MLB Baseball 2009 Season Thread

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:44 pm

10spro wrote:Jays are sizzling HOT. 14-0 against CWS in Chicago, B. Tallet is filling the spot left by J. Litsch very nicely. They drew 7 walks and had 21 hits which means that the team's on base percentage was over 50%. Impressive stuff.

The White Sox had a game last night?

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:48 pm

Went to Citi Field today. I approve of the new digs. I had a slice of whole wheat pizza, three out-of-the-ordinary beers from the fancy little hut beyond center field, and a grilled shrimp po' boy that was literally the hottest sandwich I've ever ingested. Spice, not temperature.

The whole concourse around the field level is so well done. You could buy a ticket for the upper deck (oops, I mean "Promenade") and just spend all your time in the wide open concourses downstairs, with their standing areas (complete with drink holders) and great views of the field, pretty darn close. Maybe something like that's old news for other teams, but I grew up in the dank hallways of Shea.

Oh, and they won. The Nats do not look like a major league team, I must say.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:54 pm

Slumberland wrote:Oh, and they won. The Nats do not look like a major league team, I must say.

You think? A week ago they went to play the Marlins like this:

Bring back those Expos.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 6:38 pm

Pujols....Grand Slam. Ho Hum. He's just ridiculously good.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:22 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Pujols....Grand Slam. Ho Hum. He's just ridiculously good.

He is the best baseball I've ever had the pleasure to watch. He really hit that one good.

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:38 pm

MizzouRah wrote:
sportdan30 wrote:Pujols....Grand Slam. Ho Hum. He's just ridiculously good.
He is the best baseball I've ever had the pleasure to watch. He really hit that one good.

Agree with all of that, but that particular pitch was a freakin' batting practice fastball. Takes a special kind of stupid to walk two guys in front of Pujols and then groove that kind of pitch right out of the gate.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:11 pm

RobVarak wrote:
Agree with all of that, but that particular pitch was a freakin' batting practice fastball. Takes a special kind of stupid to walk two guys in front of Pujols and then groove that kind of pitch right out of the gate.

You're probably right.. but Pujols is the total package, he won the game yesterday by stealing a base.. the man does it all.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:04 am

Agree Rob. Patton was too careful pitching to Rasmus. I'm thinking you'd rather groove one to him than Pujols.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:29 am

What a game at Fenway Park tonight.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 3:01 pm

The crowd of 16,379 was the fourth turnout of less than 20,000 in seven games at Turner Field this season.

1980s all over again?

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:38 pm

sportdan30 wrote:The crowd of 16,379 was the fourth turnout of less than 20,000 in seven games at Turner Field this season.

1980s all over again?

Have you watched the Braves play in the last 3.5 years? They lose games like they did last night ALL THE TIME. It's probably the most frustrating way to go through a season. Just getting your heart torn out on a daily basis. It's awesome. Luckily the rest of the NL East sucks ass as well so the Braves are still in the division race.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:34 pm

G-d speed Rick Ankiel. I pray to g-d he's alright. That did not look good at at all.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Mon May 04, 2009 10:48 pm

sportdan30 wrote:G-d speed Rick Ankiel. I pray to g-d he's alright. That did not look good at at all.

Yeah, I am watching the game too...looked really bad there for a second. First thing I looked for was movement in his limbs...and there was. I just saw Molina tell Victorino he was going to be alright.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Mon May 04, 2009 11:05 pm

They do say neurologically speaking, signs look good. He does have some puffiness in his face.

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Tue May 05, 2009 2:07 am

sportdan30 wrote:They do say neurologically speaking, signs look good. He does have some puffiness in his face.

x-rays negative. listed as day-to-day.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Tue May 05, 2009 8:36 am

Just saw that since we are in Florida on vacation.. that really looked horrible.. very happy x-rays were negative.

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Tue May 05, 2009 1:10 pm

OMG, just watched that video. That was horrible. Glad to see they are saying day to day and nothing is broken.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Thu May 07, 2009 2:18 am

It's official; Jays are for real. These guys can certainly hit, 13-1 against the Angels if only we could have a deeper and healthier rotation.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Thu May 07, 2009 9:10 am

10spro wrote:It's official; Jays are for real. These guys can certainly hit, 13-1 against the Angels if only we could have a deeper and healthier rotation.

Hard to believe a couple days ago the three first place teams in the AL were the Blue Jays, Royals and Mariners. You could have made some money betting that trifecta.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Thu May 07, 2009 12:11 pm

Say it ain't so, Manny!

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Thu May 07, 2009 12:18 pm

lexbur wrote:Say it ain't so, Manny!

Im totally shocked! I thought Selig had cleaned up baseball with Bond's leaving. What a joke that whole scape goat MLB/ESPN scam was.

Look for more non shocking names(at least they shouldnt be) coming in the months and years ahead.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu May 07, 2009 12:36 pm

Not surprised at all. At his age and how he is still producing.......not surprised at all.

johnvon314 · Post by **johnvon314** » Thu May 07, 2009 2:04 pm

I'm sure the Dodgers brass is pretty POed after devoting the entire off season to signing this overgrown baby.

John

ansonlee · Post by **ansonlee** » Thu May 07, 2009 2:12 pm

One day it will be revealed that all the star players were using.

LAking · Post by **LAking** » Thu May 07, 2009 2:14 pm

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=y ... &type=lgns

Maybe he's telling the truth? I wish MLB would say what substance it was.