MLB 2013

shut down again, this time by price....damn Tampa has pitching.... Hopefully they can score some runs tonite for Lackey and take a split

Yea, and hopefully they cool off by Sept and start dropping games.

The Cubs finally rid themselves of Soriano

blondie wrote:

The Cubs finally rid themselves of Soriano

He'll be a superstar for sure now, all over agin.

to them he will be

Yanks HR in July - 8
Soriano HR un July - 9 or 10

something like that

Hell, we probably could've used him at this point   Actually I heard that we almost traded Brown for him last off-season (this was prior to his breakout)

The Cubs just released him, or did they get somebody for him?

no, it was a trade. I don't know who but the Cubs are paying most of his salary due. I think he's still under contract through next year still.

blondie wrote:

no, it was a trade.  I don't know who but the Cubs are paying most of his salary due.  I  think he's still under contract through next year still.  

I saw the numbers he's still owed....what a waste...again, the Cubs are looking to the future...God knows their past isn't anything glorious...

sounds like they only received one player back

meepsrus wrote:

blondie wrote:

The Cubs finally rid themselves of Soriano

He'll be a superstar for sure now, all over agin.

hits a home run and the walk off single to win the game against tampa

Thanks Chicago!!! 

Sox take 2 of 3 from Baltimore, and claw their way back into 1st.


now they get to play tampa in the make up game and go up against price for the second time in 5 days  

Hopefully papi's temper tantrum on saturday wakes the bats up a little,they needed a spark they were listless the last week or so.

oh the humanity

iwantmycrayons wrote:

meepsrus wrote:

blondie wrote:

The Cubs finally rid themselves of Soriano

He'll be a superstar for sure now, all over agin.

hits a home run and the walk off single to win the game against tampa

Thanks Chicago!!! 

Shades of Lou Brock  

blondie wrote:

oh the humanity

 


I truly didn't expect them to take all three....no, really! I thought your best chnace would have been Sunday, against Porcello....and of course I expected Cliff Lee to show up...but hey we'll take em all the same  

meepsrus wrote:

blondie wrote:

oh the humanity

 


I truly didn't expect them to take all three....no, really! I thought your best chnace would have been Sunday, against Porcello....and of course I expected Cliff Lee to show up...but hey we'll take em all the same   

you can see how well run they are when they elected to pitch Valdez (aging AAA relief pitcher who throws 88mph) ) instead of calling up somebody, anybody. Surely we have someone better.

Hamels wasn't bad but we have no offense to speak of. Pettibone is ok too but since he battles, Charlie's afraid to keep him in.

Bullpen is in shambles but that's nothing new.

On the plus side, they can stop pretending to "need" Michael Young. Get something for him while we still can.

Pap can go fly a kite - he's turning "Werthless" with his comments.

see you in 2014!  

blondie wrote:

see you in 2014!  

At your place this time I assume?  You had LOTS of people on the DL...

Yeah, was surprised at Papelbon....especially with the money he's getting....I'd never sign a reliever to a long term contract...

meepsrus wrote:

blondie wrote:

see you in 2014!  

At your place this time I assume?  You had LOTS of people on the DL...

Yeah, was surprised at Papelbon....especially with the money he's getting....I'd never sign a reliever to a long term contract...

we're calling the death on this year  


I didn't hate Pap's contract - at the time it was really only him or Madson and Madson hasn't thrown a pitch since he left us 2 years ago. And Pap's mostly been solid - if we were competing his contract wouldn't even be discussed.

Running your mouth against your team and organization doesn't cut it around here. And its not going to help the team to have another problem.

last year we could blame on the DL - this year that excuse doesn't cut it. They're just feeble with the bat.

Well, we have a couple games with Washington starting tomorrow....I'm thinking we won't average 8 runs a game against them  

their pitching hasn't been as good as advertised

but it looks like they are hitting again

tough loss a bad call at home, poor baserunning that should have tied the game BEFORe the bad call, and David Price is one hell of a pitcher

1/2 game out of first again, hopefully they get some wins against seattle, and the rays can cool off a little

farking pirates....

this is short but funny. even though who the hell has even really heard of Mr. Met?

