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Open Forum => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Carl deuty on March 28, 2010, 10:58:24 PM
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This is your time to make a prediction!
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THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH WAIT! They haven’t had a winning season in 19 years!
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You lose!!!
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NYY over Minny in 5
BoSox over Angels in 4
NYY over BoSox in 5
Philly over Rox in 3
Dodgers over Cards in 5
Dodgers over Philly in 4
Dodgers over NYY in 6
Other predictions:
AL MVP: Longoria
NL MVP: Pujols
NL CYA: Halladay
AL CYA: King Felix
AL MOY: Wakamatsu
NL MOY: Bobby Cox
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You lose!!!
WHY DO YOU HATE ME?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! :'( :'( :'(
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I second the Pirates.
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You know Bobby Cox is going to get manager of the year just bc this is supposed to be his last.
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Other awesome predictions:
Bobby Cox gets ejected 12 times.
Youk gets hit by a pitch 23 times.
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Prediction: Rawrlolsauce comes in last in the Redemption fantasy league.
Prediction: I come in second to last.
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The Pirates are going to be exciting this year! At least I hope so since I drafted a few of their players for my fantasy teams. :prayer:
As long as anyone EXCEPT the Yankees wins I'm happy.
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Prediction: Rawrlolsauce comes in 9th place, with Ring Wraith going in 10th.
Prediction: Rawrlolsauce will be happy he finished in not-last place. The fact he beat Ring Wraith would be a bonus.
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YANKEES!
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Go Cubs!!!!
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no one watches the world series all they watch is the superbowl.
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no one watches the world series all they watch is the rosebowl.
fixed.
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YANKEES!
The Yankees winning the World Series is like a demon being redeemed. ;)
Tyler, I forget when we talked at Nats...do you play baseball competitively? Someone I talked to did and I thought it was you.
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How come people luv to hate on the Yankees? Do you hate the red sox as much? I mean they throw around a lot of money too to get whoever they want. What's that? You hate the Yankees because they win too much? How about the Patriots? Seems like they were winning the superbowl over half of this past decade! Do you hate them too?
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Giants. Been looking at the preseason rankings recently?
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How come people luv to hate on the Yankees? Do you hate the red sox as much? I mean they throw around a lot of money too to get whoever they want. What's that? You hate the Yankees because they win too much? How about the Patriots? Seems like they were winning the superbowl over half of this past decade! Do you hate them too?
Football has profit-sharing and salary caps. I'm impressed by teams like the Patriots who find the way to win a lot.
Baseball does not have any type of reasonable profit-sharing. New York teams have an unfair advantage because they have a ton of money. And since the advent of free agency, and more so this century, very few players have loyalty to cities or teams. Most players follow the money. For every Mauer, there is a Texiera, A-Fraud, Giambi, Clemens and Granderson. I do not "hate" the Yankees. I just get tired of hearing all about them from the news and their fanbase.
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well, Tom Brady makes me sick! Peyton Manning for life!! Here in Knoxville, home of the vols, we might have as many Colts fans as some places in Indiana!
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Most players follow the money. For every Mauer, there is a Texiera, A-Fraud, Giambi, Clemens and Granderson.
Not to say that Mauer gets chump change either. Especially after the deal the Twins just gave him. But if you ask most Minnesotans, I'd bet they'd say it was money well spent.
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The Mauer deal is awful. The Twins are going to be in a pickle in years to come.
Giving a GREAT hitter with unproven power $23 million / year = Bad idea.
Giving a catcher a 8 year deal = Bad idea.
Giving someone with a history of injuries = Bad idea.
Then again, it would be franchise suicide to let Mauer walk. Seems like half the people I meet think Mauer is the most important guy since Jesus.
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Then again, it would be franchise suicide to let Mauer walk. Seems like half the people I meet think Mauer is the most important guy since Jesus.
Only half? You must spend a lot of time outside of MN...Unless the other half believe he is more important than Jesus. Yeah, Twins fans can get crazy about their team...
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Giants. Been looking at the preseason rankings recently?
