MLB Discussion - 2012 Season

[Alidar Jarok]

It sucks for them, but I kinda believe that injuries are papering over even bigger holes. It feels good to have an excuse while we can have it. Still, the NL East is not a strong division. While I think the Nationals are legitimately a solid team this year, I think the Phillies from last year or the year before would certainly be better.

 

[Kirby]

The Rockies just re-signed Jeff Francis, aka the guy who wasn't good enough for the Royals last year.Dan O'Dowd has to be the worst GM in baseball. So many bad decisions...

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Saw Roy Oswalt pitch in Omaha last night...didn't go well for him or Round Rock (Storm Chasers walked away with it) but it was exciting to see so many major leaguers in my home city.

Wil Myers *will* be playing for KC before the end of the season, mark my words. Possibly even before the All-Star break.

 

[InklingStar]

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=&topic_id=&c_id=mlb&tcid=vpp_copy_&v=3

How about those Mariners? Six pitchers combined to no-hit the league-leading Dodgers. Seattle's anemic offense managed only a single run, but last night it was enough.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

No help for this pathetic year obviously, but the Chicago Cubs win the bidding for Cuban defector Jorge Soler.

9 year deal worth $30 million.

Story.

 

[Timby]

The last time the Cubs won a bid on a toolsy outfielder, they wound up with Kosuke Fukudome. Hope this one turns out better...

 

[1001001]

Don't look now, but The Angels have been slowly working their way out of the cellar, playing solid ball especially on the road.

Stay tuned....

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

The Cubs fire Rudy Jaramillo. Wow, wish someone woulda seen this coming.......wait a minute............somebody did

So, not a huge surprise that the holdover batting coach would be the first to go.

The Cubs have scored a run on only nine of their last 81 innings on the road.

The sad thing is, exactly like last year, they frequently get more hits than the other team.

Sometimes quite a few more hits, just not in a row. Maybe Jaramillo isn't the answer.

 

[Starbreaker]

Braves are beating the Yankees! Only happens like.... twice a decade!

 

[Tom Hendricks]

Hitting coach is always the scapegoat.

The Cubs fire Rudy Jaramillo. Wow, wish someone woulda seen this coming.......wait a minute............somebody did

So, not a huge surprise that the holdover batting coach would be the first to go.

The Cubs have scored a run on only nine of their last 81 innings on the road.

The sad thing is, exactly like last year, they frequently get more hits than the other team.

Sometimes quite a few more hits, just not in a row. Maybe Jaramillo isn't the answer.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Braves are beating the Yankees!

Not anymore they ain't!

 

[Starbreaker]

This is why I drink.

 

[Timby]

So, not a huge surprise that the holdover batting coach would be the first to go.

Jaramillo was working his ass off, but anyone with half a brain could have seen that he wasn't long for this world when Hoyer and Epstein came to town. The team's OBP has plummeted under his watch (.332 in 2009, the year before Jaramillo was hired; .320 in 2010; .314 in 2011; .304 this season), and Starlin Castro should not be hitting .304 with a .317 OBP, Jesus Christ. He made zero progress in un-fucking Geovany Soto, too. Time for him to go, especially since he wasn't going to have his contract extended anyway.

 

[RAMA]

Arod makes history! Ties Lou Gehrig on the all-time grand slam list, and 639th of his career. On a pace for nearly 30 HRs this year...if he stay healthy.

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news...12&content_id=33193806&vkey=news_nyy&c_id=nyy

A-Rod was No. 1 on Tuesday for the fan who caught the ball, a 15-year-old Yankees devotee from Asheboro, N.C., named Randy Kearns, who was sitting in the lobby of the visitors' clubhouse with his mother and brother, waiting to give the ball to the right-handed-hitting slugger.
The family had driven five hours to see the Yankees, and Kearns caught the ball with his cap.
"This was the first time I've ever seen them," Kearns said of the Yankees. "It was worth the drive."
The Kearns family simply asked to see Rodriguez, who said he was going to give Randy a jersey, a couple of bats and some baseballs in return for the cherished home run ball. They hadn't asked for a thing.
"He just came to our security and volunteered to give the ball back," A-rod said. "That's pretty generous."

Nice

 

[Tiberius Jim]

Got to see a pretty awesome game last night at AT&T Park...namely because this happened:

And just because, a shot from my seat.

 

[Tom Hendricks]

I can't wait to see a Baseball game at AT&T park. I'm going to San Francisco either next year or year after and I will definitely catch one. Great pictures from the park, especially the from the seat pic. You really get the beauty of it.

Got to see a pretty awesome game last night at AT&T Park...namely because this happened:

And just because, a shot from my seat.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Agreed. Those are awesome pics, Flux. Great ballpark you have there. I definitely plan to go to 'Telephone Park' next year as well.

 

[tomalak301]

Got to see a pretty awesome game last night at AT&T Park...namely because this happened:

And just because, a shot from my seat.

I was there too. MadBum's home run was the highlight of the night for me. That and his 12 strikeout performance. He and Matt Cain are really the 2 best pitchers on the staff and probably 2 of the best pitchers in the game. He was awesome last night.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

That and his 12 strikeout performance.

R.A. Dickey just did that tonight - against the Rays. His second career 1-hitter!

 

[Tom Hendricks]

I actually got to watch the Mets game on tv tonight. What a pitching performance. Best pitcher in baseball at the moment, I'm really enjoying it. For a team that was suppose to do nothing and go nowhere, they have been a pleasant surprise and fun to watch.

That and his 12 strikeout performance.

R.A. Dickey just did that tonight - against the Rays. His second career 1-hitter!