Author Topic: MLB-Watching (2009) (Read 38856 times)

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #50:** April 11, 2009, 06:37:05 PM »

dude you got Hanley. he's better and younger than Cabrera.

blue911 · « **Reply #51:** April 11, 2009, 06:37:42 PM »

Quote from: NatsAddict on April 11, 2009, 06:34:31 PM

Yeah, let's declare the season over now and the Marlins World Champs!

Dombrowski brings to the franchise a once, or maybe twice, in a lifetime player who is readily identified as a certain HOFer. A young player who puts up numbers and that match and draws comparisons to Ted Williams, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. You are fortunate to be able to look forward to watching this great player develop for your team. Then you get a new owner who thinks fans come to the ball park (those that do anyway) to watch a bunch of fat tubs of lard dance. So, the asswipe rips your heart out and trades away the HOFer for Cameron Maybin, and instead of paying the HOFer, spends $12 milliion a year on the friggin' Manatee Tub of Lard Dance Team. That's something worth trying to forget.

No, not the worst problem in the world, but not a fun baseball memory. But it is almost as bad as having St. Claire as the pitching coach for another team I love.

We only spend $5M on our manatee

Obed_Marsh · « **Reply #52:** April 11, 2009, 06:42:43 PM »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on April 11, 2009, 06:25:10 PM

Pujols with 2 HRs and 7 RBIs today

Single handedly starting my fantasy teams comeback versus The Houston Hobos.

houston-nat · « **Reply #53:** April 11, 2009, 06:43:36 PM »

Quote from: thom202 on April 11, 2009, 06:42:43 PM

Single handedly starting my fantasy teams comeback versus The Houston Hobos.

Haha, yeah, I was getting a little too comfy there. Although need I remind you you jumped out to something like a 72-8 lead at the start?

Obed_Marsh · « **Reply #54:** April 11, 2009, 06:52:09 PM »

Quote from: houston-nat on April 11, 2009, 06:43:36 PM

Haha, yeah, I was getting a little too comfy there. Although need I remind you you jumped out to something like a 72-8 lead at the start?

Apparently I was saving my pitching starts for Sunday. I got 4 PP's. Keeps it interesting.

NatsAddict · « **Reply #55:** April 11, 2009, 07:50:53 PM »

Quote from: blue911 on April 11, 2009, 06:37:42 PM

We only spend $5M on our manatee

(Image removed from quote.)

Trying to make the Marlins fans feel good about Loria, during the Nats series the TV announcers mentioned how Zimmerman was considered the face of the franchise and the Nats went to arby rather than lock him up, unlike the Fish with Hanley. They conveniently forgot the fact that no player with a multi-year contract with Loria has ever lasted more than two years without being traded, and even that only happened once - Mike Lowell - with nobody else ever staying with they team beyond the non-waiver deadline of the 2nd year, and most getting traded during the offseason after the first year. Then they went on about how Zimmerman was not locked up, but they'd given Dmitri a 2-year deal.

Made me feel oh so much better about Loria.

NatsAddict · « **Reply #56:** April 12, 2009, 08:39:56 AM »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on April 11, 2009, 06:37:05 PM

dude you got Hanley. he's better and younger than Cabrera.

Well, you were right about one thing - he is about 8 months younger. You do get points for not saying Dukes is better than Cabrera, too.

NatsAddict · « **Reply #57:** April 12, 2009, 08:41:42 AM »

How dare the Cubs not use Gregg as their blowser, and not coincidentally win a game.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #58:** April 12, 2009, 09:40:08 PM »

Ken Macha is a fool. Brings in Jorge Julio with the bases loaded and he promptly walks in a run on 4 pitches.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #59:** April 12, 2009, 10:09:07 PM »

catch of the year by Reed Johnson. robs Fielder of a grand slam

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #60:** April 12, 2009, 10:11:39 PM »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on April 12, 2009, 10:09:07 PM

catch of the year by Reed Johnson. robs Fielder of a grand slam

Notice something there with the Brewers. Their runners at 2nd and 3rd both tagged up and advanced.

If that were the Nationals, that would have been a triple play. Our runners would've all ran like the wind, only to get thrown out at their original bases.

