The official 2008 MLB thread - Page 50

BishopMVP · 10-16-2008, 08:14 PM

Finally the announcer says what I've been saying for 3 innings - throw at somebody please.

I'd also leave Dice-K in. He really isn't pitching badly - he has good stuff and he's throwing strikes. Going to the bullpen now wouldn't work.

JetsIn06 · 10-16-2008, 10:10 PM

Young Drachma · 10-16-2008, 10:11 PM

Papi is no joke.

Young Drachma · 10-16-2008, 10:11 PM

That said, I still say Tampa gets out of this.

Karlifornia · 10-16-2008, 10:11 PM

Holy smokes...when do the Rays start getting nervous, as they have yet to be all season?

graygoose12 · 10-16-2008, 10:12 PM

How can you not bring in a lefty to pitch there?

MizzouRah · 10-16-2008, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

Papi is no joke.

No doubt.. sheesh.. what a BOMB!

henry296 · 10-16-2008, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Fo

So yeah, why the heck are we going to have to wait until Wednesday for the World Series? Are the TV ratings for baseball playoff games really that much better on weekends?

I just don't want to see both teams coming out like the '06 Tigers did after a long layoff.

For the same reason they need to know the home league in July, few good reasons.

Karlifornia · 10-16-2008, 10:15 PM

whoa....interesting to see how youkilis responds to the one over his head.

Karlifornia · 10-16-2008, 10:17 PM

Wheeler started shaking his glove coming set, and I went to the fridge to get a drink. He was still doing it when I got back.

JonInMiddleGA · 10-16-2008, 10:18 PM

re: Wednesday start for WS
from last year's article on the subject

In an effort to boost sagging ratings for the World Series, Major League Baseball announce Monday that the 2007 Fall Classic will start on Wednesday instead of Saturday.

A Wednesday allows baseball to avoid playing on Friday, which is TV's second-least watched night after Saturday. If the Series goes to a Game 5, it also would go head-to-head with ESPN's Monday Night Football.

LloydLungs · 10-16-2008, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

re: Wednesday start for WS
from last year's article on the subject

In an effort to boost sagging ratings for the World Series, Major League Baseball announce Monday that the 2007 Fall Classic will start on Wednesday instead of Saturday.

A Wednesday allows baseball to avoid playing on Friday, which is TV's second-least watched night after Saturday. If the Series goes to a Game 5, it also would go head-to-head with ESPN's Monday Night Football.

But why couldn't they (assuming Tampa holds on here) start the WS on Saturday? Then you have Saturday-Sunday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday-Saturday-Sunday. You still don't play on Friday and you even avoid MNF altogether. I don't get it.

Karlifornia · 10-16-2008, 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

re: Wednesday start for WS
from last year's article on the subject

In an effort to boost sagging ratings for the World Series, Major League Baseball announce Monday that the 2007 Fall Classic will start on Wednesday instead of Saturday.

A Wednesday allows baseball to avoid playing on Friday, which is TV's second-least watched night after Saturday. If the Series goes to a Game 5, it also would go head-to-head with ESPN's Monday Night Football.

I can't imagine how much this will help considering the matchup. The Rays just don't have a long enough history. It's not like they're the 100-year-old Red Sox, who have generations of faifthful sprinkled all over the country.

Tampa Bay has some budding stars, but none of them are either household names or polarizing figures. If only they somehow still had Josh Hamilton...

Karlifornia · 10-16-2008, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LloydLungs

But why couldn't they (assuming Tampa holds on here) start the WS on Saturday? Then you have Saturday-Sunday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday-Saturday-Sunday. You still don't play on Friday and you even avoid MNF altogether. I don't get it.

Maybe they're from the "People who catch the first episode are more likely to stay for the whole season" camp?

JetsIn06 · 10-16-2008, 10:33 PM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Karlifornia · 10-16-2008, 10:34 PM

UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!

I'm rooting for the Rays, but this is something to watch.

Young Drachma · 10-16-2008, 10:34 PM

I still say Tampa gets out of this.

Crapshoot · 10-16-2008, 10:36 PM

Wow, this is interesting. I mean, TB still has Howell, Miller, and Jackson in the pen, while Boston has Masterson and Lopez. I gotta believe papelbon (who is close to a career high number of pitches) is done.

EagleFan · 10-16-2008, 10:38 PM

Looks like we've got ourselves a game.

Karlifornia · 10-16-2008, 10:48 PM

OMFG. Tied...man...Tampa might be toast for tonight. Gonna need some more Upton and Longoria magic.

JetsIn06 · 10-16-2008, 10:48 PM

What an AB. Holy shit this is crazy. 7-7, 9th inning.

JonInMiddleGA · 10-16-2008, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LloydLungs

But why couldn't they (assuming Tampa holds on here) start the WS on Saturday? Then you have Saturday-Sunday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday-Saturday-Sunday. You still don't play on Friday and you even avoid MNF altogether. I don't get it.