Preseason rankings mean nothing.
Tyler, I forget when we talked at Nats...do you play baseball competitively?
No I play lacrosse.
New York teams have an unfair advantage because they have a ton of money.
I disagree. NFL Giants, NY Jets, MLB Mets? Only Yankees have such a high payroll on their team is because of George. The other NY teams really do not pay high payrolls at all.
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Preseason rankings mean nothing.
I mostly agree. Baseball is played differently in preseason that it is in the regular season. However, with the Giants having one of the best pitching staffs in the MLB, and so far good hitting, they will be very good. I can't tell you how many 2-1, 3-2, etc games we lost last year. The Giants giving up more than 5 runs was almost unheard of. If they can hit as they are now, they will be very powerful (and as they are very young now, they can only improve).
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Tyler, I forget when we talked at Nats...do you play baseball competitively?
No I play lacrosse.
That's right! And Kirk plays rugby. I just can't remember who plays baseball. Maybe Largent??
New York teams have an unfair advantage because they have a ton of money.
I disagree. NFL Giants, NY Jets, MLB Mets? Only Yankees have such a high payroll on their team is because of George. The other NY teams really do not pay high payrolls at all.
Giants and Jets are football...they can only spend so much. Mets do spend a lot of money on free agents. However, Mets have bad luck, throw money at the wrong player, and play in the National League where there is no DH. Oh, and they have a history of disappointment to their fans which factors in. ;)
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Fact. Mets have the second highest payroll, only behind the Yankees. fact.
Fact. Despite this, the Mets didn't finish above .500... Fact.
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In all fairness, the Red Sox do indeed spend a ton of money, too. The main difference is that the majority of the Red Sox expenses are in denominations other than the American dollar (especially yen).
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Just for edification, go ahead and read this article. (http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/The-10-highest-paid-sports-teams-in-the-world?urn=top,230688)
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I just can't remember who plays baseball. Maybe Largent??
He's World of Warcraft, lol, and frisbee.
That article is nice. 2 New York teams, I ate my words, lol. I knew the Yanks would be on there, but not the Knicks.
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I believe that Mark McGwire will come back after Pujols gets hurt in the playoffs. He will play the playoffs steroid free, hitting .332 with 13 hrs and 33 RBIs. He will lead the Cards to the title and win, and Crash can once again be proud of his Mark McGwire, chase for the homerun record, poster hanging in his old bedroom :o
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This is your time to make a prediction!
the Royals!!!1111!!1111!111!!!1111 ;D :D ::) 8) ;D :police: :D
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Crash can once again be proud of his Mark McGwire, chase for the homerun record, poster hanging in his old bedroom :o
Don't disrespect dude! :)
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Has anyone lost love for the game since all of the steroid stuff has come to the surface? Do you find yourself saying, " Jason Heyward hit a 450 foot home run in spring training the other day. He must be on the juice!"
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Steroids are more legit than cheating methods in the past. Steroids help you physically, I don't view them any different than extreme training regiments. (Some positives, some negatives)
Whereas Walter Johnson used the spitball, Babe Ruth corked some bats, etc.
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Chuck norris.
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Has anyone lost love for the game since all of the steroid stuff has come to the surface?
I lost some love for baseball when I played it as a kid and spent the whole time standing out in left field with nothing to do. I lost more love for the game when I watched it on TV and sat there for hours with no one scoring at all. I lost all love for the game when the whole sport shut down due to the strike in the 90's (as if getting paid millions of dollars wasn't enough for the players and making more millions of dollars wasn't enough for the owners).
I regained a little love for the game during the homerun chase between Mcgwire and Sosa, and Bonds HR chase for the all-time record. I then lost that love again when the whole steroids thing came out. At this point, I couldn't care much less about MLB.
Steroids are more legit than cheating methods in the past. Steroids help you physically, I don't view them any different than extreme training regiments. (Some positives, some negatives)
This is sooooo wrong.
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The Mauer deal is awful. The Twins are going to be in a pickle in years to come.
