2003 ML Baseball Discussion Thread (1 Viewer)

I saw there were a few other baseball threads, but none for us to just vent over the course of the season.

If you want to stop by and celebrate or whine about something that happened to your favorite team, please do.

Phils beat the Braves last night, 16-2.

That's like heaven.

How's your favorite team doing so far?

WORD UP. How about them Phillies?? Two homers each by Burrell and Thome last night. It's early, but this looks like a very good team. Maybe they'll send the Vet out with an October bang.

Well, there's always next year.........

Maddux is 0-3 with a ERA over 11, and the combined score of his losses is something like 45-2. *shakes heads*

Jays are on a five game winning streak. Attendance is pitiful, but I've been to four home games so far (going to a fifth tonight). Go Jays!

Many unknowns here in Seattle. New manager, but Melvin should work out fine, but how will the offense be? 2 years ago, the hitting was unbelievable, but the numbers Boone, Cameron, et al. could have been an abhoration. (I think they were) Cirillo is proving to be a bust, especially in replacing David Bell. Wynn was a great pickup I think. Defense is good, and the pitching is alright. They'll hang with The A's and Angels for most of the year, but won't make the playoffs.

Chris

I have a sinking feeling that it's a going to be a LONG season for Padre fans...

At least the Pads stuck it to the Dodgers last week.

Mets are just trying to stay competetive this year so they can clear some payroll and make a run at adding BColon and Vlad G next year. But with the way the Braves are looking early, maybe they can stay in the race. But the Phils are looking very strong early.

Still Are Phillie fans that comfortable with Bowa leading that team? He seems like and awful lot like the now defunct Bobby V.

I was kind of worried about the Jays getting swept. But what other team to sweep the Jays than the Yankees. If it weren't for the Yankees series, the Jays would have been on pace to win 162 games this year

So far Ive only been able to see the Yankee series on the tube out in BC. Frustrating I tell ya. Last sunday's game was blacked out in BC cause it wouldnt have been over before the hockey game, and so far there havent been any other games on :frowning:.

Mike: I think tonight's game is national on Sportsnet. You can see the schedule at http://www.sportsnet.ca . I don't think any other channels have the rights to any Jays games at all (in Canada).

If you're watching, look for a guy with a blue mohawk in the stands near third base.

James: yeah, at least it was the Yanks. But I think we also started to gain our confidence in the third game against them, where we almost came back and only lost by two runs (okay, it was 9-7).

Maddux, what is wrong buddy??? When asked that he said "nothing is wrong, I just need to throw the right pitches at the right times and throw them well". Um, well, YEH, Isn't that the whole point?

Ok so the Braves won tonight. What is up with Javy? 0/5 the other night against the Phillies, and he lost it for them. Twice he was up to bat with a runner on 3rd, and got out. Then tonight he hits 3 for 4? You have always been streaky Javy.

Braves 4-6. Not looking good. They hired a new pitcher today, maybe he will give maddux some time to get back into the rhythm. Also there is talk of Smoltz going back to regular line up, not sure if this is a good idea, he is too good where he is at.

Detroit still hasn't won, ouch. When do we play the Mets?

Braves started kinda slow last year, not this bad, but they picked up later, hopefully this will happen. I'm interested to see how our Colorado pitcher, when he gets well, turns out.

And John Rocker is back in the mix.

Good grief, ARod makes more than the entire Devil Rays roster:

http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0403/1533578.html

No one in baseball is worth a quarter billion dollars. That is just silly.

The only gripe I have about baseball, and I'll make it short, is that on average, the team with the most money wins the most games.

One of my major gripes with baseball is from a purely aesthetic standpoint: why doesn't MLB move an NL Central team into the AL West to even up the numbers? It always bugs me to see four teams in one division and six in the other--to say nothing of the adverse effects it might have on final records and playoff qualifications (because of skewed scheduling).

And do away with interleague play. But for the Yanks/Mets and Cubs/ChiSox, do any of the games even mean anything to anyone? I'd much rather see more games against league opponents. For instance, the Phillies and Pirates only play once in April and once in September. That is simply not right.

Sorry for the rant. Go Phils!

Evan

Considering the MLB salaries comparied with production I think AROD is worth every penny.