MLB Thread: 2013

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
I’ll be rooting for the Braves but give them about a .01% chance of winning the first series.[/quote]

I give them a 50-50 shot. I get it, with our post season woes being what they are, people are, rightly, skittish about jumping on the train. But it’s my team, no matter what. And realistically, we have as good a chance as any.
Rumor has it, we’re leaving Uggla out. I hate that, but the guy hasn’t produced and the post season is not a place to get it figured out.
September was a blah month, but we had this thing wrapped up a while ago, so I am not surprised. I hope they can flip that switch and that little brawl with the Brewers gave me hope that we got some spunk going into this thing.
I HATE that we got the SI cover. That’s the worst jinx. Fuckers.

Isn’t it nice to have a post-season sans the Yankees? ahhhh

[quote]pat wrote:

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
I’ll be rooting for the Braves but give them about a .01% chance of winning the first series.[/quote]

I give them a 50-50 shot. I get it, with our post season woes being what they are, people are, rightly, skittish about jumping on the train. But it’s my team, no matter what. And realistically, we have as good a chance as any.
Rumor has it, we’re leaving Uggla out. I hate that, but the guy hasn’t produced and the post season is not a place to get it figured out.
September was a blah month, but we had this thing wrapped up a while ago, so I am not surprised. I hope they can flip that switch and that little brawl with the Brewers gave me hope that we got some spunk going into this thing.
I HATE that we got the SI cover. That’s the worst jinx. Fuckers.[/quote]

Make no mistake, they are my team. They have been my team long enough to know that the regular season means nothing for us when it comes to the post season and there probably isn’t another team anywhere that can choke away a wonderful year in Sept-Oct better than the Braves, except for maybe the Sox but they seem to be getting that monkey off their backs.

Good season for the Indians. If Tito does not win manager of the year something is wrong.

Disappointed to see our big off season fa signing (Swisher) swinging away like a drunkin softball player when he just needed to get a hit. As the mantra goes in cleveland sports, there is always next year.

[quote]Aggv wrote:
Good season for the Indians. If Tito does not win manager of the year something is wrong.

Disappointed to see our big off season fa signing (Swisher) swinging away like a drunkin softball player when he just needed to get a hit. As the mantra goes in cleveland sports, there is always next year. [/quote]

The Cabrera GIDP made me so sad. I didn’t turn the game off because I was still invested, but that’s the exact moment all of the wind fell out of my sails.

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:

[quote]pat wrote:

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
I’ll be rooting for the Braves but give them about a .01% chance of winning the first series.[/quote]

I give them a 50-50 shot. I get it, with our post season woes being what they are, people are, rightly, skittish about jumping on the train. But it’s my team, no matter what. And realistically, we have as good a chance as any.
Rumor has it, we’re leaving Uggla out. I hate that, but the guy hasn’t produced and the post season is not a place to get it figured out.
September was a blah month, but we had this thing wrapped up a while ago, so I am not surprised. I hope they can flip that switch and that little brawl with the Brewers gave me hope that we got some spunk going into this thing.
I HATE that we got the SI cover. That’s the worst jinx. Fuckers.[/quote]

Make no mistake, they are my team. They have been my team long enough to know that the regular season means nothing for us when it comes to the post season and there probably isn’t another team anywhere that can choke away a wonderful year in Sept-Oct better than the Braves, except for maybe the Sox but they seem to be getting that monkey off their backs.[/quote]

I get it. Trust me.

Beltran is a post-season god.

[quote]Aggv wrote:
Good season for the Indians. If Tito does not win manager of the year something is wrong.

Disappointed to see our big off season fa signing (Swisher) swinging away like a drunkin softball player when he just needed to get a hit. As the mantra goes in cleveland sports, there is always next year. [/quote]

Also, if Clint Hurdle does not get manager of the year, something is very, HORRIBLY wrong. He’s as much a sure-thing as Kershaw is for Cy Young.

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:

[quote]pat wrote:

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
I’ll be rooting for the Braves but give them about a .01% chance of winning the first series.[/quote]

I give them a 50-50 shot. I get it, with our post season woes being what they are, people are, rightly, skittish about jumping on the train. But it’s my team, no matter what. And realistically, we have as good a chance as any.
Rumor has it, we’re leaving Uggla out. I hate that, but the guy hasn’t produced and the post season is not a place to get it figured out.
September was a blah month, but we had this thing wrapped up a while ago, so I am not surprised. I hope they can flip that switch and that little brawl with the Brewers gave me hope that we got some spunk going into this thing.
I HATE that we got the SI cover. That’s the worst jinx. Fuckers.[/quote]

Make no mistake, they are my team. They have been my team long enough to know that the regular season means nothing for us when it comes to the post season and there probably isn’t another team anywhere that can choke away a wonderful year in Sept-Oct better than the Braves, except for maybe the Sox but they seem to be getting that monkey off their backs.[/quote]

I am having De ja vu… again. Best regular season team in history, consistently. We need new ownership. I hate Liberty Media.

