2009 Regular Season Discussion Thread

zuutroy · 16-09-2009 12:04PM

Baahh. I've a conference next May about 3 minutes from Angel Stadium and of course they're on a 2 week road trip

Mad_Max · 16-09-2009 01:19PM

Shiz thats crap luck. dodgers got any games on?

zuutroy · 16-09-2009 01:42PM

Yeah, Milwaukee and Coloroda but its a 30 mile drive away in LA traffic which is just plain scary

I'll probably go though. Thinking of making a holiday out of it and maybe going to San Diego and Vegas (Blue Jays AAA affiliates!)

Pretty good barney they had in last nights game.

Mad_Max · 16-09-2009 03:05PM

Yeah jeez a proper full on fight. See carlson's head? Duncan and Barajas were having a big go at it too.

Seriously what was posada thinking? We need 6 games to guarantee a playoff spot and he starts a bust up like that. All well and good cause no-one got seriously hurt in the end but imagine in CC or Tex got hurt in that!

Hynzie · 16-09-2009 04:14PM

Mad_Max wrote: »

Yeah jeez a proper full on fight. See carlson's head? Duncan and Barajas were having a big go at it too.

yeah it was crazy stuff not just weak pushing the were kicking the sh#te out of each other!

I agree it was stupid thing for Posada to do. The tension was building all game but you gotta let it go! IMO something like this is the only thing that could derail the yankees this season and thats tough to say being a Mets fan:D

I wonder what the suspensions will be like

Mad_Max · 16-09-2009 11:14PM

well 3 games a piece. I'm suprised to be honest. Youk and porcello got 5 for some handbags.

Mad_Max · 22-09-2009 10:12PM

I feckin hate west coast games!! Havent been able to watch a game live in days... withdrawal symptoms

Sea Devils · 25-09-2009 02:33PM

Haven't been following the Orioles for a while but just saw that we're on a seven game losing streak:(

zuutroy · 25-09-2009 02:39PM

Doc's last start at the Dome tonight? Hope not!

rich1874 · 25-09-2009 10:24PM

Yet another Yankees-Sox series starts tonight. A preview perhaps to the ALCS? Hopefully anyway the Sox can all but seal their place in the playoffs this weekend in Yankee stadium. Who knows if they sweep them this weekend they could be in with a shout for the division, probably unlikely. Anyway Lester v Chamberlain tonight, Lester owns the Yankees.

lord lucan · 25-09-2009 11:40PM

Anyone else staying up to watch BOS @ NYY? Chamberlain has started well,interesting to see how he gets on tonight.

lord lucan · 26-09-2009 11:35AM

rich1874 wrote: »

Anyway Lester v Chamberlain tonight, Lester owns the Yankees.

Lester won't be owning anyone til next week. It was some whack he took off the Cabreras drive,i was convinced he'd broken something but x-rays were clear,looks like bad bruising.

Chamberlain was brilliant last night,straight into the game,gave the red sox nothing for most of the night. Yanks are looking strong going into post season.

rich1874 · 26-09-2009 12:32PM

Good stuff from Chamberlain alright, looked very composed, best i've seen him in a long while. Lester did indeed struggle, and what a shot he took to the leg. Very lucky to escape with just a bruised quad. Agreed, the Yankees look very hot going into the playoffs and will have a nice handy ALDS against the Tigers or Twins.

ultron · 27-09-2009 01:43PM

Congratulations to the Dodgers for reaching another post season. Anyone think they've got a chance at making the world series? I reckon if Ramirez's bat gets hot and Ethier and Kemp keep up their average then they've a pretty good chance. Well one can only hope anyway.

abelard · 28-09-2009 11:34AM

Quick question, where do y'all watch the games live?

Is there somewhere (legal) you can get them online, or is it one of the cable channels?

zuutroy · 28-09-2009 11:45AM

abelard wrote: »

Quick question, where do y'all watch the games live?

Is there somewhere (legal) you can get them online, or is it one of the cable channels?

mlb.tv online streams every game in 1.5mb HD quality for $100 for the season.

rich1874 · 28-09-2009 12:29PM

I'm not sure if it's alright to say this so mod just delete if needs be.

