2010 MLB Regular Season Chat

jack presley · 18-04-2010 3:10pm

Anyone watch that Mets v Cardinals last night? I much prefer low scoring pitching duels to high scoring run fests. There were grest performances from both starters and both bullpens. You were on the edge the whole time knowing that it was likely to be a mistake that would win the game especially as both teams ran out of players.

In the end in what was a reversal of what you'd expect,K-Rod got the win, Pelfrey got the save and some position player from the Cards took the loss.

RizzoJR · 19-04-2010 3:29pm

Mad_Max wrote: »

Damn I'm starting to really regret passing on Cano in fantasy. He is absolutely murdering the ball at the minute. Every time, even his outs and absolutely being crushed.

His age 27 year, early doors but he's living up to the old adage of this being the best year.

who did you take instead? who did you take at 2b?

he's getting easier pitches cause tex and a-rod havent been getting on base much, well A-Rod OBP is .415!!!
the big test over the season will be how he hits with RISP.

Kinsler, Roberts, A-Hill all crocked
Figgy now 2b,
but AL MI is looking even more shallow.

Pedroia has been MORE AWESOME than Cano esp with worse line-up
though he does hit higher

InTheTrees · 19-04-2010 6:12pm

jack presley wrote: »

Anyone watch that Mets v Cardinals last night? I much prefer low scoring pitching duels to high scoring run fests. There were grest performances from both starters and both bullpens. You were on the edge the whole time knowing that it was likely to be a mistake that would win the game especially as both teams ran out of players.

In the end in what was a reversal of what you'd expect,K-Rod got the win, Pelfrey got the save and some position player from the Cards took the loss.

Was that the one that went to 20 innings?

They kept mentioning it during the mariners game but it wasnt on tv out here in the west.

I think it was 0-0 up to the 17th inning and then we saw one team get a run and figured it was all over but then it tied at 1-1! Amazing.

Mad_Max · 20-04-2010 11:05am

RizzoJR wrote: »

who did you take instead? who did you take at 2b?

he's getting easier pitches cause tex and a-rod havent been getting on base much, well A-Rod OBP is .415!!!
the big test over the season will be how he hits with RISP.

Kinsler, Roberts, A-Hill all crocked
Figgy now 2b,
but AL MI is looking even more shallow.

Pedroia has been MORE AWESOME than Cano esp with worse line-up
though he does hit higher

Can't remember who i took instead but I know I was thinking of grabbing him but thought I had a slim chance of him getting back to me the next round (I think 4th).

He's been fairly locked in with RISP so far (early doors I know)!

InTheTrees · 20-04-2010 5:18pm

Franklin Guiterrez of the Mariners is one to watch.

VinylJunkie · 21-04-2010 5:23pm

Great finish to the Braves Phillies game last night. Jason Heyward is great to watch, seems to show so much maturity at the plate.

jack presley · 21-04-2010 8:56pm

VinylJunkie wrote: »

Great finish to the Braves Phillies game last night. Jason Heyward is great to watch, seems to show so much maturity at the plate.

Heyward is some player alright. And he looks so cool and calm for someone his age who has hit 4 HRs already. After last night's one he ran around the bases like he just hit a HR early in a meaningless spring training game.

InTheTrees · 22-04-2010 7:29pm

MickShamrock wrote: »

Hopefully Bradley just needed a change of scenery and can now contribute a productive bat to what with a little luck will be a great season!

Wow. A shaky start alright but now the M's are really looking good. won 7 of their last 10 games.

Bradleys been a star, he's a changed man. I think its been two games now that he's got the game winning hit late in the game which is a big boost to someones morale. AN d his hitting record is pretty good now.

Today the Mariners get a day off (wtf do I watch on tv tonight??) and tomorrow they'll be in chicago for 3 games against the white sox followed by 3 against KC royals, two teams that look like they're in some trouble so thats good.

Hopefully it'll be a better road trip than the first one.

jack presley · 23-04-2010 3:53pm

At last! The Mets win a series. It's only taken them 5 attempts but finally they win one.

