Warning!! Danger!! Annual Off-topic Baseball Thread '07!! Beware!!

[Mark Padgett]

Of course, kudos to the Oregon State Beavers for their repeat performance in winning the NCAA World Series.

GO BEAVS!!!!

[ChuckElias]

Good news, bad news.

Bad news is that the Red Sox lost in Seattle.

Good news is that Steve Phillips just announced on ESPN that the Yankees are definitely going to miss the playoffs. You guys must be devastated.

[mick]

Originally Posted by mick

Maroth didn't meet the power specs of the pitching staff and, thus, he wasn't going to be a starter with Miller coming up.
If it's me I have Fernando Rodney going away.

Tigers appreciated Maroth and sent him to the Champs, who need a starter.
And, since Leyland and LaRussa are buddies, neither team will be hurt.

[from detnews.com]

"Throwing barely over 80 mph, he got Jose Reyes and others to take several awkward swings. Maroth helped himself by catching a pair of runners leaning the wrong way and picking them off first.
Maroth neatly slapped a single in a bunt situation -- injured teammate David Eckstein offered his bat before the game -- put down a sacrifice bunt and stole his first base in the majors. Maroth also did something equally rare, drawing applause from Mets fans when he exited during a double switch."

[M&M Guy]

Well, the Cubs had one of those games again. They had an 8-3 lead going into the top of the 9th against Colorado. I was going to switch it off, but something told me to keep watching. The Rockies proceed to get a single, walk, double, single, single, and 3-run HR to take the lead 9-8, and there's still no outs. That's when a fan runs out on the field and charges right for Howry. The fan gets tackled by a security guard close to the mound, and according to Howry is saying, "What are you doing?!" Howry's answer is, "I'm trying to give up home runs, what do you think?" Howry then gets out of the inning, and the Cubs come back and score 2 on Soriano's bases-loaded single with 2 outs.

Nothin' beats fun at the ol' ballpark.

[JugglingReferee]

Apparently this is a famous game or something.

And I know some of you are BoSox fans (not sure who though). I do not know if there are any Mets fans here.

Anyways: here ya go.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Apparently this is a famous game or something.

And I know some of you are BoSox fans (not sure who though). I do not know if there are any Mets fans here.

Anyways: here ya go.

That's just amazing! I can only guess that the creator is a very knowledgable computer programmer and was able to open the code of the Nintendo game and program in the sequence. I would love to know exactly how he did it.

[mick]

It seems, when on the subject of the fan voting results for all-stars and how Tiger players are getting recognized, Jim Leyland offered:

"Well, to be honest with you I just think that it is all kind of (ticking) me off if you want to know the truth," Leyland said. "Everyone is going to find out that I'm not such a good manager. I have eight All-Stars on my team." - detnews.com

[Texas Aggie]

As a Ranger fan, I rarely look at the standings past mid April. Who are some of the division leaders?

[ChuckElias]

Jeez, DJ, your M's are killing me! Dice-K pitches outstanding ball for 8 innings and the offense can't score any runs. 3 game sweep. UGH! Manny and Papi combined to go 0-fer-10. Ouch. Veritek threw in an 0-fer-4 for good measure.

Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

As a Ranger fan, I rarely look at the standings past mid April. Who are some of the division leaders?

Some? Here's all of them:

AL East: Red Sox by 9 games over Toronto
AL Central: Detroit by a half game over Cleveland
AL West: LA Angels of Anaheim by 5 over Seattle

NL East: Mets by 3.5 over Philly and Atlanta
NL Central: Milwaukee by 7.5 over the Cubbies
NL West: San Diego and Arizona are tied, a half game in front of the Dodgers.

Aggie, your Rangers are 16 games out. But as I noted in last year's thread, the last two teams to have fired Buck Showalter have won the World Series the very next year (Yankees did it with Torre, Diamondbacks did it with Bochy as manager). So take heart, your Rangers will upset my Red Sox in the ALCS and win the World Series.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

AL East: Red Sox by 9 games over Toronto

We're finally over the 500 mark! W00t!

[mick]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

So take heart, your Rangers will upset my Red Sox in the ALCS and win the World Series.

Rangers are certainly having their way with Detroit.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by mick

Rangers are certainly having their way with Detroit.

Especially last night - Detroit didn't even bother to take the field from what I understand.

[mick]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Especially last night - Detroit didn't even bother to take the field from what I understand.

And further, they rescheduled the game for September so they may have time to get in a little more fielding and bullpen work.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by mick

And further, they rescheduled the game for September so they may have time to get in a little more fielding and bullpen work.

I'm not sure Detroit needs the work as much as some other teams, though.

Last night sure made us old guys feel good - there were 7 pitchers scheduled to start who were over the age of 40: Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Clemens, Moyer, Williams, and Rogers. Only Mother Nature kept Kenny Rogers from getting to start.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by mick

Rangers are certainly having their way with Detroit.

Don't feel bad. Two different leagues are having their way with the Yankees.