The 2008 MLB Season Thread (Update: Phillies Won)

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All I have to say as a loyal Brewer fan is this.

We won a game in the post season - that's more then the cubs can say.
We are rid of Yost, thank god!
Rickie weeks is injured and i'm tired of that POS' Defense. and poor bat.
Sveum is a great manager. At least he knows when to pull a pitcher to keep the game close.
The Phillies will beat Suppan like a red headed step child tomorrow.
The Brewers don't hit during the day. Automatic loss. They don't hit at night much either...but it's not as bad as during the day.
Gallardo and Mcclung better sleep good and be ready for the first or second inning walk down from the bull pen, preferably gallardo so the brew crew loses 5-2 instead of 11-2.

Thank you Sabbathia, it's been a great run. Have fun with your 25 Mil a year in dodger town when the dodgers lose game 7 in the NLCS to the phillies and you guys sign Sabathia and are convinced he's the difference to make it to next years world series. Have fun finishing .500 ; like most teams who overspend.

Thank god sheets is gone to. Pretty embarrassing Dave Bush has given us more production, the same win/loss ratio over the years, and at least has a heart.
 
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Oh, let me taste your tears, Cubs fans! Mmmm, your tears are so yummy and sweet! :rofl:
 
[quote name='Regian']I'm so fucking pissed off right now.

There's no excuse for this series. The fielding, the pitching, the hitting. Those motherfuckers got lazy and couldn't do shit in this series. There is NO fucking excuse for any of that.

The best team in the NL got swept. The second year in a row this team has been swept. This is fucking unacceptable and I'm fucking pissed off as a fan about it.

This series has been the worst fucking performance by a sporting team I have ever seen in my life.[/QUOTE]

No this was not the worst perfomance....even the cubs performance last year in the first round against the Arizona Diamondbacks was worse. But fucking cubs, again we get our hopes up just to seem them smashed. At least I can pray that the White Sox make it a series. Yeah thats right, im a Chicago fan, I am a die hard Sox AND Cubs fan...gasp!
 
[quote name='thingsfallnapart']All I have to say as a loyal Brewer fan is this.

We won a game in the post season - that's more then the cubs can say.
We are rid of Yost, thank god!
Rickie weeks is injured and i'm tired of that POS' Defense. and poor bat.
Sveum is a great manager. At least he knows when to pull a pitcher to keep the game close.
The Phillies will beat Suppan like a red headed step child tomorrow.
The Brewers don't hit during the day. Automatic loss. They don't hit at night much either...but it's not as bad as during the day.
Gallardo and Mcclung better sleep good and be ready for the first or second inning walk down from the bull pen, preferably gallardo so the brew crew loses 5-2 instead of 11-2.

Thank you Sabbathia, it's been a great run. Have fun with your 25 Mil a year in dodger town when the dodgers lose game 7 in the NLCS to the phillies and you guys sign Sabathia and are convinced he's the difference to make it to next years world series. Have fun finishing .500 ; like most teams who overspend.

Thank god sheets is gone to. Pretty embarrassing Dave Bush has given us more production, the same win/loss ratio over the years, and at least has a heart.[/quote]

wow i didnt even think of CC possibly coming to L.A. personally i would rather spend less money and resign Derek Lowe and use the rest of the money towards keeping Manny around. And i doubt the phillies and Dodgers will go to 7 games. L.A. has shown their pitching can shut down a strong hitting lineup. Dodgers win in 5 games. World Series HERE WE COME!
 
haha @ the Cubs. All that money couldn't buy a win in the post season huh? Especially Soriano, talk shit at the brewers... love how his out was the last out of the season for those losers.

At least Milwaukee won one game.. not much optimism for Shitpan tomorrow, but if we win at least we gave them a decent series. Unlikely we can beat Philly at home if it comes to a day 5.. but Sabathia would be pitching so who knows.
 
Torre won't come out and say it, but right now, deep inside... he is laughing his ass off at Yankees management. I wonder what the fuck is going on in Manny's head right now tho.
 