8-10 · 24-04-2010 6:33pm

8-10 wrote: »

competitively NL West is definitely the best. Consider that Diamondbacks came last this year! With Brandon Webb coming off the DL soon they have one of the best 1-2's in the league! San Diego are poor but Giants, Dodgers and Rockies could all win it and Arizona will be competitive. In the AL East neither Rays, Jays or Orioles will win it. It's a 2-man race and Rays have a chance of a wildcard maybe. Top 2 teams have just too much depth, and great rotations. NL West for me is the most exciting by far.

It's living up to my hype so far! Padres top and Dodgers last? This division is going to get more and more intriguing as the season progresses.

InTheTrees · 26-04-2010 6:19pm

What a miserable weekend for the M's

Swept by the White Sox. And Both Friday and saturdays games were lost while ahead in the bottom of the 9th.

*sigh*

So today is the start of a 3 game series in Kansas City.

jack presley · 26-04-2010 9:18pm

InTheTrees wrote: »

What a miserable weekend for the M's

Swept by the White Sox. And Both Friday and saturdays games were lost while ahead in the bottom of the 9th.

*sigh*

So today is the start of a 3 game series in Kansas City.

Ozzie getting ejected for losing his rag over the runner being given home after the fan interference was worth a chuckle though

RizzoJR · 26-04-2010 9:48pm

jack presley wrote: »

Ozzie getting ejected for losing his rag over the runner being given home after the fan interference was worth a chuckle though

I think he got himself ejected cause his team is embarassing him,
and he doesnt want to watch no more.

InTheTrees · 26-04-2010 10:17pm

jack presley wrote: »

Ozzie getting ejected for losing his rag over the runner being given home after the fan interference was worth a chuckle though

Yes, that was classic.

M's old manager Lou Pinella (now with the cubs) was the champion at that.

dramabob · 28-04-2010 11:06am

The Mets have quietly snuck to the top of the NL East with 8 wins in their last 9, having been last in the NL East on FRIDAY!

Not a bad run, capped nicely by Bay's first homer as a Met (at last), a 4-hit day by Wright (who may be coming out of his funk) and the usual questionable pitching effort by Ollie "Walk-em-all" Perez.

Bring on the brooms for this evening's finale against the Dodgers. Maine's due a decent performance.

jack presley · 28-04-2010 9:25pm

dramabob wrote: »

The Mets have quietly snuck to the top of the NL East with 8 wins in their last 9, having been last in the NL East on FRIDAY!

Not a bad run, capped nicely by Bay's first homer as a Met (at last), a 4-hit day by Wright (who may be coming out of his funk) and the usual questionable pitching effort by Ollie "Walk-em-all" Perez.

Bring on the brooms for this evening's finale against the Dodgers. Maine's due a decent performance.

Maine looked pretty good alright. One dodgy inning (excuse the pun!) but that was followed by an inning where he struck out 3 on just 10 pitches. Pity he couldn't get through the 7th as I don't think any Mets pitcher has managed to do that yet.

9-1 homestand is good on paper but I still think they're not quite contenders yet. They got lucky in a few of the games against the Cubs and Braves who were awful in the field and made a few base running errors and the starters are putting too much pressure on the bull pen. Although the pen's doing alright at the moment, it's still April and over the season the number of innings they're pitching will wear them down.

Anyway, let's hope the good form continues on the road and they're in good shape for the next homestand against the Giants and Nationals which I'll be at.

InTheTrees · 28-04-2010 9:53pm

jack presley wrote: »

Anyway, let's hope the good form continues on the road and they're in good shape for the next homestand against the Giants and Nationals which I'll be at.

Will you see the giants or the nationals? or both?

The Giats would probably be more entertaining...

We havent been to a game yet. My gf is going to visit her family in Minniapolis this weekend and gets to go to agame in the Twins new stadium on Monday.

jack presley · 28-04-2010 9:58pm

InTheTrees wrote: »

Will you see the giants or the nationals? or both?

The Giats would probably be more entertaining...

We havent been to a game yet. My gf is going to visit her family in Minniapolis this weekend and gets to go to agame in the Twins new stadium on Monday.

Gonna see both. I've tickets for all 6 games but probably will only go to about 4 of them. Definitely wanna see Lincecum pitch, even it means a Mets loss!

That Twins place looks pretty cool.

