MLB Baseball 2009 Season Thread

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Tue May 12, 2009 12:20 pm

Slumberland wrote:

The MLB network has been a funny reminder of what baseball players used to look like, with all the games from the '80's that they've been putting on in the daytime.

You mean like this?

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Tue May 12, 2009 9:33 pm

Great pitching duel between Halladay & Burnett as A.J returned to the Skydome as a Yankee. The Doc had a complete game and the Jays continue to hit consistently. A. Hill is having a great season so far.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:02 am

Interesting stat from Arbitron:

Who's Watching Baseball?

The Top 10 DMAs in which live adults who watch baseball on TV more than once in an average month:

1 Boston (Manchester, N.H.)
2 Chicago
3 St. Louis, Mo.
4 Hartford & New Haven, Conn.
5 Detroit
6 Cleveland/ Akron (Canton), Ohio
7 Providence/ New Bedford, Mass.
8 New York
9 Minneapolis/ St. Paul
10 Portland/ Auburn, Maine

Red Sox Nation taking up four of the top ten markets.

Gangrel · Post by **Gangrel** » Thu May 14, 2009 10:18 pm

Ahhh, my beloved Nationals.....

The plus side? 7th best offense in runs scored.

The downside? Uhm..... dead last in Runs allowed.

The nats bullpen needs to be blown up and started over!

OUt of 15 save opps, they have blown 10 so far!?!?

Methinks that won't get you a .500 record!

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Thu May 14, 2009 11:06 pm

Gangrel wrote:Ahhh, my beloved Nationals.....

The plus side? 7th best offense in runs scored.

The downside? Uhm..... dead last in Runs allowed.

The nats bullpen needs to be blown up and started over!

OUt of 15 save opps, they have blown 10 so far!?!?

Methinks that won't get you a .500 record!

Love their stadium though! Great place to see a game.

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:37 pm

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

Tough loss for the Brew Crew. Weeks was just starting to realize his potential.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:57 pm

Jays sweep the ChiSox as the rookie pitchers continue to shine combined with some clutch hitting from the likes of Rios, Hill, and Rolen.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:46 am

greggsand wrote:
Gangrel wrote:Ahhh, my beloved Nationals.....

The plus side? 7th best offense in runs scored.

The downside? Uhm..... dead last in Runs allowed.

The nats bullpen needs to be blown up and started over!

OUt of 15 save opps, they have blown 10 so far!?!?

Methinks that won't get you a .500 record!
Love their stadium though! Great place to see a game.

And if it weren't for the Nationals the Tribe would have the worst record in baseball.

Gangrel · Post by **Gangrel** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:24 am

I just hate they are wasting some good offense! Between the pen, and the starters (when will they ever have a true ace again?) it's depressing to come online, check the scores, and find out they keep losing 10-7, 10-6, etc. And a lot of those runs are usually given up when the relievers hit the game!

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Tue May 19, 2009 5:28 pm

Cards woes just keep getting worse and worse.......

From Stltoday.com regarding Khalil Greene.

Greene admitted to feeling increasingly overwhelmed by his situation and did not dispute accounts that he has several times punished himself physically.

Several team members have expressed concern about the degree of Greene's self-punishment.

"That's the way it's always been," Greene said, referring to his condition's compulsive nature. "It's not rational. It's not something I think as an intelligent thinking human being. ... I understand the disorder of it. It just doesn't help."

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Tue May 19, 2009 6:39 pm

Jays start a key three game series in Beantown as the top two in the AL East battle it out. We know they can hit and all three pitchers playing this week weren't even in the starting rotation at the beginning of the season. Should be a good measuring stick for the youngsters in BOS.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Mon May 25, 2009 1:03 am

Or maybe these are the 'Real Jays' losing the series to both BOS and ATL in their first losing streak of the season. The rookie pitchers seem to be running out of steam and that 'Hot' bat that got us this far is cooling down lately.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Mon May 25, 2009 9:14 am

Way to half ass get to what should have been a single Rasmus.. you just cost us the game!

Hey LaRussa, if Ankiel is healthy enough to play, put him in CF where he belongs.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:17 pm

So apparently JRod pisses off MLB players too. Seriously, read this article, it's hilarious:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4248759

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:52 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:So apparently JRod pisses off MLB players too. Seriously, read this article, it's hilarious:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4248759

JRod is famous! LOL.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:50 pm

I just jinxed Cliff Lee.

I just turned the game on and he lost his no no in the 8th.

So sorry Tribe fans.

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:57 am

sportdan30 wrote:
dbdynsty25 wrote:So apparently JRod pisses off MLB players too. Seriously, read this article, it's hilarious:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4248759
JRod is famous! LOL.

Interesting look at the power of media. However, I have to say baseball made it's bed, and unfortunately the current players have to lie in it. I Ibanez wants to vent he should go after Bonds and Clemens. In this day and age ANY player who puts up big numbers will be under suspicion.

Hey, I think in general the media is a mess any more, but baseball has created this problem for themselves.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:23 am

XXXIV wrote:I just jinxed Cliff Lee.

I just turned the game on and he lost his no no in the 8th.

So sorry Tribe fans.

Thanks alot.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:52 pm

No huge surprise....Sosa did steroids. What???!?!!!??!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4264062

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:59 pm

I smell a set up

Another of the great Joe Buck's heroes.

Edit: Which obvious steroid freak will get leaked next?

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:33 am

Slammin' Sammy the fraud! What a joke! Just another player heading to the Hall of Shame.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:34 am

sportdan30 wrote:Slammin' Sammy the fraud! What a joke! Just another player heading to the Hall of Shame.

He can have his bust right next to McGuire's and they can both re-live 1998 for eternity.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:45 am

You mean McGwire. Yeah, I pretty much feel duped from that magical homerun season. And no, if I had a vote, there's no way I'd vote him in to the H.O.F.

I'm just astounded there are some fans who don't care that they blatantly cheated. Heck, some would rather they still continue to use steroids just so long as they see 500 foot plus homeruns and pitchers throwing 100 mph. I guess I can't relate to that. Personally, I'd much rather MLB put a policy in place that the first time you get caught, you're out of baseball. If that means some of the big stars are banned for life, then so be it. Yes...including Pujols.

Just clean up the damn game!

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:47 am

sportdan30 wrote:You mean McGwire. Yeah, I pretty much feel duped from that magical homerun season. And no, if I had a vote, there's no way I'd vote him in to the H.O.F.

I'm just astounded there are some fans who don't care that they blatantly cheated. Heck, some would rather they still continue to use steroids just so long as they see 500 foot plus homeruns and pitchers throwing 100 mph. I guess I can't relate to that. Personally, I'd much rather MLB put a policy in place that the first time you get caught, you're out of baseball. If that means some of the big stars are banned for life, then so be it. Yes...including Pujols.

Just clean up the damn game!

If by "some fans" you mean "the majority of fans", I agree with you.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:06 pm

Sad to say but I think it is indeed the majority. Isn't it something we're the minority?