The_Admiral Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Twins have scored 86 runs on the year. How they've won anything with that rotation is beyond me. So the Sox are 10.5 back of first on May 4th. Do you just chalk it up to the cold spring and feel confident that the balls will fly when the weather heats up, or is it Heads On Pikes time? ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 So...um...is the NL Central really that bad this season? I can think of no other explanation for the Cardinals being in 1st. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Pythagoreanally (is this a word?) speaking, St. Louis is underachieving. They've been running the same smoke and mirrors show with mostly good results for years now, so I'm not terribly surprised that they're back in first. The real shock is that the Astros are less than five games out. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldRoman Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Twins have scored 86 runs on the year. How they've won anything with that rotation is beyond me. So the Sox are 10.5 back of first on May 4th. Do you just chalk it up to the cold spring and feel confident that the balls will fly when the weather heats up, or is it Heads On Pikes time?Well, I want heads to roll, but the coaching staff will chalk it up to a cold Spring. In fact, that is one of the hitting coach's favorite excuses. While other teams routinely take walks and force the White Sox pitching to make mistakes in cold whether, the White Sox offense is rendered impotent by the cold. They swing at the first pitch just so they can get back into the dugout to play Gameboy on the bench. I think my favorite excuse of all is that they are trying too hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 So it sounds like Jose Reyes may be leaving New York with the Giants, as San Francisco is pushing hard to trade for him. As long as the Giants don't trade Belt or Baumgarner for him, and this could be great move. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 So it sounds like Jose Reyes may be leaving New York with the Giants, as San Francisco is pushing hard to trade for him. As long as the Giants don't trade Belt or Baumgarner for him, and this could be great move.While Reyes is more than likely an upgrade over Tejada at this point, I've always found him to be overrated. He's got above average speed and average everything else. Maybe it's because I don't see a whole lot of the Mets, but I don't get why he's considered an elite shortstop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 It's now past 2:30am ET, and the Red Sox-Angels game is still going strong (3-3 in the 13th). Isn't there a limit as to how late MLB games can go into the night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbreadmann Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 , Dice-K had to blow it. If I could have picked one game against the Angels to win out of the whole season, it would have been this one. It was awesome watching the fans who stayed. I wish I was there.And you west coasters only had to "stay up" until 11:45. Psh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 It's now past 2:30am ET, and the Red Sox-Angels game is still going strong (3-3 in the 13th). Isn't there a limit as to how late MLB games can go into the night?Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack I dont care if I ever get back. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 So it sounds like Jose Reyes may be leaving New York with the Giants, as San Francisco is pushing hard to trade for him. As long as the Giants don't trade Belt or Baumgarner for him, and this could be great move.While Reyes is more than likely an upgrade over Tejada at this point, I've always found him to be overrated. He's got above average speed and average everything else. Maybe it's because I don't see a whole lot of the Mets, but I don't get why he's considered an elite shortstop.Is Jose Reyes the same player he was back in '06-'08, no he's not. But I would still rank him as one of the games best at that position. Steals a ton of bases (leading the NL in steals), good fielder, some power, doesen't strikeout a ton, but the thing I like the most about him is that he doesen't do anything stupid on the field. He'll lead the league in triples, but you'll never see him getting thrown out at third base.He understands his role on the team and the limitations of his ability and gets the most of out them. You have Jose Reyes on your team, you do not need to go out and look for an upgrade at shortstop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 It's now past 2:30am ET, and the Red Sox-Angels game is still going strong (3-3 in the 13th). Isn't there a limit as to how late MLB games can go into the night?The phillies played a DH in 1993 in which the second game didn't start until after midnight and ended in extras at 4:41 AM. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 So it sounds like Jose Reyes may be leaving New York with the Giants, as San Francisco is pushing hard to trade for him. As long as the Giants don't trade Belt or Baumgarner for him, and this could be great move.While Reyes is more than likely an upgrade over Tejada at this point, I've always found him to be overrated. He's got above average speed and average everything else. Maybe it's because I don't see a whole lot of the Mets, but I don't get why he's considered an elite shortstop.At this point, Stephen Hawking would be an upgrade over Tejada. He's the worst all around big leaguer I've ever seen play, especially for a former MVP. I generally don't buy that bunk about steroids making you such a better player, but it seems to me if there is one guy who's entire successful career was a direct result of roids, it's him. The Giants need to tie his worthless ass to a tree and pull the trigger on his career. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmoehrin Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 I don't how many people have been paying attention, but Jon Broxton picked up right where he left off last year, meaning he's back to being in full scale implosion mode just about everytime he takes the hill. The 123 inning he had against the Cubs was the first time he had done that since the second game of the year against San Francisco. By compairison Mariano Rivera has already done it seven times this year.ERA of 5.68, WHIP of 1.895, already has two losses on the year and we are barely out of Apri. Just about a 1:1 ratio for strikeouts to walks.I get that from '06-'09 he was one of the best relivers in the game, but when do you just say enough already? If your biggest fear is who's going to replace him, just look at his numbers. How on earth can you do any worse that what you already have now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 From what I gather from a Twins fan watching tonight's Red Sox/Twins game, Joe West still sucks at umpiring and at life. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 It's now past 2:30am ET, and the Red Sox-Angels game is still going strong (3-3 in the 13th). Isn't there a limit as to how late MLB games can go into the night?The phillies played a DH in 1993 in which the second game didn't start until after midnight and ended in extras at 4:41 AM.The Mitchy-poo game? Ah yes, Mitch Williams talks about that all the time. Mitch,"How can you tell the man that you hate the name? It's Harry Kalas!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMac12 Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 How long can Either keep up his hit streak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Andre Either, best player since Bobby Or. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrittenhouse84 Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 So Cliff Lee K's 16 in 7 innings and still loses as Derek Lowe almost throws a no hitter in the same game. While this was going on, In St. Louis Jamie Garcia took a perfect game into the 8th. Good pitching all around tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJaxon Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 So Cliff Lee K's 16 in 7 innings and still loses as Derek Lowe almost throws a no hitter in the same game. While this was going on, In St. Louis Jamie Garcia took a perfect game into the 8th. Good pitching all around tonight.And what does Lowe get for his great pitching performance? A chorus of boos from the Philly crowd as he leaves. What a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 It's now past 2:30am ET, and the Red Sox-Angels game is still going strong (3-3 in the 13th). Isn't there a limit as to how late MLB games can go into the night?The phillies played a DH in 1993 in which the second game didn't start until after midnight and ended in extras at 4:41 AM.The Mitchy-poo game? Ah yes, Mitch Williams talks about that all the time. Mitch,"How can you tell the man that you hate the name? It's Harry Kalas!"The story was that the players all called him Mitchie Poo, and Kalas hung with the players all the time, but it was one of those "private" team-things and he just got caught up in the moment and said it after that GW hit. When Kalas died, Mitch told some great stories about how he got ribbed for quite a while after that.So Cliff Lee K's 16 in 7 innings and still loses as Derek Lowe almost throws a no hitter in the same game. While this was going on, In St. Louis Jamie Garcia took a perfect game into the 8th. Good pitching all around tonight.And what does Lowe get for his great pitching performance? A chorus of boos from the Philly crowd as he leaves. What a surprise.Yes, because anywhere else they would have cheered a guy who just dismantled their team. Give it a rest - if a guy gets it broken up in the 9th and gets taken out, he gets appreciative cheers. Not in the 7th. I was there, and booed when he got removed - but I was booing the Phillies for not showing up and hanging Cliff Lee out to dry. They've scored 1 run for him in his last 3 games. He strikes out 16 in 7 innings, and gets nothing for it. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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