2006 MLB Season Discussion (1 Viewer)

[Kirk Tsai]

Precisely because of some of these reasons, I think Ichiro has a better shot at a long consecutive hitting streak than .400. The man gets too few walks and too many at bats to hit such .400, but his at bats give him a lot of chances to get hits. When Williams hit 406, he had fewer than 500 ABs, but Ichiro averages more than 650 a season.

 

[Joseph S]

Party at Big Papi's house tonight.

 

[Patrick_S]

Morgan's dislike of the Cubs has nothing to do with the fact that he played for the Reds. It does have everything to do with the fact that Sandberg played for the Cubs.

 

[Eric Peterson]

That is one of the many reasons that I knew he hated the Cubs, but I thought it that was caused by his hatred of the Cubs, not the reverse.:frowning:

Who know, but it is clearly evident. That of and by itself should eliminate him from ever broadcasting Cubs games, but he seems to do every Cubs game that is on ESPN. I'm watching the Braves/Phillies right now, and I'm not sure who the broadcast team is, but they're doing just fine.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Hmmmm.

Color me clueless...but what's the dustup between Joe Morgan and Ryne Sandberg? A long ago scuffle?

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

I may have seen Braves/Phillies on ESPN but due to laziness didn't flip over to check.

That's a big D'oh on my part.

 

[Joseph S]

The Babe takes no prisoners.

Bronson Arroyo has gone deep again!! A perfect 1.000 batting average and a shutout today so far.

 

[Jason Seaver]

Yeah, just think, he could be hitting those home runs in Boston.

Oh. Wait. Never mind.

I'm gald he's having a good start in Cincinatti; Lord knows they need pitching more than we do here. And Theo's looking pretty smart for getting some outfield depth, too.

 

[BobbyPerry]

It's funny that Cheney got booed when throwing out the first pitch yesterday: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5494902 How uncomfortable would that be.

 

[Mike Frezon]

I hope the only reason he got booed was for bouncing the pitch while throwing from in front of the mound.

THAT is definitely a boo-able offense!

 

[Marvin]

At least he didn't hit anyone this time.

 

[Patrick_S]

No scuffle just that as Morgan's career was ending Sandberg's took off. Morgan just couldn't handle all of the attention that Sandberg was getting so he went out of his way to be critical of Sandberg and the Cubs whenever he got the chance.

Heck Morgan even went so far as to skip last year's ceremony. He claims he had other obligations but most people saw through his flimsy excuse. Yep make it regularly to the ceremony but when another Second Baseman whom many consider to be your equal is inducted you manage to skip the ceremony. Want to make a bet he'll be back this year?

 

[Mike Frezon]

Thanks, Patrick. As presented, that's practically the definition of bush league.

I hope David Wells got those first two innings out of his system and settles down now.

He gave up two homers, a walk (!), five singles and a double in those first two innings tonight against the Jays. Luckily, only 5 runs! :frowning:

 

[Shane Martin]

Not looking good for the Bostonians tonight. Wells got creamed. But atleast they signed Coco Crisp to a 3 yr 15 million dollar contract. That's reasonable for a guy like him.

 

[Mike Frezon]

So...I guess the best they can do this year is 160-2.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

The Phillies only did damage in 2 innings tonight.

Unfortunately, it was enough to win 7-5 over the Braves.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

Braves lost 2 of 3 to the Phillies. This never makes me happy.

 

[Joseph S]

You have to ask, Where's the Grand Jury for Raffy?

We've got proof of his perjury to Congress. It wouldn't take more than 5 minutes to get an indictment for him. We don't have any proof for Bonds and we're throwing more money down the drain on this crap when you can pretty much get an indictment on any garbage thrown against the wall.

 

[Patrick_S]

I that is not correct. The test he failed was administered AFTER he testified before Congress.

 

[Brook K]

Braves pitching has been a horror story so far. Looks like Francoeur may have finally woken up though.

We're going tomorrow night. My son's little league team is going to be playing on the field before the game.