Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

[bjf1377]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

Gotta love it when the umpires are so bad that the announcers start questioning where the calls are for the other team. The Indians announcers called the umpiring tonight "pathetic and embarrassing", picking on the ump from the Red Sox/Yankees series

[B_rad13]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

Vernon Wells already 4 HRs. Now can GM Alex Anthopoulos work his magic and get a crap load of prospects for him.

[bjf1377]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

Chris Perez looks way too much like Kenny Powers

[Speedy]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

What is wrong with the fans in Florida? Tampa is barely getting 15k to come to a game. People down there do realize there are more sports than football...right?

[Husker_OS]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

Tribe wins in extra's.



We're above .500. Gotta enjoy while it lasts.

[OSUFan_88]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

The umpires from the White Sox v Indians series should be fired/set on fire and pee'd on.

EDIT: I'd also like to take back that whole Sizemore sucks thing...overreaction from the first two games.

Kenny Powers/Chris Perez was dominating tonight as well. Very nice to see a 1-2-3 inning from him.

One more thing and that is Carlos Santana's debut in AAA: 4-5, 2B, 2HR, 4 RBI. I cannot wait to see him behind the plate rather than that bum Marson.

Very disappointed in St Louis' performance in Cincy today, but what can you do. Holliday is smoking white hot so that is good news.

[12]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

Ugh... My M's are looking pretty putrid so far.

If only we had a healthy rotation... Felix, Lee, Bedard, Rowland-Smith, Snell... That's pretty dang good, but when will it ever be fully healthy? Bedard pisses me off, the dude has some of the best pure stuff in the game, but he can't stay healthy and can't/won't pitch deep into games.

Our offense... Well, in a good lineup, Milton Bradley is your 7th hitter or so... In a good lineup, Griffey is a left-handed bench bat who *might* get 100 AB's on the year.

In our lineup? They hit 4th and 5th.

We need a big bat. We need a healthy rotation. Otherwise, I see a 75-win team that was way too hyped during the offseason. It doesn't matter if you have King Felix and Cliff Lee, or Ichiro and Figgins at the top of your lineup - if you don't have an RBI machine or two in your lineup, you're going to struggle.

I know it's early, but damn...

[Sportsforever]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

Ugh... My M's are looking pretty putrid so far.

If only we had a healthy rotation... Felix, Lee, Bedard, Rowland-Smith, Snell... That's pretty dang good, but when will it ever be fully healthy? Bedard pisses me off, the dude has some of the best pure stuff in the game, but he can't stay healthy and can't/won't pitch deep into games.

Our offense... Well, in a good lineup, Milton Bradley is your 7th hitter or so... In a good lineup, Griffey is a left-handed bench bat who *might* get 100 AB's on the year.

In our lineup? They hit 4th and 5th.

We need a big bat. We need a healthy rotation. Otherwise, I see a 75-win team that was way too hyped during the offseason. It doesn't matter if you have King Felix and Cliff Lee, or Ichiro and Figgins at the top of your lineup - if you don't have an RBI machine or two in your lineup, you're going to struggle.

I know it's early, but damn...

I'm sorry to say dude, but I haven't been as high on the Mariners as everyone else. Yes, they made some nice moves in the offseason. That 85 wins last year was a mirage. They were actually outscored, so it was like the were improving a team with 70 something wins, not 85. They still don't have a great offense and their pitching outside of Hernandez is relying on Lee/Bedard who aren't healthy right now. In all my pools I've picked the Angels to win the division again.

[JBH3]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

Ugh... My M's are looking pretty putrid so far.

If only we had a healthy rotation... Felix, Lee, Bedard, Rowland-Smith, Snell... That's pretty dang good, but when will it ever be fully healthy? Bedard pisses me off, the dude has some of the best pure stuff in the game, but he can't stay healthy and can't/won't pitch deep into games.

Our offense... Well, in a good lineup, Milton Bradley is your 7th hitter or so... In a good lineup, Griffey is a left-handed bench bat who *might* get 100 AB's on the year.

In our lineup? They hit 4th and 5th.

We need a big bat. We need a healthy rotation. Otherwise, I see a 75-win team that was way too hyped during the offseason. It doesn't matter if you have King Felix and Cliff Lee, or Ichiro and Figgins at the top of your lineup - if you don't have an RBI machine or two in your lineup, you're going to struggle.

I know it's early, but damn...

I'm pulling for the M's. I like the make-up of that team. From the starting pitching and pen, to the defensively sound position players like Wilson, Figgins, Gutierrez, Kotchman, and Ichiro.

They do need a big bat. What if they added someone like Berkman, if he can get healthy, or Carlos Lee?

I'd imagine Houston to be looking to cut payroll because I don't think they're going very far...One of those guys could help, but Lee has really ugly contract still left. Berkman however is fairly absorbable. If healthy and able to produce Mike Lowell could be a bat that could help, and a much better defensive option at third...

[Speedy]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

They do need a big bat. What if they added someone like Berkman, if he can get healthy, or Carlos Lee?

Or Russell Branyan...

[Lintyfresh85]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

PLEASE, PLEASE somebody tell me they are watching the Tigers-Indians game.

I'm watching on Gameday and Rick Porcello just threw the nastiest pitch I've ever seen them record.




96 MPH fastball that backs up like a boom-a-rang... this has to be some sort of mistake, right? Keep in mind, Porcello is a right hander, so unless he has the fastest screwball known to man... I don't know what explains the pitch he just threw.

[Psyblast]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

PLEASE, PLEASE somebody tell me they are watching the Tigers-Indians game.

I'm watching on Gameday and Rick Porcello just threw the nastiest pitch I've ever seen them record.




96 MPH fastball that backs up like a boom-a-rang... this has to be some sort of mistake, right? Keep in mind, Porcello is a right hander, so unless he has the fastest screwball known to man... I don't know what explains the pitch he just threw.

Yep. That graph exaggerated it a bit...but it had a lot of movement.

[OSUFan_88]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

Tigers offense: Bleed them to death with softly hit ground balls into the hole.

[Speedy]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

Yep. That graph exaggerated it a bit...but it had a lot of movement.

It's called a 2-seamer, Linty.

[OSUFan_88]

Re: Opening Week Discussion Thread: April 4 - April 11 (Week 1)

Jhonny Peralta sucks.