The 2010 MLB Season Thread - Page 82

Ksyrup · 09-28-2010, 12:54 PM

Of course. They are the pride of the city and one of its most outward symbols.

Eh. I'm less of a fan than I used to be, and honestly that's part of growing up (which is the perspective I'm coming from with the grown-up comment). It's also why I've become more attached to college football than pro sports these days, because rooting for/against professional organizations is less appealing and makes less sense than rooting for or against schools I can identify with.

JonInMiddleGA · 09-28-2010, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Fo

David Price called out the Rays fanbase on twitter: Had a chance to clinch a post season spot tonight with about 10,000 fans in the stands....embarrassing

Apparently Longoria weighed in on this today as well, but something caught my eye.

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"In 2008, when we clinched, this place was packed," Longoria said. "It's kind of like what else do you have to do to draw fans in this place. ... "It's a tough situation for us," he added. "

Lemme see here:
Tampa Metro Unemployment September 08: 7.2%
Tampa Metro Unemployment September 10:12.6%

Newflash Evan: there's a lot of tough situations out there these days.
Not nearly as many people can drop $100+ on a school night for a family of four as could do it 2 years ago.

JonInMiddleGA · 09-28-2010, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy Mac

At least he wasn't pitching in ATL. There were about 1/2 that many there.

Atlanta: 26,338 (52.9% full)
Tampa: 12,446 (34.5% full)

You may be overlooking the fact that the Braves started over an hour late due to rain, I'm sure half (or more) of those who showed up left well before the 11 inning game was over after 1130.

ISiddiqui · 09-28-2010, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Of course. They are the pride of the city and one of its most outward symbols.

Explain to me how that's rational in any way? Being prideful of where you were born or live simply because you are from there is highly irrational.

Ksyrup · 09-28-2010, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Explain to me how that's rational in any way? Being prideful of where you were born or live simply because you are from there is highly irrational.

I'm not sure what you are arguing here; this seems to be a side issue away from the Yankees altogether. But as for the statement you are challenging (I guess?), it's simply a fact. Are Americans not prideful of being Americans simply because they were born in the USA? This is a newsflash?

Logan · 09-28-2010, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Apparently Longoria weighed in on this today as well, but something caught my eye.

Lemme see here:
Tampa Metro Unemployment September 08: 7.2%
Tampa Metro Unemployment September 10:12.6%

Newflash Evan: there's a lot of tough situations out there these days.
Not nearly as many people can drop $100+ on a school night for a family of four as could do it 2 years ago.

It's a bullshit excuse. I was in the area last month for work...there were plenty of people in restaurants and at bars during the week, so clearly not everyone is carefully watching their disposable income. Don't see what is so difficult about a couple of buddies grabbing $15 tickets to watch their team in a pennant race, especially if they haven't been going to games all year. If the Rays were complaining about not getting 35k to games all season, I'd agree with you.

People aren't going to games cause the stadium is shit and they'd rather sit home and watch the game (or be in a bar, which as I said I saw plenty of). I don't blame them at all...I just don't blame the economy either.

RedKingGold · 09-28-2010, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

People aren't going to games cause the stadium is shit and they'd rather sit home and watch the game (or be in a bar, which as I said I saw plenty of). I don't blame them at all...I just don't blame the economy either.

Agree with this. Even in a craptastic stadium like Tropicana, the Phillies would have good attendance based on their recent success. However, CBP's overall quality substantially contributes to the Phils' sell-out streak.

molson · 09-28-2010, 05:12 PM

There's plenty of cities in America where MLB just wouldn't work. Tampa/St. Pete's is clearly one of those. A new stadium would get a novelty boost but it wouldn't hold up. There's no solution here except to skip town.

JonInMiddleGA · 09-28-2010, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Logan

Don't see what is so difficult about a couple of buddies grabbing $15 tickets to watch their team in a pennant race, especially if they haven't been going to games all year.

For $15 bucks, you get OF seats (a location where I've never enjoyed watching a game in my life) or upper deck seats (which I actually like if you're behind home plate, but I know I'm in the minority on that). Basically, more affordable tickets are considerably less attractive than watching at home.

