Ray Knight is the new masn guy fyi.... and he is horrible.

9/3/2010 11:36:07 AM

How often are guys traded after being awarded arbitration? Rare, common, or somewhere in the middle?

[Edited on September 6, 2010 at 11:41 AM. Reason : traded that offseason, not the following trade deadline or something like that]

9/6/2010 11:40:45 AM

I don't know that arbitration winners are traded any more or less than other players, and I can't think of a compelling reason why they would be. What prompted that question?

9/6/2010 11:52:30 AM

Haha, someone was trying to tell me sign & trades happened in MLB. I told them they don't b/c the players have no incentive for it like they do in NBA. We then wondered whether it happens with guys right after signing their arby deals, as thats the only time teams have chances to actually sign & trade

9/6/2010 12:06:43 PM

Tampa is raping Boston

9/7/2010 9:18:04 PM

Carlos Gonzalez is on the biggest tare I've seen someone get on in a long time.

Now it looks like he might be front-runner for MVP. His one drawback is his lower OBP.

Carlos Gonzalez, .340 BA, 32 HRs, 100 RBIs, .996 OPS, .375 OBP, .621 SLG, 94 Runs
Joey Votto, .321 BA, 32 HRs, 98 RBIs, 1.014 OPS, .422 OBP, .592 SLG, 94 Runs
Albert Pujols, .308 BA, 35 HRs, 97 RBIs, .983 OPS, .401 OBP, .582 SLG, 96 Runs

I guess it mostly will come down to who makes the playoffs.

9/8/2010 12:30:46 PM

Car-Gon is a liability in the field. When you account for positional fielding, it's actually Ryan Zimmerman who joins Votto & Pooholes in NL MVP discussion

9/8/2010 1:16:49 PM

I still think Votto will win the MVP unless Gonzalez is able to take the triple crown and/or lead the Rockies to the playoffs. Thing about Gonzalez is that he has overtaken Infante in BA regardless if Infante gets enough PAs or not.

Also

Quote :

"biggest tare"

That must be a big scale. Like the one they use on Biggest Loser.

9/8/2010 2:59:42 PM

Troy Tulowitzki is going balls out

9/18/2010 5:38:33 PM

14 bombs in 15 games and hes a fucking shortstop

I hope hope hope he stays hot and breaks Sosa's mark of 20 bombs in a month

9/18/2010 8:01:16 PM

damn yall see that Cubs dude get stabbed in the chest w/ a broken bat shard?
they called it a puncture in the article, so at first i was like "oh poor thing got cut a little"
but they say it actually went deep enough into his lungs and shit O_o


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/09/19/cubs.colvin.ap/index.html?eref=sihp

9/19/2010 11:06:23 PM

Anyone on here have any idea what the formula is that Elias uses for RPs to determine compensation?

Random, I know, and I searched Google w/o luck. Was wondering if anyone on here had any ideas

9/20/2010 12:42:53 AM

You mean how they determine type A/B status?

[Edited on September 20, 2010 at 12:44 AM. Reason : Pretty sure those aren't available to the public]

9/20/2010 12:43:39 AM

Twins can clinch the Central tonight. Wow, did the White Sox fall off the pace in a hurry. All of Minnnesota must be rooting like hell for the Yankees to win the East..

9/21/2010 8:55:16 AM

Tim Lincecum says fuck this juiced ball bullshit

9/26/2010 12:44:36 PM

NL Cy Young: Livan Hernandez

9/27/2010 7:47:13 AM

^ ha ha.

Honestly a month or so ago, the NL Cy Young was shaping up to be an amazing race and then all of the pitchers turned into Kenshin Kawakami. Wainwright and Carpenter started struggling along with the rest of the Cardinals, Josh Johnson got hurt, Hudson started sucking, Ubaldo continued his slide, Halladay really hasn't pitched well of late even though he's getting Ws. Lincecum has started pitching better, but it looks like Halladay is going to be the choice. Fucking Phillies.

9/27/2010 7:51:55 AM

Wainwright has won 3 of his last 4 starts and his numbers are still the same or slightly better than Roy.
But its for sure down to them two.

AL should go to Felix but he plays on such a bad team his win/loss record isn't great. Price/Buchholz/Lester/Sabathia could all win it.

9/27/2010 12:01:44 PM

Ken Burns' The Tenth Inning, tonight and tomorrow @ 8

http://www.pbs.org/baseball-the-tenth-inning/

9/28/2010 12:50:44 PM

GG to the Cubs for beating the Padres the past two nights. Also GG to the Dodgers for eliminating the Rockies. Braves and Giants fans are thankful.

Reds clinched the NL Central last night and both the Rays and Yanks clinched playoff spots. No drama this year in the AL with regard to pennant chases outside of the Yanks/Rays playing for the East crown.

9/29/2010 8:57:06 AM

Quote :

"Wow, did the White Sox fall off the pace in a hurry."

TELL ME ABOUT IT

[Edited on September 29, 2010 at 10:56 AM. Reason : .]