You kind of answered your own question there.
Your version, if it goes 7, includes 2 Saturday's the least watched TV night of the week.

Instead, the Wednesday start gives them only 1 Saturday (and lets the set the schedule in stone ahead of time instead of being TBD)
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 22
THURSDAY, OCT. 23
SATURDAY, OCT. 25
SUNDAY, OCT. 26
MONDAY, OCT. 27
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29
THURSDAY, OCT. 30

As for whether it'll actually do them any good (as Karlifornia alluded to) is a whole different question.

Crapshoot · 10-16-2008, 10:58 PM

Baseball fucking rocks.

JetsIn06 · 10-16-2008, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crapshoot

Baseball fucking rocks.

Young Drachma · 10-16-2008, 11:04 PM

Why not walk Papi? He's not gonna be a run threat at first...

Young Drachma · 10-16-2008, 11:06 PM

Or that works too...

RedKingGold · 10-16-2008, 11:06 PM

If the Rays do make the Series, I do think that Philadelphia has an edge in the bullpen spot.

Karlifornia · 10-16-2008, 11:11 PM

Oh, Evan....

JetsIn06 · 10-16-2008, 11:11 PM

Evannnnn...great play, bad throw

Young Drachma · 10-16-2008, 11:16 PM

And baseball's aristocracy lives to see another night. But it's far from over.

Chief Rum · 10-16-2008, 11:17 PM

Gawd, I wanna puke. Tampa, you better take care of business at home. I don't want to see another game in this ballpark this year.

Karlifornia · 10-16-2008, 11:17 PM

This next game just became appointment TV for me.

BishopMVP · 10-16-2008, 11:33 PM

Love that dirty water...

http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?gameid=281016102

rowech · 10-17-2008, 04:47 AM

Boston wins the series.

ISiddiqui · 10-17-2008, 07:42 AM

*sigh*

At least this has been a Rays team that hasn't really seemed like they get bothered by pressure before. They seem like a fairly loose team. Let's see if that can help them. And they are heading home, where they had the best home record in the majors.

EagleFan · 10-17-2008, 01:50 PM

Go Sox!!! I will kill someone if I have to listen to those assinine cow bells multiple games. Who ever started that should be shot, it's THE most annoying thing in sports (it has replaced the tomohawk chop).

molson · 10-17-2008, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Go Sox!!! I will kill someone if I have to listen to those assinine cow bells multiple games. Who ever started that should be shot, it's THE most annoying thing in sports (it has replaced the tomohawk chop).

A Red Sox/Phillies series would kick ass. It would be the ultimate nightmare for the fan morality police contingent.

RedKingGold · 10-17-2008, 02:12 PM

I too am rooting for the Sox.

As much as I want Philly to win the Series, I really do not want the trophy to go to a bandwagoner fan base who chooses to pay attention to the team only where they are a step or two away from the show.

molson · 10-17-2008, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronnie Dobbs2

I posted this last year, and it seemed to work, so here goes attempt #2.

I'll do my part as well

Dr. Sak · 10-17-2008, 02:34 PM

Fucking Avalanche!

sterlingice · 10-17-2008, 03:32 PM

If Boston wins this series, forget the World Series. I just won't watch this year- I'd rather watch politics for 2 more weeks because I'm *less* tired of it.

I'll wish Phillies fans well and hope for a 4 game sweep with about a 50-7 run differential but I won't watch. I want to see something new, I want to see something interesting, and I don't want to watch Fox slobber all over Boston yet again.

SI

sterlingice · 10-17-2008, 03:37 PM

ESPN - Sources: Pads gauging interest in Peavy, whose contract runs through 2013 - MLB

Why in the world do you even entertain offers for Peavy? You have the best pitcher in the National League *under contract for 5 years*! It's not like he's going to be a free agent next season. He's got a pretty good club contract and it's for his age 27-32 years.

"Peavy, 27, will make $8 million in 2009, $15 million in 2010, $16 million in 2011 and $17 million in 2012, and he has a 2013 option for $22 million, with a $4 million buyout."

Doesn't make any sense at all.

SI

DanGarion · 10-17-2008, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedKingGold

I too am rooting for the Sox.

As much as I want Philly to win the Series, I really do not want the trophy to go to a bandwagoner fan base who chooses to pay attention to the team only where they are a step or two away from the show.

Yes because they had so much to root for the first 10 years they existed. It's hard to want to cheer on a team when they've sucked since conception.

Alan T · 10-17-2008, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by molson

A Red Sox/Phillies series would kick ass. It would be the ultimate nightmare for the fan morality police contingent.