As for the disposable income bit, I'll grant you that point to some degree but frankly, the typical demos for weeknights out at bars simply don't match the demographics of baseball attendance in most cities.

But neither point addresses families with kids, and that's a very large chunk of many teams single game ticket base, typically 1/3rd or more based on the numbers I've seen from past years.

And of course in the case of Tampa, they've already announced their plans to dismantle the team by shedding at least $20m in payroll next year, so I'm not sure how reasonable it is to expect a high level of excitement for a one off that isn't completely new at this point.

JPhillips · 09-28-2010, 05:28 PM

Here's hoping tonight is a good night.

Go Reds!

EagleFan · 09-28-2010, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by SackAttack

Fuck if I know.

But as long as the Phucktards win the same number of playoff games as the Dodgers do this year, I'll survive somehow.

Sounds like someone needs changed... whose turn is it to change him? From the sound of it he has dropped a pretty nasty size load in there...

larrymcg421 · 09-28-2010, 07:57 PM

Prado out for the year just sucks so hard. Braves just can't catch a break lately.

Scoobz0202 · 09-28-2010, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JPhillips

Here's hoping tonight is a good night.

Go Reds!

It's tied, and it's only the Astros. And it's not even the playoffs. I don't know if I'll be able to handle playoff baseball.

BishopMVP · 09-28-2010, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Lester's voters may be cannibalized by Buchholz's votes, who is having an excellent year of his own (leading the league in ERA+ for one).

Buchholz, Price, and to a lesser extent Verlander are the three that could play spoiler, but I'm not worried about Buchholz too much. If Lester steals the award away from Felix, it will be because of "milestone" voters - 20 wins, 200+ IP, 200+ K's - all of which Buchholz won't have.

Looks like the Yankees will finally win and clinch tonight. I was hoping we could drag it out to this weekend because I was offered tickets to Friday nights game a week and a half back when that person gave up on the season. It's still Sox-Yanks on a Friday night when I'll be going into the city anyway, and they'll probably still be fighting for home field/the division.

Riffing off the KSyrup/ISiddiqui argument, there clearly are regional rivalries between cities that extend past sports. Boston-NY being one. The intensity drops a lot if the teams aren't in the same division (Mets, Islanders) or haven't been good in a decade (Knicks, Rangers) but I'm never going to root for a NY team to do well. The only sport where NY isn't our biggest rival is hockey (Montreal), and that is a rivalry that clearly has its roots in linguistic and cultural differences between the fanbases.

JonInMiddleGA · 09-28-2010, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Prado out for the year just sucks so hard. Braves just can't catch a break lately.

Fill-in Brooks Conrad comes through, an RBI triple to tie the game & then he scores the go-ahead run on Hinske's pinch hit homer.

Wagner K's the side in the 9th to preserve at least a half-game lead in the WC.

larrymcg421 · 09-28-2010, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Fill-in Brooks Conrad comes through, an RBI triple to tie the game & then he scores the go-ahead run on Hinske's pinch hit homer.

Wagner K's the side in the 9th to preserve at least a half-game lead in the WC.

Conrad is sure to go down with an injury shortly.

Scoobz0202 · 09-28-2010, 09:16 PM

Tears.

cougarfreak · 09-28-2010, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

Tears.

Me too man, I was there to see it. Had club seats tonight, saw the walk off, went to the pro shop and got a division championship tee, and hat. The fireworks display after the HR was awesome.

Scoobz0202 · 09-28-2010, 10:15 PM

You lucky man.

Cheers, Reds fans. Cheers.

Scoobz0202 · 09-28-2010, 10:35 PM

hxxp://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12550307

Bookmark it, Reds fans.

Young Drachma · 09-29-2010, 12:04 AM

Congrats to the Reds. Cool way to clinch it too.

Young Drachma · 09-29-2010, 12:08 AM

Congrats to the Rays, too. Fun team, too bad they play in the worst market in baseball.

Vince, Pt. II · 09-29-2010, 12:17 AM

Giants with a huge night tonight. Being in a playoff race is a fantastic thing, and damn have I missed it the last 6 or 7 years.