9/29/2010 10:50:12 AM

Predictions time

Phillies in 3
Giants in 4
Rays in 4
Yankees in 5

Phillies in 5
Yankees in 7

Phillies in 6

Phillies have no bullpen, but have a ridiculous rotation and a lineup twice as good as anyone in the majors

10/3/2010 7:27:01 PM

Braves in 5 (they win one for Cox)
Filthydelphia in 3
Rays in 4
Yanks in 4

Filthydelphia in 5 (Cox gets ejected 3 times)
Rays in 7

Rays in 6

10/3/2010 8:01:20 PM

Braves in 5
Philly in 3
Rays in 4
Yanks in 4

Philly in 5
Yanks in 7

Philly in 6

10/3/2010 10:21:02 PM

Giants in 4
Phillies in 3 (yuck)

Twins in 5
Rays in 4

Phillies in 6
Rays in 7

Rays in 6

10/3/2010 10:55:36 PM

im not even going to predict anything but i dont think the giants are a post season team. i feel them falling apart very fast

10/3/2010 10:59:09 PM

Braves in 5
Phillies in 4 (fuck them)

Yanks in 5
Rays in 5

Phillies in 6 (as much as it pains me)
Rays in 7

Rays in 7

10/4/2010 7:28:12 AM

Predictions time

Phillies in 3
Giants in 4
Rays in 5
Yankees in 5

Phillies in 5
Rays in 7

Phillies in 6

God I hate the fucking Phillies. The only likeable player is Utley, maybe Howard.

10/4/2010 9:12:38 AM

Phillies in 3
Giants in 4
Rangers in 5
Yankees in 5

Phillies in 6
Rangers in 5

Rangers in 7!

Maybe this is highly unlikely...I do find it odd how everyone's predictions in the AL for the first round are so similar and contradictory. The Rangers have the best post season pitcher in baseball right now... if he can win 2 starts, which is not unlikely, they need to win only 1 other game. Same for Sabathia and the Yankees, whose rotation is in COMPLETE shambles right now. The best chance they have is for CC to win 2 and pick up another one somewhere, which every single person so far has predicted is going to happen.

I'm sure the arguments will come that Cliff Lee isn't the same as he was last year, blah blah. That's an incorrect argument. Up to the time he came to Texas he was better than he was last year. The heat in Texas combined with them giving him no rest was the major problem. They let him rest, he came back, and is back to being the pitcher he was before.

10/4/2010 5:33:17 PM

Rays won all three games they faced Lee this year

10/4/2010 5:38:16 PM

Yankees in 3

10/4/2010 5:57:17 PM

Well the good news is... for another year I wont have to worry about the Cubs getting swept in the first round

10/4/2010 9:42:03 PM

i wish i was excited about the playoffs starting as i used to be from 1988 to around 2001. Of course, this roughly coincides with the absolute crash of the Orioles.

I still think the height of post-1960s baseball is this series:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pk7Res44DY&feature=related

10/4/2010 10:11:16 PM

^ agreed....except the part where ron gant was blatantly pulled off first base. Still, a classic series with huge pitching performances, it embodied what the World Series should be

10/5/2010 8:21:58 AM

^ Yeah that Ron Gant play is still one of the most ridiculous calls in sport history. The Braves had a couple of the most memorable/horrible umpiring mishaps when you include the Livan Hernansdez / Eric Gregg bullshit from 1997. No wonder Bobby Cox led the world in ejections.

10/5/2010 9:30:35 AM

Phillies in 3
Giants in 5
Rays in 5
Yankees in 4

Phillies in 6
Rays in 7

Phillies in 6!

Fuck them. I'm going for Tampa and Texas, whoever wins.

10/6/2010 10:50:03 AM

^I agree with that post 100%, my predictions would be exactly the same. I also will be rooting for both the Rangers and the Rays, whoever wins that series will be my favorite to win it all

I also will be rooting for the Braves to come out of the NL

10/6/2010 10:55:00 AM

It's not like the Braves pitchers got six inches off the plate in both directions or anything... Quit your whinng..

10/6/2010 10:57:31 AM

At least the Braves got 1. Only 1, but they still got 1. The Indians, the Bills, the Jazz, and the Suns would all trade places with them in a minute.

10/6/2010 11:04:27 AM

Sucks that the Rangers have all day games, they suck during the day. Hopefully the Tampa Bay dome will help.

10/6/2010 11:09:11 AM

I think my favorite playoffs ever was the run the Indians made in 2007, when they beat the Yankees in the ALDS (featering the Joba and the mayflies game), then went on to take a 3-1 lead on the Red Sox in the ALCS only to lose in 7 games. I had so much fun watching those games. The Indians go on a run every 4-5 years as their young talent starts to mature. We make it to the playoffs a couple years in a row, and then inevitably sell off all of our young players before they are due for a big contract. Next year might not be the playoff year for the Tribe, but I think they could finish in the top 3 of the Central Division; then they'll make the playoffs in 2012-13.

anyways, I want the Rays to win because of the Durham Bulls connection, along with the fact that they are a young, fun team to watch. However, I hate their fans and the way they dont show up to regular season games. I almost want them to lose so the bandwagon fans wont get a chance to pack the ballpark only because they make a playoff run.

I wish the Rockies got into the playoffs, they are another young, fun team to watch. I like the Reds too, so I might pull for them and the Braves in the NL, along with the Rays/Rangers in the AL

[Edited on October 6, 2010 at 11:29 AM. Reason : asdf]

10/6/2010 11:27:55 AM

Fuck right off, Frenchy...

10/6/2010 2:36:01 PM

Price not having a great game, but TB left 3 guys on with 1 out in the first... pretty weak.

10/6/2010 2:40:52 PM

Nothing says October baseball like a 1:30 game on a Wednesday in a dome airing on cable

10/6/2010 2:43:45 PM

does anyone have a link to watch the rays game online?

10/6/2010 2:45:18 PM

there is one at http://atdhe.net

10/6/2010 3:08:24 PM

sounds like the Rays/Price is getting knocked around the park. He does have 7 K's through 5 innings, too bad he also has 5 runs

10/6/2010 3:13:08 PM

So much for the Rays being 3-0 against Cliff Lee...

10/6/2010 5:29:32 PM

Is Dr. Spaceman calling the Phillies/Reds game?

10/6/2010 5:40:07 PM

Fuck My Life

10/6/2010 7:25:27 PM