This is exactly what's wrong with the Nationals. It's the little things. This is not a smart team.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #61:** April 12, 2009, 10:16:53 PM »

Quote from: ACTAvation Energy on April 12, 2009, 10:11:39 PM

Notice something there with the Brewers. Their runners at 2nd and 3rd both tagged up and advanced.

If that were the Nationals, that would have been a triple play. Our runners would've all ran like the wind, only to get thrown out at their original bases.

This is exactly what's wrong with the Nationals. It's the little things. This is not a smart team.

exactly. all those "little things" that we do wrong add up to a big problem and is the reason we keep losing games.

NatsAddict · « **Reply #62:** April 12, 2009, 10:53:56 PM »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on April 12, 2009, 10:16:53 PM

exactly. all those "little things" that we do wrong add up to a big problem and is the reason we keep losing games.

Dumb baseball, especially at higher levels, is very difficult to endure.

blue911 · « **Reply #63:** April 13, 2009, 06:46:01 AM »

Quote from: NatsAddict on April 12, 2009, 10:53:56 PM

Dumb baseball, especially at higher levels, is very difficult to endure.

Except people on the Nats sites have been killing Milledge for not scoring from second on a ball that hit Jeff Francouer's glove on Friday night. In other words making the same "smart" play as the Brewers did last night.

KnorrForYourMoney · « **Reply #64:** April 13, 2009, 07:07:53 PM »

Quote from: blue911 on April 13, 2009, 06:46:01 AM

Except people on the Nats sites have been killing Milledge for not scoring from second on a ball that hit Jeff Francouer's glove on Friday night. In other words making the same "smart" play as the Brewers did last night.

Different situation, wiseguy. Brewcrew had nobody out in that situation, in which case the smarter play is to move over to third so you can score on an infield sacrifice.

Milledge did that with one out, which meant that tagging and moving to third was almost meaningless.

ronnynat · « **Reply #65:** April 13, 2009, 07:55:44 PM »

Chad Billingsley is the crap. He's going to be a good one for a LONG time.

PANatsFan · « **Reply #66:** April 13, 2009, 10:22:00 PM »

Orel Hershisher >>>>>>>> Joe Morgan

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #67:** April 13, 2009, 10:37:39 PM »

Nick Swisher is pitching for the Yankees right now.

edit: struck out Gabe Kapler

PANatsFan · « **Reply #68:** April 13, 2009, 10:53:24 PM »

Orlando Hudson hit for the cycle. Man we could use him right now.

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #69:** April 14, 2009, 08:47:06 PM »

what a freaking joke. The Brewers' announcers are nagging about how tough their early schedule has been. They have faced the Giants, Cubs, and Reds thus far. Those 3 teams have a combined 10-10 record.

We have faced the Fish, Braves, and Phillies who have a combined 14-5 record.

DPMOmaha · « **Reply #70:** April 14, 2009, 09:10:59 PM »

Quote from: PANatsFan on April 13, 2009, 10:22:00 PM

Orel Hershisher >>>>>>>> Joe Morgan

+ 10 bajillion

Nat of the Living Dead · « **Reply #71:** April 14, 2009, 09:26:09 PM »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on April 14, 2009, 08:47:06 PM

what a freaking joke. The Brewers' announcers are nagging about how tough their early schedule has been. They have faced the Giants, Cubs, and Reds thus far. Those 3 teams have a combined 10-10 record.

We have faced the Fish, Braves, and Phillies who have a combined 14-5 record.

Yeah, but they play those lowly Washington Nationals.....

Oh.

JMUalumni · « **Reply #72:** April 14, 2009, 10:45:24 PM »

And here come the Chris Carpenter injury woes...

sportsfan882 · « **Reply #73:** April 14, 2009, 10:46:15 PM »

Quote from: JMUalumni on April 14, 2009, 10:45:24 PM

And here come the Chris Carpenter injury woes...

it was only a matter of time. he had been damn good this season too.

JMUalumni · « **Reply #74:** April 14, 2009, 10:49:16 PM »

Quote from: sportsfan882 on April 14, 2009, 10:46:15 PM

it was only a matter of time. he had been damn good this season too.

Yep, Shawn Hill is next. Hill was/is great when healthy, but it never lasts and never will.