racist. That probably came up because of the wave of violence that has hit this town but the violence is limited to the more poorer neighborhoods of Chicago. Chicago has its share of bad neighborhoods as do all cities and the violence is limited to those bad neighborhoods.
All the lads on the City Data forum that have lived in both places say Minneapolis is waaaay more progressive/liberal/inviting of all races. It is a waaaay liberal town for sure. That's why people from Millwaukee and Chicago all move there; the welfare is one of the best in the country, so it does invite some pretty unsavory cats that are just there for the welfare that have trashed some areas of the city.