InTheTrees · 28-04-2010 11:27pm

jack presley wrote: »

Gonna see both. I've tickets for all 6 games but probably will only go to about 4 of them. Definitely wanna see Lincecum pitch, even it means a Mets loss!

That Twins place looks pretty cool.

Nice. Thats dedication. I hope you have a great holiday and make it to all the games.

I'll keep an eye out for Mets news.

dramabob · 30-04-2010 9:32pm

*sigh*

Haven't managed to get to Citi Field yet and most likely won't this year either. I've many fond memories of games at Shea though - a few Irish Nights and and even the 2002 opener against the Pirates (unsurprisingly, a win for the Mets).

The best craic was heading out to Shea on a Saturday afternoon, picking up $12 tickets at the gate and having a laugh. Can't imagine there are any $12 seats at Citi Field (though I could stand to be corrected).

As for this year, you don't win championships in April, but you can lose them. 13-9 is a lot easier on the eyes than 9-13, and it could have been that just as easily. Though the Mets are off to Philly tonight and Cincinatti after that (both of whom have good teams), both ballparks are significantly smaller than Citi's cavernous expanses. I'd like to see the boys hit a few of those long Citi fly-outs in Citizen's Bank Park and see how far up the second deck they land.

It's our pitching I'm more worried about going into the series with the Phils tonight. They've got a murderer's row that has the ability to punish mistakes, and hard. CBP won't be as forgiving as Citi in that respect.

Either way, I'll be tuning into mlb.com tonight!

jack presley · 30-04-2010 11:34pm

dramabob wrote: »

The best craic was heading out to Shea on a Saturday afternoon, picking up $12 tickets at the gate and having a laugh. Can't imagine there are any $12 seats at Citi Field (though I could stand to be corrected).
!

You can still get cheap tickets at CitiField. They have 5 scales of prices depending on the quality of the opposition and when the game is on. For example, games against the Yankees are considered 'platinum' and tickets go from $27-$460. But for games against teams like the Nationals on a Monday or Tuesday evening, you can get tickets from as little as $11. Ok, it's in the top deck in the outfield but I sat out there for a game last year and it was grand.

This year I bought tickets in the $11-40 range so it's not the end of the world if I don't decide to go.

dramabob · 01-05-2010 12:29pm

What a night last night for the Mets!

As I had hoped, the bats took off in the bandbox that is CBP, with Wright, Frenchy and Barajas (twice) going deep. Niese was effective through 7, striking out 7 and giving up just one run, carrying on the excellent run by Mets starting pitching. Pagan and Barajas had three hit nights, the infield made some great plays and the corner outfielders had some beauts! And best of all, we took Lidge out of the game after only 1 out.

If we can beat Halladay in today's matchup, it may be a sign of things to come...

*crosses fingers*

jack presley · 01-05-2010 5:20pm

dramabob wrote: »

What a night last night for the Mets!

As I had hoped, the bats took off in the bandbox that is CBP, with Wright, Frenchy and Barajas (twice) going deep. Niese was effective through 7, striking out 7 and giving up just one run, carrying on the excellent run by Mets starting pitching. Pagan and Barajas had three hit nights, the infield made some great plays and the corner outfielders had some beauts! And best of all, we took Lidge out of the game after only 1 out.

If we can beat Halladay in today's matchup, it may be a sign of things to come...

*crosses fingers*

Yeah, nice start to the series last night.

I still think people are getting ahead of themselves though. 2 weeks ago people (including myself) were writing off the season and complaining about Omar and Manuel etc. Now one good streak and there are some who are sayig the team can contend for the World Series. I still think the Phillies are a level above the Mets but they're going through a bit of a rough patch at the moment. Their class will come through eventually though.

As for tonight, it should really be a good game. Last season Pelfrey was 4-0 at the start of the season and it all went pretty pear shaped after that so here's hoping he continues his good form. I can't see Halliday geting whacked around again like he was against SF so Pelf's gonna have to be at his best.

