General Baseball Thread 2012

[Shananahan]

So what is Hamilton huffing/snorting/shooting/smoking/drinking lately?

I'm afraid he's become addicted to home runs.

[OrangeSe7en]

Originally Posted by broncocalijohn

I think there are more than 3 teams. Angels with Weaver and Wilson and Rangers are there too. Without looking it up, doesn't the Rays have two stud pitchers with Price in there?

Wilson is a nice pitcher but he's not on that level.

[OrangeSe7en]

Originally Posted by TheChamp24

The Rangers didn't just have Nelson Cruz and Hamilton though, Kinsler, Michael Young, Andrus, Beltre, Napoli, they have a VERY strong lineup.Why people think the signing of Fielder for Detroit is bad is due to the fact signing a guy for $20 mil a year with the up and down seasons he has had is kind of odd. If he stays on his current pace this season, you are paying $20 million to hit 25 homeruns, drive in 80 runs and have an OPS of .862.

I really think some team is going to drastically overpay for Josh Hamilton at the end of the year, and when they do, they will regret it because he will not hold up very long.

I agree the Rangers had a strong lineup but you're missing the mark here. It's not like the Rangers were typically beating teams like the Yankees 14-7. They've been winning a lot of 7-4 type of games where that one player had a big impact.

[TheChamp24]

Originally Posted by OrangeSe7en

I agree the Rangers had a strong lineup but you're missing the mark here. It's not like the Rangers were typically beating teams like the Yankees 14-7. They've been winning a lot of 7-4 type of games where that one player had a big impact.

No, I'm not missing the mark. The Rangers have an amazing lineup and due to that, not every star player has to come up big for that team to win. If Hamilton and Cruz fall asleep in a game, they still have Young, Kinsler, Napoli, etc. that could easily win them a game by picking up the slack. VERY few teams have that capability.

[OrangeSe7en]

Originally Posted by TheChamp24

No, I'm not missing the mark. The Rangers have an amazing lineup and due to that, not every star player has to come up big for that team to win. If Hamilton and Cruz fall asleep in a game, they still have Young, Kinsler, Napoli, etc. that could easily win them a game by picking up the slack. VERY few teams have that capability.

You most definitely are missing the mark. In a couple of instances they've had one of their big guns step up and carry them. Fielder and Cabrera are capable of doing this as well. Just because Texas have a lot of threats up and down their lineup, that doesnt mean they're all producing every game or every series. As I've pointed out more than once now, they've had one of the big guns really step up on a couple of occasions. Still your point lacks relevance because it's not exactly an argument for why they shouldnt sign Fielder. Yeah, he's a lot of money but if he produces at the right time like Cruz or Hamilton have in recent years, he can also have a huge impact on a series. And even if it's Cabrera and not Fielder who has the big series, if it's because Fielder is batting behind him and causing Cabrera to see more pitches, he's still having a presence.

[Pendejo]

Ever wonder if you can have a career as a major league short stop without understanding the infield fly rule? Jason Bartlett says, "YES!"

[Baba Booey]

The Mets bullpen is literally too awful to insult.

[Pendejo]

Originally Posted by Baba Booey

The Mets bullpen is literally too awful to insult.

Do they at least fail with panache? The Madres aren't evening entertaining whilst kicking the ball all over the field. No Dante Bichette throwing the ball backwards, no Jose Canseco noggin' assisted home runs, not even Steve Lyons obliviously pulling down his pants at first base. Us Madres fans are treated to Yonder Alonso (Yes, THAT Yonder Alonso.) biffing a pony league fly ball...then firing over to 2nd base beating the runner by about thirty steps only to have Bartlett step on that bag and throw his hands up in a "Whoa. Whoa. Whoa" motion...making no attempt at a tag.

Hah! I somehow edited out my edits.

[Baba Booey]

The Mets prefer to massage you to sleep with good starting pitching, only to have the bullpen dig a dagger into your back.

Niese threw six shutout innings today, and the pen let up eight runs in the remaining three innings.

[SouthStndJunkie]

Justin Verlander broke out his 'A' game for Mother's Day.