Also, I heard from a friend that Cubs interim manager Mike Quade skipped Zambrano's start against the Cardinals so that he could pitch the opener yesterday against the Padres. His explanation was that he's treating this like it's their playoffs now - these are meaningful games, and that at the end of the day they're all NL guys and he wants the NL representatives in the playoffs to be battle-tested.

If that's the case, I think that's amazing. To rest your ace, against your hated rival, when you have absolutely ZERO on the line...I just can't fathom that happening. I'm not finding ANYTHING about it on the internet, but his prior start was the 21st against the Giants, he pitched yesterday, and the Cubs played 5 games in between those two games, so the story adds up. Crazy.

Young Drachma · 09-29-2010, 12:17 AM

My understanding is that Tropicana Field is quite difficult to get because it's in St. Pete. They're not going to move to Tampa anytime soon, but that'd really benefit them if they were in an actual city. Couple that with fact that the economy is down and it's bad news.

But they built the stadium other cities didn't, they got a team and they'll stick it out or they'll leave. I'm inclined to believe that Sternberg won't keep them there more than five more years though. With all of his ties to NYC and so forth, surely they're trying already to explore possibilities to get that team into a more lucrative market and I think it's going to result in a hobbled 3rd NYC team in the end.

Butter · 09-29-2010, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Scoobz0202

You lucky man.

Cheers, Reds fans. Cheers.

Awesome. I am keeping that on my DVR for a while. So glad they won it themselves on the field, it just made the whole season that much more special to get to witness the celebration like that.

Crapshoot · 09-29-2010, 11:10 AM

Congrats to the Reds fans. Look forward to seeing you folks in the playoffs.

sterlingice · 09-29-2010, 01:32 PM

Congrats, Reds fans. The game I went to there in August was quite fun. You could tell people were really enjoying being in the thick of things.

SI

sterlingice · 09-29-2010, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by BishopMVP

One other thing I saw broken down - you know how people were talking about Ubaldo Jimenez turning a corner into a dominant Pedro-esque performance based off half a season when he went 13-1 with a 1.15 ERA? 6-6 with a 4.78 ERA since then. I'd still take him on my team, but the hyperbole was a little over the top.

I don't know about turning a corner but what he was doing in the first half of the season was absolutely filthy. The fact that people don't really pay attention to pitch counts is still absolutely baffling. Not- go to 100 and yank. But if you have someone go 115+ the previous time, they'd better be 100 or less next time.

Jimenez went 128-118 back to back in late May, early July.
Thru 128-118: 87 IP, 29 BB, 78 K 0.93 ERA, .233 BABIP
After 118: 126 IP, 61 BB, 126 K, 4.45 ERA, .307 BABIP

Basically, he's walking a few more guys (1 per 2 IP rather than 1 per 3 IP) and I think that comes from being overworked.

Also, he had a low BABIP and was getting pretty darn lucky. Later on, he's basically been average. Put together a higher walk rate and BABIP returning to the norm and, well, with more runners you're going to give up more runs.

SI

kingfc22 · 09-29-2010, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

Giants with a huge night tonight. Being in a playoff race is a fantastic thing, and damn have I missed it the last 6 or 7 years.

Also, I heard from a friend that Cubs interim manager Mike Quade skipped Zambrano's start against the Cardinals so that he could pitch the opener yesterday against the Padres. His explanation was that he's treating this like it's their playoffs now - these are meaningful games, and that at the end of the day they're all NL guys and he wants the NL representatives in the playoffs to be battle-tested.

If that's the case, I think that's amazing. To rest your ace, against your hated rival, when you have absolutely ZERO on the line...I just can't fathom that happening. I'm not finding ANYTHING about it on the internet, but his prior start was the 21st against the Giants, he pitched yesterday, and the Cubs played 5 games in between those two games, so the story adds up. Crazy.