A good website to watch baseball games is Sopcast, i won't give the link to it so just type it into google. They have links to different players were you can watch Baseball, NFL, basketball or any number of sports really. You may have to download a couple of different players, which are available on the site. The quality varies depending on the popularity of the game, for instance Red Sox, Yankees games will usually have solid streams whereas if you're a colorado rockies fan, don't hold your breath. But they'll have goodstreams for all the playoff games. The only problem is keeping yourself awake!
Oh and it's free by the way.
And by the way because they stream free to air channels such as CBS, Fox and NBC(free to air in America) I think it's all above board.

Mad_Max · 29-09-2009 03:27PM

for the postseason streaming is the way to go (if you don't have ESPN america) but during the regular season if you plan on watching in any way regularly you really have to look at the mlb package.

There can't be enough said for being able to enjoy watching a games in decent quality. I had to watch an entire season via streams due to the stupid blackout rule when I lived in NY and I was never happier than when I got home and out of the blackout area

Much better value than NFL pass anyway!!!! nearly 300 dollars for a 16 game season :eek::eek:

Sea Devils · 29-09-2009 11:28PM

Twins cut the Tigers division lead to one game.

rich1874 · 30-09-2009 09:11AM

What a performance by Justin Verlander. Restored the Tiger's two game lead. Two more big games to come between them tonight and tomorrow in what is effectively the only undecided playoff spot.

zuutroy · 01-10-2009 01:08PM

Well if that was Roy Halladay's last game as a Jay he went out in style. Back to back complete game shutouts to finish the season.

rich1874 · 01-10-2009 01:52PM

Stunning from Halladay. Wonder where he'll end up next year? Red Sox limp into another playoff, should be a good series between them and the Angels.Also the Tigers emulated the performance of Tampa Bay last year by going from last to first in their division in the space of a year(so it looks like anyway). Anyone think they stand any sort of chance against the Yankees? Or will they be bludgened to death?

Sea Devils · 02-10-2009 02:11PM

Did anyone else notice Joe Mauer stealing signs against the Tigers?

http://deadspin.com/5371695/think-th...ng-in-baseball

rich1874 · 02-10-2009 05:56PM

Haha very good. Lucky the twins didn't win that one, could of been even more controversial. Altohugh it was pretty close...

zuutroy · 03-10-2009 10:22PM

Chaos in Jay-land. Ricciardi fired, everyone hates Cito.

This article about Rios being the Least Valuable Player made me smile:

sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=4526015

The qualifications to win one of these LVP awards has never been real tightly defined. But in Rios' case, it almost seemed as if the Blue Jays were slapping his LVP credentials on a giant billboard this summer when they essentially announced: "We'd rather give this guy away for zilch than have to pay him his actual salary." And so, faced with the prospect of being able to save $59.6 million on their car insurance, they told the White Sox: "You want him enough to claim him? He's all yours." And off Alex Rios went to the South Side, where he's made his baffling underachievement in Toronto look almost like stardom. For his 137-at-bat White Sox career, he's now hitting .175, with a .208 on-base percentage. That would rank, if you're curious, as the worst OBP in White Sox history by any position player who got that many at-bats. Rios also has done something we're pretty sure only one other White Sox position player (the unforgettable Ed Stroud, in 1971) has ever done in this much playing time -- hit into as many double plays (six) as he's driven in runs. Which isn't easy, especially for a player this talented. The White Sox do get five more years to straighten this fellow out, seeing as how he's under contract through 2014. What we don't know yet is: Is that the good news or the bad news?

Sea Devils · 04-10-2009 10:58AM

Tigers and the Twins now tied in the AL Central.

Talk about feeling the heat in Detroit.!

rich1874 · 04-10-2009 12:11PM

Wow, that's some turnaround. They were seven games behind not so long ago. At least there's a bit of final day excitment now. This is some division, wasn't there a tie between the twins and the whitesox last year? .528 and still hunting for a play-off, comical.

Mad_Max · 04-10-2009 06:37PM

Great start by both of them. both 4 up.

zuutroy · 04-10-2009 06:43PM

Yeah kind of a washout isn't it

Mad_Max · 04-10-2009 07:25PM

Oooh white soxs making this intersting. 5-3 now

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