At this stage of the season it's all about staying in touch so even if either side wins the next 2, it's still not the end of the world for the other. It'd be nice to sweep the Phillies in their own back yard but even if they do, there's still another 130+ games to go so it's not as big a deal as some would have you believe - look at the Yankes. They lost the first 7 or 8 against Boston last year but ended up doing alright!

thirdmantackle · 02-05-2010 9:26pm

Hey

Can anyone give me a reliable streaming site to watch the SF Giants in action. Its very hard to find the game online one you don't watch the 'popular' teams such as the yanks, mets, cubs or sox

jack presley · 02-05-2010 10:45pm

Subscribe to MLB.TV and you can watch every game from every team either live or delayed. It costs about $100 for the full season so it might be reduced in price now but it's worth every penny in my eyes.

paulelectronica · 09-05-2010 6:36pm

Good win for the mets last night. Playing Giants now and hoping to extend there home streak to 10

Mad_Max · 10-05-2010 12:13am

So the douchebag that is Dallas Braden has become the 19th pitcher to throw a perfect game.

We can sit back and watch the ego balloon now.

Gdep · 10-05-2010 12:15pm

Mad_Max wrote: »

So the douchebag that is Dallas Braden has become the 19th pitcher to throw a perfect game.

We can sit back and watch the ego balloon now.

Classic comment out of AJ Burnett about him hugging his grandmother.

"Grandma, I love you, but don't cross my mound!" Burnett cracked.

Mad_Max · 10-05-2010 7:24pm

Gdep wrote: »

Classic comment out of AJ Burnett about him hugging his grandmother.

"Grandma, I love you, but don't cross my mound!" Burnett cracked.

Would give anything to hear the audio of it. Classic line.

Hid gran gave an interview to a reporter (Why is she giving one??!) and she said 'stick it a-rod'.

What a classy family. Her grandson does something that only 18 other people have done in 100+ years and she has to have a pop at someone over some nothing that happened weeks ago.

brilliantboy · 11-05-2010 2:33am

Mad_Max wrote: »

So the douchebag that is Dallas Braden has become the 19th pitcher to throw a perfect game.

We can sit back and watch the ego balloon now.

Eh...? Why exactly is Braden a douchebag? Because he told A-roid (who is ironically, the king of douchebaggery) where to shove his bat?

Mad_Max · 11-05-2010 11:04am

brilliantboy wrote: »

Eh...? Why exactly is Braden a douchebag? Because he told A-roid (who is ironically, the king of douchebaggery) where to shove his bat?

No, because he keep it up for 2 weeks when EVERYONE had dropped it. His own GM had to ring him and tell him to shut up and his players told reporters he was being a dick.

Then he does an interview after all that and says it's going to have to come to knuckles! He's from some area in cali and thats how they roll.

THAT is why he's a douche.

Benbolo · 12-05-2010 11:40am

Mad_Max wrote: »

No, because he keep it up for 2 weeks when EVERYONE had dropped it. His own GM had to ring him and tell him to shut up and his players told reporters he was being a dick.

Then he does an interview after all that and says it's going to have to come to knuckles! He's from some area in cali and thats how they roll.

THAT is why he's a douche.

C'mon, it's A-Rod, he has a portrait as himself as a centaur, he deserves to be slated. Branden is probably the only person who has the balls to keep at him. Everyone's afraid to look bad in the majors, he probably doesn't give a **** what anyone thinks.

paulelectronica · 12-05-2010 1:05pm

some win for the Mets last night went from 6-1 down to win 6-8 , won the game in the last 2 innings .

jack presley · 13-05-2010 2:25pm

paulelectronica wrote: »

some win for the Mets last night went from 6-1 down to win 6-8 , won the game in the last 2 innings .

Just back from NY where I saw the last 6 Mets games at Citifield. 3-3, could have been worse as they should have lost that game you mentioned and other wins were both walk off homers. I had a great time at the games but Ollie Perez is beyond a joke now. He has to go!

MickShamrock · 13-05-2010 11:49pm

Mariners are really stuck in a rut at the moment!

zuutroy · 14-05-2010 4:47pm

Hey dudes, not around here much anymore. Was at the Dodgers Brewers game last Thursday which Ethier won with a walk off grand slam. Great fun though the atmosphere in Dodger Stadium was far from what I was expecting.

zuutroy · 14-05-2010 4:48pm

Hey dudes, not around here much anymore. Was at the Dodgers Brewers game last Thursday which Ethier won with a walk off grand slam. Great fun though the atmosphere in Dodger Stadium was far from what I was expecting.

nice_guy80 · 14-05-2010 10:48pm

place is half empty

zuutroy · 15-05-2010 12:37am

Believe it or not the announced crowd was 38k

jack presley · 15-05-2010 5:28pm

The way they measure MLB crowds is a joke. It's not how many people actually went through the turnstile that night but how many tickets were sold.