Yea. He wanted the same starters that faced the Giants to face the Padres.

jbergey22 · 09-29-2010, 06:57 PM

I knew the Twins would go in the tank once they clinched. The bad part of playing in such a crap division. So much for home field advantage.

larrymcg421 · 09-29-2010, 06:57 PM

Braves get a sweep when they needed it most. And it's got to be nice for Bobby as a nice big FUCK YOU to the only team that refused to honor him this year. Eat shit, Marlins, and start packing your bags for your new stadium so you can thankfully stop fucking up the Dolphins field.

BishopMVP · 09-29-2010, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

I don't know about turning a corner but what he was doing in the first half of the season was absolutely filthy. The fact that people don't really pay attention to pitch counts is still absolutely baffling. Not- go to 100 and yank. But if you have someone go 115+ the previous time, they'd better be 100 or less next time.

Jimenez went 128-118 back to back in late May, early July.
Thru 128-118: 87 IP, 29 BB, 78 K 0.93 ERA, .233 BABIP
After 118: 126 IP, 61 BB, 126 K, 4.45 ERA, .307 BABIP

Basically, he's walking a few more guys (1 per 2 IP rather than 1 per 3 IP) and I think that comes from being overworked.

Also, he had a low BABIP and was getting pretty darn lucky. Later on, he's basically been average. Put together a higher walk rate and BABIP returning to the norm and, well, with more runners you're going to give up more runs.

SI

Throwing too many pitches causes your BABIP to regress to the mean? He was pitching well, but getting extremely lucky - same reason I expect guys like Cahill, Sanchez and Buchholz to regress somewhat next year and Liriano, Lincecum, Masterson to "recover" or "breakout".

sterlingice · 09-29-2010, 08:39 PM

That's why I said argued that there were 2 pieces of his equation- yes, his BABIP regressed to the mean. But he also has a higher walk rate and I was arguing that comes from throwing too many pitches

SI

stevew · 09-29-2010, 09:07 PM

We're #1!!!

BishopMVP · 09-29-2010, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingice

That's why I said argued that there were 2 pieces of his equation- yes, his BABIP regressed to the mean. But he also has a higher walk rate and I was arguing that comes from throwing too many pitches

The higher walk rate is something, but it accounts for 1-1.5 more baserunners per game - not enough to account for a 3.50 difference in ERA (and it's entirely in line with his career numbers - so it's quite possible those ~10 fewer walks allowed in 89 IP was just statistical noise and not something Ubaldo had improved). It's almost all the regression in BABIP, HR/FB - was at 1.9%, now at 5.2% for the season, and Strand Rate - was at 92%, now at 76% for the season. He actually has a higher xFIP this season than last.

kingfc22 · 09-29-2010, 10:31 PM

Pat Burrell baby!!!

Tasan · 09-29-2010, 10:34 PM

Rangers won today on a walk-off strikeout. You read that right. Go find the highlight at mlb.com

larrymcg421 · 09-29-2010, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Tasan

Rangers won today on a walk-off strikeout. You read that right. Go find the highlight at mlb.com

What a clutch play. That guy really knows how to win.

larrymcg421 · 09-30-2010, 02:43 AM

Two out of three, Atlanta. That's all we need.

SackAttack · 09-30-2010, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by larrymcg421

Two out of three, Atlanta. That's all we need.

I think all that does is clinch a one-game playoff for the wild card, no?

larrymcg421 · 09-30-2010, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by SackAttack

I think all that does is clinch a one-game playoff for the wild card, no?

Two wins puts them in because San Diego and San Fran play each other. Either San Diego loses at least one and cuts the magic number to 2 anyways, or they sweep and then two wins would be enough to put the Braves ahead of the Giants.

Easy Mac · 09-30-2010, 09:41 AM

Lets say the Braves sweep. How huge are those three extra home games this Fillies got this year.

RedKingGold · 09-30-2010, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Easy Mac

Lets say the Braves sweep. How huge are those three extra home games this Fillies got this year.

Really? We're still whining about this?

Get over it, Francis.

ISiddiqui · 09-30-2010, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I'm not sure what you are arguing here; this seems to be a side issue away from the Yankees altogether. But as for the statement you are challenging (I guess?), it's simply a fact. Are Americans not prideful of being Americans simply because they were born in the USA? This is a newsflash?