Michael Young trade should be imminent - calling up our 3b of the future, Cody Ashe.

blondie wrote:

Michael Young trade should be imminent - calling up our 3b of the future, Cody Ashe.  

I hope it isn't to the red sox, they could bring up bogarts or middlebrooks to fill that hole.

i really think they won't do anything before the deadline, look to make a trade in Agust if they need to.

honestly their pitching is Ok, they could use help in the bullpen, but it's their offense right now that's slumping.

Of course seeing david price 2 times in 5 days will do that to you, hopefully seattle will be a little easier to score runs on, but you can't blame the pitching when you lose 2-1

The Yankees have been the ones who really wanted him - they lost ARoid and Youklis

The same rumor mill has you guys going after Cliff Lee

blondie wrote:

The Yankees have been the ones who really wanted him - they lost ARoid and Youklis

The same rumor mill has you guys going after Cliff Lee

depends on what they have to give up for him.

I'd love to see him pitch at fenway, but not if we have to break the farm to do so.

hopefully we don't settle for anything less than the top prospects - may as well keep him

I now see that its probably dead anyway

iwantmycrayons wrote:

blondie wrote:

Michael Young trade should be imminent - calling up our 3b of the future, Cody Ashe.  

I hope it isn't to the red sox, they could bring up bogarts or middlebrooks to fill that hole.

 i really think they won't do anything before the deadline, look to make a trade in Agust if they need to.

 honestly their pitching is Ok, they could use help in the bullpen, but it's their offense right now that's slumping.

Of course seeing david price 2 times in 5 days will do that to you, hopefully seattle will be a little easier to score runs on, but you can't blame the pitching when you lose 2-1

I wouldn't say no to Peavey, I kinda hope we get him, or Lee.

iwantmycrayons wrote:

blondie wrote:

The Yankees have been the ones who really wanted him - they lost ARoid and Youklis

The same rumor mill has you guys going after Cliff Lee

depends on what they have to give up for him.

I'd love to see him pitch at fenway, but not if we have to break the farm to do so.

Agreed

Nobody's gonna help us, so we might well stand pat with who we have.  

Uncle Junior from The Sopranos just sang the National Anthem  

And thankfully the eight game losing streak is over  

Woo Hoo!!Great Deal!!!


http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/9523880/jake-peavy-boston-red-sox-3-team-deal-involving-chicago-white-sox-detroit-tigers-sources-confirm

Ez wrote:

Woo Hoo!!Great Deal!!!


http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/9523880/jake-peavy-boston-red-sox-3-team-deal-involving-chicago-white-sox-detroit-tigers-sources-confirm

yeah i like it, losing Iggy will be OK, with bogaerts coming on fast.

I say we bring up Middlebrooks now, wait til they expand the rosters and bring up Bogaerts and see what he can do.

In the meantime, our rotation and bullpen both got better, workman has has bee.....shall i say it, "workmanlike" since he came up, another great game from last night

iwantmycrayons wrote:

Ez wrote:

Woo Hoo!!Great Deal!!!


http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/9523880/jake-peavy-boston-red-sox-3-team-deal-involving-chicago-white-sox-detroit-tigers-sources-confirm

yeah i like it, losing Iggy will be OK, with bogaerts coming on fast.

 I say we bring up Middlebrooks now, wait til they expand the rosters and bring up Bogaerts and see what he can do.

In the meantime, our rotation and bullpen both got better, workman has has bee.....shall i say it, "workmanlike" since he came up, another great game from last night

This should help the Tigers even....we stand to lose Peralta, at least for awhile, due to the PED suspension, so Iglesias fits right in there...what's his bat like?

Well the Tigers tarnished the Golden Boy, just a little  

meepsrus wrote:

iwantmycrayons wrote:

Ez wrote:

Woo Hoo!!Great Deal!!!


http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/9523880/jake-peavy-boston-red-sox-3-team-deal-involving-chicago-white-sox-detroit-tigers-sources-confirm

yeah i like it, losing Iggy will be OK, with bogaerts coming on fast.

 I say we bring up Middlebrooks now, wait til they expand the rosters and bring up Bogaerts and see what he can do.