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Haha! What about when whatshisface thought he beat the run at first and injured himself?
 
Damn it feels good to win a postseason series. First one in twenty years. Now 8 more wins to go!

Nice going Cubs, it sucks when everyone says, "It's been a 100 years, so it must be there time." First you have to show up and play the games.

Doesn't matter if we aren't the most deserving team to be in the playoffs, the team that lost 7 out of 10 to the Cubs, was very different to this team. We weren't the most deserving team in 88 either, and I liked the way that turned out.
 
[quote name='Monsta Mack']Torre won't come out and say it, but right now, deep inside... he is laughing his ass off at Yankees management. [/quote]

That's the bets part of the Dodgers winning, they fuck over the Yankees.
 
[quote name='hell0 derr']wow i didnt even think of CC possibly coming to L.A. personally i would rather spend less money and resign Derek Lowe and use the rest of the money towards keeping Manny around. And i doubt the phillies and Dodgers will go to 7 games. L.A. has shown their pitching can shut down a strong hitting lineup. Dodgers win in 5 games. World Series HERE WE COME![/QUOTE]
Until Maddux came back to the team and Lowe's ERA plummeted, Lowe was going to earn about $5-$7mil next year, maybe less. Including Lowe, $50mil comes off the payroll this year, with Lowe being the only "meaningful" player lost. Furcal will resign, but it will be almost entirely incentives because no one trusts him to stay healthy.

C.C. will almost certainly be in a Dodgers uniform, somewhere near 20-22mil. With Manny, who knows... This is going to be a really interesting offseason for the Dodgers, made even crazier by a playoff run. $30mil in crap contracts comes off next year, so we should have the cash to keep the youngsters as well.
 
Ive never seen a team hit so poorly as the brewers and make the post season. The Padres maybe; but their ball park is usually excuse enough.....Time to say goodbye weeks, suppan, sheets, sabathia, cameron, and Gagne (even though he somehow got better when it was time to get a payday next year)

The brewers need some speed in their lineup to compliment braun and fielder.
 
[quote name='speedracer']Until Maddux came back to the team and Lowe's ERA plummeted, Lowe was going to earn about $5-$7mil next year, maybe less. Including Lowe, $50mil comes off the payroll this year, with Lowe being the only "meaningful" player lost. Furcal will resign, but it will be almost entirely incentives because no one trusts him to stay healthy.

C.C. will almost certainly be in a Dodgers uniform, somewhere near 20-22mil. With Manny, who knows... This is going to be a really interesting offseason for the Dodgers, made even crazier by a playoff run. $30mil in crap contracts comes off next year, so we should have the cash to keep the youngsters as well.[/quote]

definitely will be a crazy offseason. but i think a lot depends on whether they resign Manny. Its no secret the dodgers are this far because of him. so if manny is brought back, i think others will follow. i would really like to hold on to Derek lowe cuz he's been my favorite pitcher since he arrived from boston. but if it means adding CC to the top of the rotation, it would definitely be an upgrade.
 
my money is on cc staying in the nl, most likely with the mets if he can stomach being the #2. Imo the dodgers won't be big spenders considering all the FA big contract busts they have had. IMO the yanks will offer the most followed by the mets.
 
Finally the White Sox score some runs after loading the bases with no outs. This is the 4th or so time in the series where they have loaded the bases with 1 out or no outs and they were lucky if they got 1 run in their previous attempts.

The biggest reason by far that the White Sox lost the first 2 games was that they left double digit runners on base.
 
The strike zone on this umpire is insane... He doesn't call stuff on the corners in one inning, and he calls strike 3 on a ball that barely registered on k-zone in another.
 
the ump wasn't calling a good game for both teams. If they lose we can't blame the umps. Beckett sucked and reverted to the 2006 Beckett. Shaking off varitek a lot, too many fastballs. They got a gift 3 runs. And WTF was lopez being used for? Where is Wakefield/byrd?
 