I moved to Massachusetts shortly after interleague play began if I remember correctly (my memory fails the older I get).. but I remember the radio adds for interleague play... The Longtime heated rivalry between Boston and Philadelphia was playing on the radios for a week... I was like ... huh??

Maybe I was just irritated because I had hoped the Red Sox and Braves would play each season (since the Braves started in Boston) like Mets and Yankees play every season... since then I could watch at least one series of my Braves every year!

Honolulu_Blue · 10-17-2008, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EagleFan

Go Sox!!! I will kill someone if I have to listen to those assinine cow bells multiple games. Who ever started that should be shot, it's THE most annoying thing in sports (it has replaced the tomohawk chop).

I don't know. I haven't heard the cow bell thing yet (I don't watch too much baseball), but it would be hard pressed to be more annoying than the "train whistles" that the fans in Nashville blew every time Jordan Tootoo was on the ice. It's a horrible sound.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedKingGold

I too am rooting for the Sox.

As much as I want Philly to win the Series, I really do not want the trophy to go to a bandwagoner fan base who chooses to pay attention to the team only where they are a step or two away from the show.

That's the only reason I have for not rooting against the Sox. That and, let's face it, their fanbase can't really be anymore annoying/obnoxious than it already is (present company excluded, of course), so if they win again nothing worse will really happen.

Big Fo · 10-17-2008, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedKingGold

I too am rooting for the Sox.

As much as I want Philly to win the Series, I really do not want the trophy to go to a bandwagoner fan base who chooses to pay attention to the team only where they are a step or two away from the show.

Yeah, it's not like there are any bandwagon fans that support the Boston/New England teams.

lordscarlet · 10-17-2008, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanGarion

Yes because they had so much to root for the first 10 years they existed. It's hard to want to cheer on a team when they've sucked since conception.

I find the Philly fans to be rather faithful. Maybe that is because I live about two hours away and support a team in their division, but every team has more fans when they're winning.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Fo

Yeah, it's not like there are any bandwagon fans that support the Boston/New England teams.

Well said.

Buccaneer · 10-17-2008, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

ESPN - Sources: Pads gauging interest in Peavy, whose contract runs through 2013 - MLB

Why in the world do you even entertain offers for Peavy? You have the best pitcher in the National League *under contract for 5 years*! It's not like he's going to be a free agent next season. He's got a pretty good club contract and it's for his age 27-32 years.

"Peavy, 27, will make $8 million in 2009, $15 million in 2010, $16 million in 2011 and $17 million in 2012, and he has a 2013 option for $22 million, with a $4 million buyout."

Doesn't make any sense at all.

SI

Divorce court.

EagleFan · 10-18-2008, 02:44 PM

Philly area FOFC outing at McFaddens?

Galaril · 10-18-2008, 07:09 PM

Why is the red sox rays game not on yet on TBS?

10-16-2008, 10:11 PM	#2453
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Papi is no joke. __________________ Current Dynasty:The Zenith of Professional Basketball Careers (FBPB/FBCB) FBCB / FPB3 Mods

10-16-2008, 10:11 PM	#2454
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	That said, I still say Tampa gets out of this. __________________ Current Dynasty:The Zenith of Professional Basketball Careers (FBPB/FBCB) FBCB / FPB3 Mods

10-16-2008, 10:11 PM	#2455
Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	Holy smokes...when do the Rays start getting nervous, as they have yet to be all season? __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com

10-16-2008, 10:15 PM	#2459
Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	whoa....interesting to see how youkilis responds to the one over his head. __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com

10-16-2008, 10:17 PM	#2460
Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	Wheeler started shaking his glove coming set, and I went to the fridge to get a drink. He was still doing it when I got back. __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com

10-16-2008, 08:14 PM	#2451
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	Finally the announcer says what I've been saying for 3 innings - throw at somebody please. I'd also leave Dice-K in. He really isn't pitching badly - he has good stuff and he's throwing strikes. Going to the bullpen now wouldn't work.

10-16-2008, 10:10 PM	#2452
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	Fuck

10-16-2008, 10:12 PM	#2456
graygoose12 H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Nov 2004	How can you not bring in a lefty to pitch there?

10-16-2008, 10:18 PM	#2461
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	re: Wednesday start for WS from last year's article on the subject In an effort to boost sagging ratings for the World Series, Major League Baseball announce Monday that the 2007 Fall Classic will start on Wednesday instead of Saturday. A Wednesday allows baseball to avoid playing on Friday, which is TV's second-least watched night after Saturday. If the Series goes to a Game 5, it also would go head-to-head with ESPN's Monday Night Football. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

10-16-2008, 10:33 PM	#2465
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

10-16-2008, 10:34 PM	#2466
Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	UNBELIEVEABLE!!!! I'm rooting for the Rays, but this is something to watch. __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com

10-16-2008, 10:34 PM	#2467
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	I still say Tampa gets out of this. __________________ Current Dynasty:The Zenith of Professional Basketball Careers (FBPB/FBCB) FBCB / FPB3 Mods

10-16-2008, 10:36 PM	#2468
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	Wow, this is interesting. I mean, TB still has Howell, Miller, and Jackson in the pen, while Boston has Masterson and Lopez. I gotta believe papelbon (who is close to a career high number of pitches) is done.