Missed this. But something being a fact does not make it a rational decision.

molson · 09-30-2010, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Easy Mac

Lets say the Braves sweep. How huge are those three extra home games this Fillies got this year.

Somewhat less important that the Braves' losing record against the Washington Nationals.

BishopMVP · 09-30-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Easy Mac

Lets say the Braves sweep. How huge are those three extra home games this Fillies got this year.

As big as the 9x Philly played in interleague vs. NYY/BOS while ATL only played TB 3x? Philly also had 3x vs. MIN and TOR while ATL played CHW and DET.

Red Sox would be in the same situation of they finished 1-2 games back of the Yankees. How big would it be that the Sox had 3 more games vs. Philly, COL and SF while the Yankees got 6x vs. the Mets and 3x vs. HOU? That's 9 additional playoff teams we play (EDIT - 6 now that COL's fallen off, but they're still better than either the Mets or Astros). If you're going to have small divisions and make winning them ultra-important, the schedules should be the same. Messing with it to enforce "rivalries" when there are only 3-4 that both sides care about is dumb. Atlanta and Toronto are not rivals in any sense of the word, but they're paired together basically so we can have the two cross-town series 6x a year.

Young Drachma · 09-30-2010, 11:02 AM

http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseba...-home-farewell

Jays bid farewell to Cito Gaston at home. While we didn't get to the playoffs in his 2nd stint with the club, it's still our 4th winning season in five years and I'm proud of them for bringing him back for a few years and giving him a proper sendoff.

Top Plays | Must C Comical: Blue Jays honor Cito with mustaches - Video | bluejays.com: Multimedia

All of the players painted their faces with his trademark mustache on his night and they unveiled his name on the Level of Excellence, too.

Crapshoot · 09-30-2010, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by kingfc22

Pat Burrell baby!!!

That was fucking amazing - was at the game, absolute goddamn blast. As fun a Giants crowd as I've ever seen.

My favorite moment - in the 7th inning, Bochy came out for Lincecum (at 110 pitches, with 10K's) and Timmy refused to leave. Chris Young had not been out all day, and Timmah strikes him out.

Crapshoot · 09-30-2010, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by RedKingGold

Really? We're still whining about this?

Get over it, Francis.

Man, you don't have to like it, but its a legit point - pretending your advantage is "Whining" is ridiculous.

lordscarlet · 09-30-2010, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by molson

Somewhat less important that the Braves' losing record against the Washington Nationals.

w00t!

09-28-2010, 12:54 PM	#4051
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Of course. They are the pride of the city and one of its most outward symbols. Eh. I'm less of a fan than I used to be, and honestly that's part of growing up (which is the perspective I'm coming from with the grown-up comment). It's also why I've become more attached to college football than pro sports these days, because rooting for/against professional organizations is less appealing and makes less sense than rooting for or against schools I can identify with. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." Last edited by Ksyrup : 09-28-2010 at 12:55 PM.

09-28-2010, 05:28 PM	#4060
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Here's hoping tonight is a good night. Go Reds! __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

09-28-2010, 07:57 PM	#4062
larrymcg421 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia	Prado out for the year just sucks so hard. Braves just can't catch a break lately. __________________ Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner

09-29-2010, 12:04 AM	#4071
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Congrats to the Reds. Cool way to clinch it too. __________________ FBCB / FPB3 Mods

09-29-2010, 01:32 PM	#4077
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Congrats, Reds fans. The game I went to there in August was quite fun. You could tell people were really enjoying being in the thick of things. 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!"

09-28-2010, 05:12 PM	#4058
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	There's plenty of cities in America where MLB just wouldn't work. Tampa/St. Pete's is clearly one of those. A new stadium would get a novelty boost but it wouldn't hold up. There's no solution here except to skip town.

09-28-2010, 09:16 PM	#4067
Scoobz0202 Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dayton, Ohio	Tears.

09-28-2010, 10:15 PM	#4069
Scoobz0202 Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dayton, Ohio	You lucky man. Cheers, Reds fans. Cheers.