This was an infuriating game to watch because of the wildly inconsistent strikezone. This might be the worst home plate umpire I've ever seen. Horrible.

Byrd didn't go in because most of those guys have great numbers against him, and he gave up the most HR in the majors.
 
lopez can't pitch to more then 2 batters. His stats for staying in longer are horrible. What about Wakefield. IMO he shouldn't start tmro, so if he was on the roster he is available. Why wasn't casey hitting for Cora? Nothing against Cora as a player but his worst part of his game is hitting. Casey had a solid offensive season.
 
[quote name='dafoomie']This was an infuriating game to watch because of the wildly inconsistent strikezone. This might be the worst home plate umpire I've ever seen. Horrible.[/quote]

I said the same exact thing. He was all over the place with both teams, plus there were tons and tons of pauses before he called it. If he has something better to do then maybe we should get someone else. He was simply god awful and he better not be working later on today.
 
[quote name='ryanbph']lopez can't pitch to more then 2 batters. His stats for staying in longer are horrible. What about Wakefield. IMO he shouldn't start tmro, so if he was on the roster he is available. Why wasn't casey hitting for Cora? Nothing against Cora as a player but his worst part of his game is hitting. Casey had a solid offensive season.[/QUOTE]
Cora has a better average against Weaver but they both have such a limited number of at bats against him thats its meaningless. This is the 2nd time he's left Cora in the game for their final at bat with Casey available. I know Casey isn't a HR hitter anymore but Weaver is prone to HR's vs lefties, and Cora has no power.

Wake had better numbers than Byrd but he's in trouble as soon as a runner gets on. It makes me wonder why they're both on the roster.

Francona's explanation for Lopez is that he wanted him to face the lefties in the middle of the order, and didn't want to put in Byrd just to take him out for Lopez at that point.
 
considering we played 2 games on the road, ortiz, lowell and pedroia aren't hitting and none of our 3 starting pitchers have had there best outings I think we are in a good position. Granted lester only allowed 1 run, but he labored for awhile to get thru 7ip, and he can pitch a lot better. Dice k and beckett both pitched poor, and we still have 2 wins out of it.
 
[quote name='dafoomie']Wake had better numbers than Byrd but he's in trouble as soon as a runner gets on. It makes me wonder why they're both on the roster.
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well they are both better then timlin :lol:.

I don't get why kotsay is on the roster. He was slumping with the braves when we picked him up, in limited ab's (considering he was an everyday player) he has hit poorly since coming to the redsox. We have casey to back up youk. Youk backs up lowell and cora can play anywhere in the inf, so his bat isn't needed in the inf. As for the OF we already have 4 of's. It isn't like kotsay is bringing so much speed, that we are going to use him like dave roberts. We are carrying 3 catchers, and with kotsay you have to view it as carrying either 5 OF, or 3 1b for the playoffs. Considering byrd sucks vs the angels, and wakefield hasn't been used they have a lot of dead weight on the bench. Not that armsda pitched well after his DL stint, I would still take him over lopez or timlin.

In limited sample size kotsay is hitting as poorly with the redsox as cash is yet he PH for him. Why did cora go into the game so fucking early. I understand the pinch running thing a little, as lowell has the bad hip. But you could have moved youk to 3b, left lowrie at ss, and put casey into the game then. At least then you wouldn't be losing much at the plate, and still would be fine from the defensive point of view. Cora is a really smart player, but I would rather have someone that can hit in the lineup then someone that can't. Did casey do something to piss francona off? He hit .322 for the season. Granted he only got 199 ab's but still, cora hit .270 in 152 ab''s and kotsay was at .226 with the redsox in 84 ab's with no homers. So none of them are giving you much power and casey ba is much higher and he doesn't swing at bad pitches and will work a walk.
 
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To beat a dead horse, you hate to see the calling of balls and strikes throw playoff caliber teams off when they're earning their paychecks. Boo on the ump. I'm a huge fan of letting the ump call the game and the k-zone tracker be damned, but geez, it needs to be consistent.