10-16-2008, 10:38 PM	#2469
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Looks like we've got ourselves a game.

10-16-2008, 10:48 PM	#2470
Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	OMFG. Tied...man...Tampa might be toast for tonight. Gonna need some more Upton and Longoria magic. __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com

10-16-2008, 10:48 PM	#2471
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	What an AB. Holy shit this is crazy. 7-7, 9th inning.

10-16-2008, 10:58 PM	#2473
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	Baseball fucking rocks.

10-16-2008, 11:04 PM	#2475
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Why not walk Papi? He's not gonna be a run threat at first... __________________ Current Dynasty:The Zenith of Professional Basketball Careers (FBPB/FBCB) FBCB / FPB3 Mods

10-16-2008, 11:06 PM	#2476
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Or that works too... __________________ Current Dynasty:The Zenith of Professional Basketball Careers (FBPB/FBCB) FBCB / FPB3 Mods

10-16-2008, 11:06 PM	#2477
RedKingGold College Starter Join Date: Oct 2002	If the Rays do make the Series, I do think that Philadelphia has an edge in the bullpen spot.

10-16-2008, 11:11 PM	#2478
Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	Oh, Evan.... __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com

10-16-2008, 11:11 PM	#2479
JetsIn06 Pro Rookie Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Rahway, NJ	Evannnnn...great play, bad throw

10-16-2008, 11:16 PM	#2480
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	And baseball's aristocracy lives to see another night. But it's far from over. __________________ Current Dynasty:The Zenith of Professional Basketball Careers (FBPB/FBCB) FBCB / FPB3 Mods

10-16-2008, 11:17 PM	#2481
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	Gawd, I wanna puke. Tampa, you better take care of business at home. I don't want to see another game in this ballpark this year. __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

10-16-2008, 11:17 PM	#2482
Karlifornia Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: San Jose, CA	This next game just became appointment TV for me. __________________ Look into the mind of a crazy man (NSFW) http://www.whitepowerupdate.wordpress.com

10-16-2008, 11:33 PM	#2483
BishopMVP Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Concord, MA/UMass	Love that dirty water... http://www.fangraphs.com/livewins.aspx?gameid=281016102 Last edited by BishopMVP : 10-16-2008 at 11:35 PM.

10-17-2008, 04:47 AM	#2484
rowech Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2006	Boston wins the series.

10-17-2008, 07:42 AM	#2485
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	sigh At least this has been a Rays team that hasn't really seemed like they get bothered by pressure before. They seem like a fairly loose team. Let's see if that can help them. And they are heading home, where they had the best home record in the majors. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

10-17-2008, 01:50 PM	#2486
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Go Sox!!! I will kill someone if I have to listen to those assinine cow bells multiple games. Who ever started that should be shot, it's THE most annoying thing in sports (it has replaced the tomohawk chop).

10-17-2008, 02:12 PM	#2488
RedKingGold College Starter Join Date: Oct 2002	I too am rooting for the Sox. As much as I want Philly to win the Series, I really do not want the trophy to go to a bandwagoner fan base who chooses to pay attention to the team only where they are a step or two away from the show.

10-17-2008, 02:34 PM	#2490
Dr. Sak Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Stuck in Yinzerville, PA	Fucking Avalanche!

10-17-2008, 03:32 PM	#2491
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	If Boston wins this series, forget the World Series. I just won't watch this year- I'd rather watch politics for 2 more weeks because I'm less tired of it. I'll wish Phillies fans well and hope for a 4 game sweep with about a 50-7 run differential but I won't watch. I want to see something new, I want to see something interesting, and I don't want to watch Fox slobber all over Boston yet again. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

10-17-2008, 03:37 PM	#2492
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	ESPN - Sources: Pads gauging interest in Peavy, whose contract runs through 2013 - MLB Why in the world do you even entertain offers for Peavy? You have the best pitcher in the National League under contract for 5 years! It's not like he's going to be a free agent next season. He's got a pretty good club contract and it's for his age 27-32 years. "Peavy, 27, will make $8 million in 2009, $15 million in 2010, $16 million in 2011 and $17 million in 2012, and he has a 2013 option for $22 million, with a $4 million buyout." Doesn't make any sense at all. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

10-18-2008, 02:44 PM	#2499
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Philly area FOFC outing at McFaddens?

10-18-2008, 07:09 PM	#2500
Galaril Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2004	Why is the red sox rays game not on yet on TBS?