Giving a GREAT hitter with unproven power $23 million / year = Bad idea.
Giving a catcher a 8 year deal = Bad idea.
Giving someone with a history of injuries = Bad idea.
Then again, it would be franchise suicide to let Mauer walk. Seems like half the people I meet think Mauer is the most important guy since Jesus.
Unproven power? You must have missed last season...
It's doubtful he'll catch all 8 years...if the Twins don't find a franchise 3rd baseman in the next 5 years, Mauer could end up playing 3rd (or anywhere else on the field--this is a guy who was an all-state athlete in 3 sports...)
While he's had some injuries, none of them have been season-ending.
After getting a new ballpark (publicly funded for the most part), the Twins simply could not lose the Hometown Hero and the face of the franchise.
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The Mauer deal is awful. The Twins are going to be in a pickle in years to come.
Giving a GREAT hitter with unproven power $23 million / year = Bad idea.
Giving a catcher a 8 year deal = Bad idea.
Giving someone with a history of injuries = Bad idea.
Then again, it would be franchise suicide to let Mauer walk. Seems like half the people I meet think Mauer is the most important guy since Jesus.
Unproven power? You must have missed last season...
It's doubtful he'll catch all 8 years...if the Twins don't find a franchise 3rd baseman in the next 5 years, Mauer could end up playing 3rd (or anywhere else on the field--this is a guy who was an all-state athlete in 3 sports...)
While he's had some injuries, none of them have been season-ending.
After getting a new ballpark (publicly funded for the most part), the Twins simply could not lose the Hometown Hero and the face of the franchise.
He had one decent season. After that, his season high HR total is what? 13? I'm predicting it right now: Mauer hits 22 HRs next year.
And thats why the contract was too big. Good hitting first (third to a lesser extent) basemen are a dime a dozen. What really set Mauer apart was he had such a good bat in the catcher's position. The Twins have Danny Valencia in the minors, too, who shouuld really be their third basemen now....
Catchers are injury prone. He has had back problems that kept him from playing. Those aren't good signals.
I love Mauer as much as everyone else, but it was just a bad signing. Its going to leave the Twins gasping for air down the road, the payroll is going to be above $100 mil by the 2011 season. A small market team should never give someone that big of a contract. (Although I guess the Twins aren't small market anymore
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One thing you have to take in to account when it comes to Mauer, is that they aren't in the dome anymore! Since they will be playing on real grass his injuries, more than likely, will be less often and less length of time.
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Has anyone lost love for the game since all of the steroid stuff has come to the surface? Do you find yourself saying, " Jason Heyward hit a 450 foot home run in spring training the other day. He must be on the juice!"
My love for baseball is only exceeded by my love for God, wife, family and friends. Steroids is an aberration that will be corrected when none of the users get elected to the Hall.
As for Heyward...shhhhh!! I've been able to draft him as my 3rd or 4th outfielder in most leagues because he's pretty much flown under the radar so far. :D
Has anyone lost love for the game since all of the steroid stuff has come to the surface?
I lost some love for baseball when I played it as a kid and spent the whole time standing out in left field with nothing to do. I lost more love for the game when I watched it on TV and sat there for hours with no one scoring at all. I lost all love for the game when the whole sport shut down due to the strike in the 90's (as if getting paid millions of dollars wasn't enough for the players and making more millions of dollars wasn't enough for the owners).
I regained a little love for the game during the homerun chase between Mcgwire and Sosa, and Bonds HR chase for the all-time record. I then lost that love again when the whole steroids thing came out. At this point, I couldn't care much less about MLB.
Steroids are more legit than cheating methods in the past. Steroids help you physically, I don't view them any different than extreme training regiments. (Some positives, some negatives)
This is sooooo wrong.
I'm sorry your experience was not positive. :'(
I, too, felt MLB betrayed me when they missed the World Series. It's taken a long time to regain my trust and steroids hasn't helped. It's sad when simple greed could postpone a Series when WWII did not.
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Dustin Pedroia renewed my love for baseball - he's the polar opposite of the stereotypical athlete.