[quote]pat wrote:
I am having De ja vu… again. Best regular season team in history, consistently. We need new ownership. I hate Liberty Media.[/quote]

This. Also I would like to get a new manager, 2nd baseman, and an Upton who will hustle and not be a pussy in the outfield. Is that too much to ask?

[quote]pat wrote:

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:

[quote]pat wrote:

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
I’ll be rooting for the Braves but give them about a .01% chance of winning the first series.[/quote]

I give them a 50-50 shot. I get it, with our post season woes being what they are, people are, rightly, skittish about jumping on the train. But it’s my team, no matter what. And realistically, we have as good a chance as any.
Rumor has it, we’re leaving Uggla out. I hate that, but the guy hasn’t produced and the post season is not a place to get it figured out.
September was a blah month, but we had this thing wrapped up a while ago, so I am not surprised. I hope they can flip that switch and that little brawl with the Brewers gave me hope that we got some spunk going into this thing.
I HATE that we got the SI cover. That’s the worst jinx. Fuckers.[/quote]

Make no mistake, they are my team. They have been my team long enough to know that the regular season means nothing for us when it comes to the post season and there probably isn’t another team anywhere that can choke away a wonderful year in Sept-Oct better than the Braves, except for maybe the Sox but they seem to be getting that monkey off their backs.[/quote]

I am having De ja vu… again. Best regular season team in history, consistently. We need new ownership. I hate Liberty Media.[/quote]

Yeah, we went 5-2 against the Dodgers when it didn’t matter. Now we are back to being the Braves.

Not sure why the Sox pitched to Longoria with 2 on 2 out and first base open.

[quote]rugbgod wrote:

[quote]pat wrote:
I am having De ja vu… again. Best regular season team in history, consistently. We need new ownership. I hate Liberty Media.[/quote]

This. Also I would like to get a new manager, 2nd baseman, and an Upton who will hustle and not be a pussy in the outfield. Is that too much to ask?
[/quote]

I would love to get Joe Maddon. He takes $40 million dollar teams to the play-offs every year, with different people. Imagine what he could do with a 90 million dollar team?

So I am now shooting for the Rays to win. Why do I like to underdog?

[quote]pat wrote:

[quote]rugbgod wrote:

[quote]pat wrote:
I am having De ja vu… again. Best regular season team in history, consistently. We need new ownership. I hate Liberty Media.[/quote]

This. Also I would like to get a new manager, 2nd baseman, and an Upton who will hustle and not be a pussy in the outfield. Is that too much to ask?
[/quote]

I would love to get Joe Maddon. He takes $40 million dollar teams to the play-offs every year, with different people. Imagine what he could do with a 90 million dollar team?

So I am now shooting for the Rays to win. Why do I like to underdog?[/quote]
It’s not just him, it’s the GM. They draft good players and develop them. Then they will do things like trade James Shields for some younger, good prospects who turn out to be good.

[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:

NL

St. Louis over Pitt in 5.
LA over Atlanta in 4.

LA over St. Louis in 7.

AL

Boston over Cleveland in 4.
Detroit over Oakland in 5.

Boston over Detroit in 5.

World Series

Boston over LA in 6.

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I’ve been spot on so far except just replace the Indians with Rays.

[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:

[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:

NL

St. Louis over Pitt in 5.
LA over Atlanta in 4.

LA over St. Louis in 7.

AL

Boston over Cleveland in 4.
Detroit over Oakland in 5.

Boston over Detroit in 5.

World Series

Boston over LA in 6.

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I’ve been spot on so far except just replace the Indians with Rays.[/quote]

I hope your right.

[quote]red04 wrote:
Beltran is a post-season god.[/quote]

Gonna just keep quoting this as it’s relevant, which could be a lot.

That was a huge win for the Cardinals. The beat Kershaw who really pitched good. They actually took out the Dodgers two best pitchers and still haven’t pitched Wainright yet.

It’s a good day for people in Boston. I thought the Sox were done in this game.

[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:
It’s a good day for people in Boston. I thought the Sox were done in this game.[/quote]

Yeah me to huge win for the Sox it would be tough losing to the Tigers 0-2 at home then going to Detroit to face Verlander