Not-So-Obnoxious Baseball Thread

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

Braves are in first in the NL East, all I care about

 

[passedpawn]

No posts in awhile on the baseball thread. What is everyone thinking going into the second half? Pirates have to be ecstatic. Best record in BB and all. Yankees not so much. I'm a Tiger guy, I barely have the ability to watch a game beyond the 6th inning anymore because I know that they won't score anymore runs. Verlander has gone from must see TV, to how many pitches will he throw in the first two innings? The analyst insist that it's his fastball when in reality it's the off speed stuff. He doesn't have the rotation he had before the All Star break last year. Yes it's been a year since Verlander was exciting to watch. Prince Fielder is a joke, see my above posts. The absolute worst contract ever and the demise of the future Tiger hopes. I feel sorry for Fister, I have no idea why he never gets any run support no matter what club he plays for. Cabrera is an absolute joy to watch. I've never seen a better, smarter player.

You guys have a lot of power through your lineup. Except for Jackson, not much speed on the bases, but with power it's less important.

Your rotation is fantastic. Verlander will get his groove back. He's been so automatic in the past. It's your bull pen that needs help. Dumping Valverde was a good move. Leland needs to acquire a closer ASAP if he want's to contend in the post season, where you are sure to have close games. The Tigs are certain to see the playoffs, but without better late pitching the crystal ball is cloudy as to your success there.

Cabrera's a machine. I think he whined a bit too much about the up-and-in pitch from Rodney last night, especially since Rodney is a bit wild to begin with. Might be some retaliation this afternoon... stay tuned.

 

[McBrewskie]

Giants need to consider selling at the deadline.

 

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

Giants need to consider selling at the deadline.

4 Games back, don't see why they'd sell.

 

[iaefebs]

Congratulations to Homer Bailey. What a game. Fortunate that it was my MLB game of the day so I was able to see most of it. I had the TV set to watch the Tigers/Jays and the Reds/Giants. I spent 90% on the Reds, I missed the Tigers win. I'll see it later. Reminds me though is anyone else playing "Beat the Streak"? The reason I was watching the game was because I had Votto as one of my hitters.

 

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

Braves are 7 games up on the Zombie Expos, even with King Jagoff is back.

 

[McBrewskie]

4 Games back, don't see why they'd sell.

You haven't watched them then. They are terrible. The fact that they're in a terrible division is all that is saving them. There only hope would be a staying close enough and getting a guy like Cliff Lee so that they could make a push and then line up Cain, Madison, Lee in the playoffs.

 

[HoppyDaze]

Guys, I just wanted you to know that the Mariners still suck

 

[iaefebs]

Guys, I just wanted you to know that the Mariners still suck

You think the Mariners suck. I've gotten to the point that I root for Prince Fielder to either pop up or strike out. Anything but hit into a double play

 

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

You haven't watched them then. They are terrible. The fact that they're in a terrible division is all that is saving them. There only hope would be a staying close enough and getting a guy like Cliff Lee so that they could make a push and then line up Cain, Madison, Lee in the playoffs.

They're not the best team, but there's no reason to sell. Brewers should sell, Cubs, Marlins and Mets, should sell. Phillies should sell. Heck if the Nats are still 6 games back in 3 weeks they should sell off some guys (like Haren, LaRoche, Suzuki or Span, basically guys who are a year or 2 from FA and expendable, obviously not guys like Harper, Zimmermann, Strasburg, etc., though if they can find a team foolish enough to take Jayson Werth or Ryan Zimmerman's deal, they should)

 

[McBrewskie]

**** Puig, that is all.

 

[bigmike99]

All things considered I'm psyched to have Wright starting and maybe even Harvey starting as well. IMO Harvey should get the start at home and with bochy being a met for a minute or two maybe it'll happen.

As a mets fan I couldn't be happier with Harvey, Wright and a ton of pitching coming. Now be smart and trade whoever you can to get assets going forward (Byrd, Buck, etc)

 

[CliffMongoloid]

All things considered I'm psyched to have Wright starting and maybe even Harvey starting as well. IMO Harvey should get the start at home and with bochy being a met for a minute or two maybe it'll happen.

As a mets fan I couldn't be happier with Harvey, Wright and a ton of pitching coming. Now be smart and trade whoever you can to get assets going forward (Byrd, Buck, etc)

I agree... But that ton of pitching we have in the minors should be leveraged for some hitting prospects... Were lacking on bats

 

[McBrewskie]

All things considered I'm psyched to have Wright starting and maybe even Harvey starting as well. IMO Harvey should get the start at home and with bochy being a met for a minute or two maybe it'll happen.

As a mets fan I couldn't be happier with Harvey, Wright and a ton of pitching coming. Now be smart and trade whoever you can to get assets going forward (Byrd, Buck, etc)

Bochy does what's right. If Harvey deserves the call he'll get it.

 

[WildGingerBrewing]

Guys, I just wanted you to know that the Mariners still suck

Except against my Rangers! What kinda sh!t was that!?!?!?!?!?!?

 

[HoppyDaze]

MARINERS HAVE NOT LOST SINCE SHARKNADO DEBUTED...Coincidence?

 

[Punity]

MARINERS HAVE NOT LOST SINCE SHARKNADO DEBUTED...Coincidence?

Never losing again

 

[Punity]

But in all seriouness its nice to have minors be brought up and actually produce. And smoak and ackley are starting to come around. I hate to be optimistic of the Mariners but god damn this is fun to watch.

 

[HoppyDaze]

All it really means is there's a 10 game losing streak on the horizon ... fact

 

[Punity]

All it really means is there's a 10 game losing streak on the horizon ... fact

Bite your tounge

 

[passedpawn]

I'm hoping my Rays split this 4-game series with Red Sox. 3/4 wouldn't be too bad either, but I'll take a split. Price on the mound tonight. Good thoughts!

 

[HoppyDaze]

Bite your tounge

One down, nine to go

 

[iaefebs]

Nice to see some posts. I'm still looking to set up a HBT group for the MLB fantasy "Beat the Streak" challenge. http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/fantasy/bts/y2013/splash_index.jsp
It cost nothing to join, and is a blast to play with a group. Trash talk, would flow through here. You enter your name, pick a player to get a hit, and MLB keeps track. If anyone is interested in playing, or is already playing, I have a group set up for HBT members.And you could win $5.6 million

 

[CliffMongoloid]

Boom

 

[inflictor-of-grimness]

I really wish they would show one of the west coast baseball games here on a channel that I don't have to get a special subscription for. Whenever its past 10 and I feel like watching some baseball, I have no luck.

 

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

Braves are still in first. Still happy.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

A buddy from high schools dad is the head plumber at citi field . . He hooked me up with some sweet stuff from the all star game

 

[passedpawn]

Gaaah! I hate the redsox.

Anyway, cheers ball fans.

 

[iaefebs]

Relax Pass, it's early. Go Ray's. But I have to admit.... The RedSux fans are the 2nd best in baseball. I love when the Tigers play them. Looking forward to the games next month.

 

[punkrockdave]

Relax Pass, it's early. Go Ray's. But I have to admit.... The RedSux fans are the 2nd best in baseball. I love when the Tigers play them. Looking forward to the games next month.

Redsux, damn you're so clever. You copy and paste that from the Yankees site?