Let's hope Game 4 gives everyone a chance to get a little more comfortable out there.
 
[quote name='ryanbph']my money is on cc staying in the nl, most likely with the mets if he can stomach being the #2. Imo the dodgers won't be big spenders considering all the FA big contract busts they have had. IMO the yanks will offer the most followed by the mets.[/QUOTE]

i dunno about C.C coming to the Mets. I would rather go after Derek Lowe or try and pull a trade for Jake Peavy. They need to use that money on reworking that bullpen and trying to get a closer..either it be K-Rod or Fuentes. also i would like to see Castillo gone and make a move for a fiery guy like Eric Byrnes or even dare i say Adam Dunn if he is a FA.
 
IMO the mets don't have the prospects for peavy. Krod will cost a lot but IMO Fuentes will be relatively cheap compared to Krod. middle relief isn't something you need to bid heavy on. A couple mill will get you a middle guy who has had sucess in the past.

I would think the mets would want to make another big splash to chane the tone of there fans. Much like last year and the santana move. Also landing the #1 player on the yanks radar going into an offseason before the new stadium opens would be a great way to stick it to the yanks and keep ny attention on the mets and not the yanks.

If the yanks got either sabathia or texeria (as they claim to be targeting) then no matter who the mets sign will bring any attention to the mets
 
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Sigh... as much as it sucks to see the Sox lose, the Rays make for a good story. Very promising young team. They just outplayed the Sox in this series. The Sox' problem had been stranding baserunners, but they barely had any baserunners in Game 4.
 
Go figure, solid outing from Lester, then the BP blows it with 2 walks and a Torii Hunter single. Maybe they will actually hit in the bottom half.
 
Never a doubt in my mind we'd win tonight.

RED SOX WIN! RED SOX WIN! THEEEEEE RED SOX WIIIN!!!

Also one step closer to Manny vs. the Red Sox
 
[quote name='speedracer']I'm hoping for a Dodgers/Sox or a Rays/either. Sox/Phils just isn't interesting in the slightest to me.[/quote]

Any of the remaining matchups would be interesting to me. The ALCS is more interesting than a PHI/BOS WS, but I'd still find that interesting.
 
[quote name='craven_fiend']Any of the remaining matchups would be interesting to me. The ALCS is more interesting than a PHI/BOS WS, but I'd still find that interesting.[/quote]So true. The 2004 ALCS was fucking amazing, adn the 2007 ALCS was also really, really fun to watch. Yet, both the 2004 and 2007 WS were lackluster in comparison.
 
Wow, the Angels are seriously bitter.

Lackey:
"[Sunday] night they scored three runs on a pop fly that was called a hit, which was a joke," Lackey said, referring to Ellsbury's pop that fell between center fielder Torii Hunter and second baseman Howie Kendrick in Game 3.

"[Monday] night they scored on a broken-bat ground ball and a fly ball that anywhere else in America is an out, and he's fist-pumping on second base like he did something great."

"We lost to a team that was not as good as we are," John Lackey said.

Asked to describe his feelings, Lackey said, "Like I want to throw somebody through a wall."

Hunter:

"I'm [ticked], I'm upset, this one's going to be with me for a while," Hunter said. "It doesn't feel good, because we're a better team than they are. But they're moving on."
 
they sox lost game 3, so why is he still bitcking about that.

lackey is a bitter little bitch. Maybe if they could have gotten a bunt down they would still be in it. Or maybe if the umps hadn't changed the strike zone so much thru the game, some of those base runners hunter knocked in wouldn't have been on base to begin with.
 
[quote name='craven_fiend']Any of the remaining matchups would be interesting to me. The ALCS is more interesting than a PHI/BOS WS, but I'd still find that interesting.[/QUOTE]

I hate the Phillies, being a Braves fan. So I'm pulling for the Dodgers there, though I'd root for the Sox or Rays over either NL team. Would like to see the Rays personally, as I like to see new teams win (win my team is out of it) rather than the usual suspects like the Sox in recent years.
 
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