Therefore if a team has 10,000 season ticket holders, all of they are counted as having attended, even if only about half of them turn up.

MLB attendances are down across the board this season as well. I was at the Mets series against the Giants and the Nationals and if wasn't for a large contingent of SF fans, the place would have been barely half full on those days.

paulelectronica · 15-05-2010 5:58pm

jack presley wrote: »

Just back from NY where I saw the last 6 Mets games at Citifield. 3-3, could have been worse as they should have lost that game you mentioned and other wins were both walk off homers. I had a great time at the games but Ollie Perez is beyond a joke now. He has to go!

Im yet to go to citifield was at shea alright and I agree Perez has to go. Lost the last 3 games now and playing the Marlins again tonight.

jack presley · 15-05-2010 7:28pm

paulelectronica wrote: »

Im yet to go to citifield was at shea alright and I agree Perez has to go. Lost the last 3 games now and playing the Marlins again tonight.

The funny thing is that although they're a bad team, except for last night the games they're losing are only by a run or two and the defeat on Thursday came on a walk off passed ball so they're still hanging in games, despite not playing great.

We know the pitching's poor (even Santana's struggling and Pelfrey's early season form is dropping off now just like it did last season and K-Rod's lost a bit of his edge too) but the offence is really struggling. Bay's batting in the clean up position yet he only has 1 home run, David Wright strikes out at least 2-3 times a game and Francouer's lost all confidence in his hitting. If it wasn't for Barajas they'd be 10 games or so behind instead of the 4 they are at the moment. Hopefully Ike Davis plays well and maybe Carter from the bench will get more pinch hitting at-bats than the useless Gary Matthews Junior!

At one of the games I was at last week, GMJ came into the game for a pinch hit and struck out without even swinging his bat. 4 pitches, 3 strikes and a ball and he sat back down without the bat leaving his shoulder! If it was any other team I'd have fallen around laughing but I nearly cried.

Benbolo · 18-05-2010 5:00pm

Did anyone see A-Rod's bomb last night off of Papelbon? and the Marcus Thames? I was distraught, but you have to give it to them if they're gonna knock it out like that to win the game.

jack presley · 19-05-2010 10:21pm

Good whinge from the Yankees last night over the Red Sox claiming injury to give the guy in the bull pen more time to warm up.

InTheTrees · 20-05-2010 12:04am

MickShamrock wrote: »

Mariners are really stuck in a rut at the moment!

Dont even start me on it...

This is what the fifth fcuking year of sub par mediocrity.

*sigh*

I read somewhere you're not really a sports fan unless you've followed a team through at least five years of doldrums...

jack presley · 21-05-2010 5:45pm

Interleague starts tonight!!

8-10 · 23-05-2010 5:14pm

jack presley wrote: »

Interleague starts tonight!!

Great start by Dice-K last night. Even singled at his first at-bat. And 8 innings of 1-hit ball. Savage stuff.

jack presley · 23-05-2010 7:44pm

8-10 wrote: »

Great start by Dice-K last night. Even singled at his first at-bat. And 8 innings of 1-hit ball. Savage stuff.

Halliday v Wakefield is on at the moment and quite interesting. Watching a knuckleballer really is a funny thing to see.

8-10 · 24-05-2010 5:55pm

jack presley wrote: »

Halliday v Wakefield is on at the moment and quite interesting. Watching a knuckleballer really is a funny thing to see.

Yeah I watched it alright, good game. About time Wake pitched well.

jack presley · 24-05-2010 6:15pm

Just watched the 9th inning of the Mets v Yankees game last night. As a Mets fan I don't think my heart would have taken it if I'd watched it live. Turning a 6-1 lead into 6-4 with men at the corners with A-Rod at the plate and it goes to 3-2! What an exciting finish to the game.

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