7 innings of 2 hit ball 1 ER 1 BB 8 Ks.

Love watching JV pitch every 5th day.

Tigers need to get those bats going....which I expect as the weather gets warmer.

[Rohirrim]

Dodgers sweep the Rox. Sorry, Rox fans.

[bombay]

A 2nd juror in the Roger Clemmons trial has been dismissed, for the same reason as the 1st one: he fell asleep during the proceedings. Just like the rest of the country. Clemmons is a douch, but it's time to let this **** go.

[SouthStndJunkie]

The Tigers better quit playing this sloppy....4 errors in less than 3 innings of baseball so far tonight.

[GreatBronco16]

Go Braves!!!


That is all.

[Gort]

Originally Posted by GreatBronco16

Go Braves!!!


That is all.

And Take the Falcons with You!!!

an old bumper sticker from the 70's/80's

That is all.

[GreatBronco16]

Originally Posted by WhoIsJohnGalt

And Take the Falcons with You!!!

an old bumper sticker from the 70's/80's

That is all.

Back during the 80s I probably would have agreed with it.

[SouthStndJunkie]

Jamie Moyer pitched a nice game for the Rockies tonight for his 269th career victory.

Dude turns 50 in November....he stays healthy and he will be pitching next year.

[broncocalijohn]

Originally Posted by SouthStndJunkie

Jamie Moyer pitched a nice game for the Rockies tonight for his 269th career victory.

Dude turns 50 in November....he stays healthy and he will be pitching next year.

I think he just wants to be alive by next year. If he was a football player, he would already be dead.

[SouthStndJunkie]

Originally Posted by broncocalijohn

I think he just wants to be alive by next year. If he was a football player, he would already be dead.

I was in the 8th grade when Jamie Moyer started pitching in the majors....and now I'm 40 years old and he's still slinging it.

[TonyR]

Just noticed that every team in the AL East has a positive run differential and only Boston is below .500, while every team in the AL Central has a negative run differential and only Cleveland is above .500.

[houghtam]

Situation for you baseball rules junkies:

Men on 1st and 3rd, one out. Ball is hit in the air to RF and dropped. Hitter is safe at 1st, RF throws out runner on 1st at 2nd, runner on 3rd scores.

How do you score it?

[Rohirrim]

Originally Posted by houghtam

Situation for you baseball rules junkies:

Men on 1st and 3rd, one out. Ball is hit in the air to RF and dropped. Hitter is safe at 1st, RF throws out runner on 1st at 2nd, runner on 3rd scores.

How do you score it?

Run on an error, methinks.

[houghtam]

Originally Posted by Rohirrim

Run on an error, methinks.

My brother is a college umpire, and I asked him but haven't heard back from him. I would score it E9, FC 9-6, RBI. Incidentally when it happened to me today in MLB 12 The Show, that is also how the computer scored it. Amazing how realistic games are these days.

Also another reason I love baseball. Every play can be neatly categorized into a relatively small sequence of letters and numbers, and you can take one look at them and envision the play in your head.

[Gort]

St. Louis Cardinals attire at AT&T Park yesterday. i guess being defending champs is sorta fun, huh?





more pics at link.

http://withleather.uproxx.com/2012/0...-fashion-sense

[TheChamp24]

Originally Posted by houghtam

My brother is a college umpire, and I asked him but haven't heard back from him. I would score it E9, FC 9-6, RBI. Incidentally when it happened to me today in MLB 12 The Show, that is also how the computer scored it. Amazing how realistic games are these days.

Also another reason I love baseball. Every play can be neatly categorized into a relatively small sequence of letters and numbers, and you can take one look at them and envision the play in your head.

The situation is more of how the official scorer wants to score it. You can just rule it a FC, RBI situation depending on how the OF dropped the ball.

Also, giving the hitter the RBI is iffy IMO, because you can't guarantee the run would score if the fielder caught the ball.
I'd say E9 allowing the run to score, and E9 for getting the guy on first, however the runner that was on first is out on the regular 9-6.