MLB 2010 - The First

[PhilsFan]

I'll be at the Rockies-Phils series in July, which should be a good one if both teams continue their successes of last season.

 

[bono_212]

So, I can go see the Rangers play the As but I don't really have much of an interest in that game, or I can just not go to work and see the Rangers play the Sox, and I haven't been to a Sox game in about...12 years. I think we know the answer.

 

[DRay9911]

i'm going to the reds/mariners on the 20th before the show at qwest field

 

[kramwest1]

One week until the Twins/Red Sox for me.

 

[No spoken words]

I'll be at Yankee Stadium on the 17th, mini-HS reunion going with some old friends.

Have tickets to 10 A's games, including games against the Yanks, Sox, Rays, Twins and Mariners.

Headache, while I don't think that Costas was horrid at hoops pxp, he's light years better as a baseball guy, that's for sure.

 

[DRay9911]

and here we go...

 

[phanan]

I sure do miss John Lackey posting in here now.

 

[speedracer]

I can't take 15 more games of this.

 

[No spoken words]

I can't take 15 more games of this.

Elaborate please?

Do you mean 15 more close games?

 

[speedracer]

If all the NYY-BOS games are this close, I'll probably be dead by midseason.

 

[No spoken words]

If all the NYY-BOS games are this close, I'll probably be dead by midseason.

That's what I thought, just wanted to be sure.

I think that by now we all should be used to this. Though, last year was kind of an anomaly, not as many close games as usual.

 

[No spoken words]

I mean, he was safe and all, but, wow, Posada is sooooo fucking slow.

I like how the home plate ump signals safe even though Posada did not initially touch home.

 

[phanan]

Bard should have just stuck to his fastball and blew it by him.

 

[PhilsFan]

Are Boston and New York playing a game tonight? I didn't notice.

 

[MrPryck2U]

Are Boston and New York playing a game tonight? I didn't notice.

Yeah, I think its on that little rinky dink cable channel, ESP or something or other.


I get to see it on YES, thankfully.

 

[bono_212]

The Red Sox are still a baseball team? Will wonders never cease...

 

[No spoken words]

Sox players I hate:

Papelbon
Pedroia
Youkilis
Drew
Beckett

Sox players I respect but don't necessarily like

Varitek
Lester

Sox players I begrudgingly admit to liking

Lowell
Wakefield
Martinez

 

[bono_212]

Woohoo 0-2. Go Cubs Go.

 

[phanan]

Yankee players I respect:

Jeter
Rivera

I also like Swisher and Granderson.

Yankees I absolutely loathe:

A-Rod
Posada
Texeira
Joba
Pettite

 

[No spoken words]

No real surprises on either list, I guess.

I should make a past Red Sox list for kicks.

 

[No spoken words]

Woohoo 0-2. Go Cubs Go.

At least this was a close game.

 

[phanan]

No real surprises on either list, I guess.

I should make a past Red Sox list for kicks.

That would get quite lengthy, I'd imagine.

 

[bono_212]

At least this was a close game.

Truth. So glad they pinch hit Fontenot there at the end. That definitely pulled us from the depths.

 

[No spoken words]

That would get quite lengthy, I'd imagine.

You know, not as long as you'd think. It's always more the uniform than the guy wearing it.

 

[DRay9911]

Yankee players I respect:

Jeter
Rivera

Yankees I absolutely loathe:

Posada

just curious. why do you not like posada? he came up with jeter and rivera and have been teammates the whole time.

 

[phanan]

Because, to put it bluntly, he is one of the biggest whiners in all of baseball, and just an all-around wimpy douchebag. Doesn't matter that he's been a Yankee as long as Jeter and Rivera - that's beside the point. Although if anything, you'd think after all this time he'd learn from those two, being the class acts that they are.

 

[No spoken words]

Most non-Yankee fans I know despise Posada.

 

[speedracer]

Since I know you're all dying to know the outcome of Dick Wood's latest at-bat...he just whiffed to leave the bases loaded.

 

[DRay9911]

okay. it's your list. i just don't remember him doing anything douchy other than being a catcher and trying to work the umps. i'll double the

and you'll never guess who just struck out with 2 outs and the bases loaded...his name rhymes with dick wood

 

[bono_212]

1. Brandon Wood looked lost in the batter's box to start the season and some fans at Angel Stadium razzed him pretty good. Utility man Maicer Izturis could be at third base soon if Wood continues like that. On top of attempting to replace popular third baseman Chone Figgins, Wood is trying to establish himself in the majors after batting .192 with the Angels in 224 at-bats spread across three seasons. More time in the minor leagues, where he's logged 2,944 at-bats, may not be the answer. Late in spring training Wood perked up after he tweaked his swing, but it didn't carry over into the season.

"He's got lightning in his bat and we want to see how that's going to play," said manager Mike Scioscia.

Nonetheless, Scioscia mentioned that Izturis could give Wood, 25, a breather sooner than later.

Four Quick Thoughts on the Angels -- MLB FanHouse