09-28-2010, 10:35 PM	#4070
Scoobz0202 Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dayton, Ohio	hxxp://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=12550307 Bookmark it, Reds fans.

09-29-2010, 12:08 AM	#4072
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Congrats to the Rays, too. Fun team, too bad they play in the worst market in baseball.

09-29-2010, 12:17 AM	#4073
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	Giants with a huge night tonight. Being in a playoff race is a fantastic thing, and damn have I missed it the last 6 or 7 years. Also, I heard from a friend that Cubs interim manager Mike Quade skipped Zambrano's start against the Cardinals so that he could pitch the opener yesterday against the Padres. His explanation was that he's treating this like it's their playoffs now - these are meaningful games, and that at the end of the day they're all NL guys and he wants the NL representatives in the playoffs to be battle-tested. If that's the case, I think that's amazing. To rest your ace, against your hated rival, when you have absolutely ZERO on the line...I just can't fathom that happening. I'm not finding ANYTHING about it on the internet, but his prior start was the 21st against the Giants, he pitched yesterday, and the Cubs played 5 games in between those two games, so the story adds up. Crazy.

09-29-2010, 12:17 AM	#4074
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	My understanding is that Tropicana Field is quite difficult to get because it's in St. Pete. They're not going to move to Tampa anytime soon, but that'd really benefit them if they were in an actual city. Couple that with fact that the economy is down and it's bad news. But they built the stadium other cities didn't, they got a team and they'll stick it out or they'll leave. I'm inclined to believe that Sternberg won't keep them there more than five more years though. With all of his ties to NYC and so forth, surely they're trying already to explore possibilities to get that team into a more lucrative market and I think it's going to result in a hobbled 3rd NYC team in the end.

09-29-2010, 11:10 AM	#4076
Crapshoot Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Dec 2003	Congrats to the Reds fans. Look forward to seeing you folks in the playoffs.

09-29-2010, 06:57 PM	#4080
jbergey22 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Minnesota	I knew the Twins would go in the tank once they clinched. The bad part of playing in such a crap division. So much for home field advantage.

09-29-2010, 06:57 PM	#4081
larrymcg421 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia	Braves get a sweep when they needed it most. And it's got to be nice for Bobby as a nice big FUCK YOU to the only team that refused to honor him this year. Eat shit, Marlins, and start packing your bags for your new stadium so you can thankfully stop fucking up the Dolphins field. __________________ Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner

09-29-2010, 08:39 PM	#4083
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	That's why I said argued that there were 2 pieces of his equation- yes, his BABIP regressed to the mean. But he also has a higher walk rate and I was arguing that comes from throwing too many pitches 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!"

09-29-2010, 09:07 PM	#4084
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	We're #1!!!

09-29-2010, 10:31 PM	#4086
kingfc22 Head Coach Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Morgan Hill, CA	Pat Burrell baby!!! __________________ Fan of SF Giants, 49ers, Sharks, Arsenal

09-29-2010, 10:34 PM	#4087
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	Rangers won today on a walk-off strikeout. You read that right. Go find the highlight at mlb.com __________________ 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

09-30-2010, 02:43 AM	#4089
larrymcg421 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Georgia	Two out of three, Atlanta. That's all we need. __________________ Top 10 Songs of the Year 1955-Present (1976 Added) Franchise Portfolio Draft Winner Fictional Character Draft Winner Television Family Draft Winner Build Your Own Hollywood Studio Draft Winner

09-30-2010, 09:41 AM	#4092
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	Lets say the Braves sweep. How huge are those three extra home games this Fillies got this year.

09-30-2010, 11:02 AM	#4097
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseba...-home-farewell Jays bid farewell to Cito Gaston at home. While we didn't get to the playoffs in his 2nd stint with the club, it's still our 4th winning season in five years and I'm proud of them for bringing him back for a few years and giving him a proper sendoff. Top Plays \| Must C Comical: Blue Jays honor Cito with mustaches - Video \| bluejays.com: Multimedia All of the players painted their faces with his trademark mustache on his night and they unveiled his name on the Level of Excellence, too.

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