In the meantime, our rotation and bullpen both got better, workman has has bee.....shall i say it, "workmanlike" since he came up, another great game from last night

This should help the Tigers even....we stand to lose Peralta, at least for awhile, due to the PED suspension, so Iglesias fits right in there...what's his bat like?

when he first came up he was on fire, but one of the main concerns has always been that he is a weak hitter.

his defense is astounding though, you have a player capable of lowering ERa's all by himself both for the opposing team and yours.  

^^^^^That last, is why they went for him...they have enough hitting power in the lineup....we picked up Jose Vera from Houston also, and he should help us with middle relief.

meepsrus wrote:

^^^^^That last, is why they went for him...they have enough hitting power in the lineup....we picked up Jose Vera from Houston also, and he should help us with middle relief.  

He definitely can play, either third or short, and is an absolute vacuum .

He may hit for you, like I said he was great when he first came up, but has cooled off some as of late.

meepsrus wrote:

Well the Tigers tarnished the Golden Boy, just a little   

I heard  

blondie wrote:

meepsrus wrote:

Well the Tigers tarnished the Golden Boy, just a little   

I heard  

Helps you eh?
Now if Verlander can just get out of his funk this afternoon, that'll look really good  

iwantmycrayons wrote:

meepsrus wrote:

^^^^^That last, is why they went for him...they have enough hitting power in the lineup....we picked up Jose Vera from Houston also, and he should help us with middle relief.  

He definitely can play, either third or short, and is an absolute vacuum .

 He may hit for you, like I said he was great when he first came up, but has cooled off some as of late.

Well, he jumped from one contender to another, so hopefully that will help...

I really hate for them to lose Peralta, I know he did wrong messing with that stuff and all....but at least all of them (except of course A-roid) aren't contesting their suspensions...

meepsrus wrote:

blondie wrote:

meepsrus wrote:

Well the Tigers tarnished the Golden Boy, just a little   

I heard  

Helps you eh?
Now if Verlander can just get out of his funk this afternoon, that'll look really good  

well, at this point nothing is going to help us but I do enjoy seeing the Nationals' golden boys roughed up.   If I never here the word "phenom" again it'll be too soon

it would be nice to finish in 2nd place instead of 3rd, I guess (although we're only 1 game from being in 4th)


And it looks like no deadline trades for us - Utley is working on an extension; no interest in giving up "vital organs" for Lee; it seems like M. Young will finish the season playing first (no reason to even have Howard come back at this point)

meepsrus wrote:

iwantmycrayons wrote:

meepsrus wrote:

^^^^^That last, is why they went for him...they have enough hitting power in the lineup....we picked up Jose Vera from Houston also, and he should help us with middle relief.  

He definitely can play, either third or short, and is an absolute vacuum .

 He may hit for you, like I said he was great when he first came up, but has cooled off some as of late.

Well, he jumped from one contender to another, so hopefully that will help...

I really hate for them to lose Peralta, I know he did wrong messing with that stuff and all....but at least all of them (except of course A-roid) aren't contesting their suspensions...

the word is that they either accept it now or serve for longer if they try to appeal.

How long is the suspension supposed to be? If it's like 50 games, they could all be back by the playoffs.

meepsrus wrote:

How long is the suspension supposed to be? If it's like 50 games, they could all be back by the playoffs.

most of them will be in the 50 game area, and that's what is driving them to accept the suspensions, especially guys like Cruz and perralta who want to go into free agency t without a suspension hanging over their heads

meepsrus wrote:

Well, we have a couple games with Washington starting tomorrow....I'm thinking we won't average 8 runs a game against them   

Well...actually, we did  11-1. Verlander won, which is good for his self confidence I hope....struck out 6 in 6 innings, but he walked 5  

 

15 inning marathon, but back in 1st again.

Moore from tampa, one of their starters on the 15 day DL with elbow problems.

tampa will just bring up some 20 year old who throws 112 MPH and paints the corners though.

I just don't know how they continue to bring up pitcher after pitcher after pitcher and have them succeed so well, any other team losing a starter in August would spell doom, but it will probably make Tampa even stronger