MLB Baseball 2009 Season Thread

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:41 am

pigpen81 wrote:....who needs ESPN?

Terrific television.

Due to the NFL network, NHL TV and now this I havent had to watch that garbage ESPN puts out in months.

Sadly Comcast will be dropping NFL network at end of the month.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:43 pm

Ouch.

snaz16 · Post by **snaz16** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:05 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:Ouch.

That was some implosion by the bullpen.

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:33 pm

Well DB..at least you are in first in the DSP FBL...must be the first time ever

I will be a little sad tomorrow night when the MLB network actually carries a game....I think I prefer all the live look ins we have been getting....FREAKING AWESOME! It is always with runners on in a clutch AB situation...or the potential end of a game situation.

The commentary is tremendous. If I could, I would make love to this channel

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:46 pm

snaz16 wrote:
dbdynsty25 wrote:Ouch.
That was some implosion by the bullpen.

I mean it would be one thing if they gave up some hard hit balls or something...but nothing was hit hard and they walked in like 4 runs. Ridiculous.

And suck it Piggy. Matt and I are battling right now for the fantasy basketball championship right now too...so it's usually just baseball I suck at. And it's early, I fully expect to be towards the bottom shortly.

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:45 am

Yankee Hater watch:

THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE YANKEES LOSE! Again!

Rangers still undefeated and the Pirates above .500.

bdoughty · Post by **bdoughty** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 11:52 am

Sad news for the Angels organization

http://www.tmz.com/2009/04/09/angels-st ... ball-game/

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4055343

Nick Adenhart, a rookie pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, died in a car crash early Thursday morning, just hours after pitching in a game in Anaheim.

A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to ESPN.com that Adenhart had been killed in a car accident.

Wednesday night, Adenhart had pitched six scoreless innings, giving up seven hits, striking out five and walking three in just his fourth major league start.

According to multiple reports out of the Los Angeles area, three people were killed in the three-car crash in Fullerton, Calif. One person was reported to be seriously injured.

According to the Los Angeles Times, witnesses told police that the driver of a red minivan blew through a red light and hit a Mitsubishi carrying four people.

The Times reported that the minivan's driver ran from the scene, but was arrested about a mile away.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:30 pm

R.I.P. Nick Adenhart. What a horrible horrible tragedy.

What f'n person crashes in to another car and drives off? That driver should just be beaten and thrown in to the river.

Gangrel · Post by **Gangrel** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:00 pm

Seems the reportssay it was as drunk driver........ idiots.

nyisles16 · Post by **nyisles16** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:17 pm

bdoughty wrote:Sad news for the Angels organization

http://www.tmz.com/2009/04/09/angels-st ... ball-game/

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4055343

Nick Adenhart, a rookie pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, died in a car crash early Thursday morning, just hours after pitching in a game in Anaheim.

A source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to ESPN.com that Adenhart had been killed in a car accident.

Wednesday night, Adenhart had pitched six scoreless innings, giving up seven hits, striking out five and walking three in just his fourth major league start.

According to multiple reports out of the Los Angeles area, three people were killed in the three-car crash in Fullerton, Calif. One person was reported to be seriously injured.

According to the Los Angeles Times, witnesses told police that the driver of a red minivan blew through a red light and hit a Mitsubishi carrying four people.

The Times reported that the minivan's driver ran from the scene, but was arrested about a mile away.

He has his dad out there at the game... saying to come because "something special is about to happen"..

Sad stuff..

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:58 pm

Thats heartbreaking...

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:36 am

What a disaster the MLB.TV Premium service appears to be. I wish I would have read the message boards prior to signing up. In theory, it is awesome for me. Since the Pirates are blacked out here I figured I could watch the archived games or condensed games. Plus, I've really been enjoying the free MLB Extra Innings preview but I'm not happy with the picture quality as only one at a time is in HD.

Conceptually, MLB.TV is an awesome value. The games all look great on my computer...when I get them to work. I watched the only live game yesterday evening and it was fine (what a shot Joe Martinez took to the head!). But the archives are a mess (either not there, freeze, no audio, crash, poor quality picture, etc), there are no condensed games (a huge feature!), the 4 game window doesn't appear to work, the local audio feature doesn't work, etc, etc.

If the problems continue for too long I'm sure I can get my money back either via MLB or a credit card chargeback, but it's disappointing. Hold off if you were considering a purchase.

icvu42 · Post by **icvu42** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 12:11 pm

MLB Network adds Saturday night games

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... p&c_id=mlb

Rick

macsomjrr · Post by **macsomjrr** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:15 am

How 'bout them Padres eeking out a win against the Mets in the opening game at Citi Field. If anything the now 6-2 Pads are proving that I don't know a thing about baseball

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 12:23 am

Jays continue their hot run early in the season as the young guns (Lind and Snider) continue to impress. But also veterans like Overbay and especially S. Rolen are having an early impact as the offense continue to explode coming from behind tonight against Minny.

However they lost J. Litsch and the already weak rotation will no doubt suffer in the coming days ahead.

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:34 am

macsomjrr wrote:If anything the now 6-2 Pads are proving that I don't know a thing about baseball

The most useful thing to know about baseball is that it is a 162 game season

Even my Pirates have had long winning streaks and great stretches in each of their 16 straight losing seasons.

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:57 am

Leebo33 wrote:
macsomjrr wrote:If anything the now 6-2 Pads are proving that I don't know a thing about baseball
The most useful thing to know about baseball is that it is a 162 game season Even my Pirates have had long winning streaks and great stretches in each of their 16 straight losing seasons.

You had to reminds us. I was enjoying where the Yankees and Bosox are currently in the standings. NYY looked pathetic last night.

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:52 am

macsomjrr wrote:How 'bout them Padres eeking out a win against the Mets in the opening game at Citi Field. If anything the now 6-2 Pads are proving that I don't know a thing about baseball

I thought it would have been cool to have the Dodgers open up that park last night. It's kinda modeled after Ebbets Field, plus it's Jackie Robinson Day this week.

Gotta love the Yankees, how much did they spend on their pitching staff this year, yet they had Nick Swisher on the mound last night?

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:06 pm

YES!!!!!

10-1 in the 7th!

GREAT to see the Tribe spoiling the party at the new Yankee Stadium!!!!

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:42 pm

Down go the Cubbies!

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:50 pm

MizzouRah wrote:Down go the Cubbies!

That is something that, over the last 100 years, has never gotten old.

TheGamer · Post by **TheGamer** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:51 pm

OMG, How will the Cubbies every recover from the fourth loss of the season and being 2 games back with only 153 games remaining. what is the Cards magic number

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:01 pm

TheGamer wrote:OMG, How will the Cubbies every recover from the fourth loss of the season and being 2 games back with only 153 games remaining. what is the Cards magic number

No reason you shouldnt win the division by a pretty safe margin but I will never pass up taking a shot at the Cubs

Go White Sox!

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:20 pm

XXXIV wrote:
MizzouRah wrote:
That is something that, over the last 100 years, has never gotten old.

I hear that!

bulls23 · Post by **bulls23** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:38 pm

MizzouRah wrote:
XXXIV wrote:
MizzouRah wrote:
That is something that, over the last 100 years, has never gotten old.
I hear that!

+1