WARNING!! It's the 2012 Annual Baseball Thread!! Open at your own risk!!

[ChuckElias]

Sox are on fire! They're back to .500 and only 4 out of the wild card. Watch out, they're on their way, baby!

(Didn't I make this same post about 3 weeks ago? Eeesh )

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Sox are on fire! They're back to .500 and only 4 out of the wild card. Watch out, they're on their way, baby!

Just wait until Josh Beckett, Jacoby Ellsbury, Carl Crawford, Andrew Bailey, Chris Carpenter, Aaron Cook, and Rich Hill come off the disabled list. Then the Red Sox will actually be fielding a team that includes players that are old enough to shave, can hold a driver's license, can vote, and can legally drink adult beverages (but not with Popeye's chicken, and not in the clubhouse).

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

The Indians are in First Place!! The Indians are in First Place!! Tra la! Tra la! Tra la!

MTD, Sr.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

The Indians won again tonight. Tra la, tra la, tra la, .

MTD, Sr.

[ChuckElias]

Sox are still above .500, so we got that going for us.

Interesting trivia today. . . On this date in 1917, Babe Ruth was the starting pitcher for Boston against the Washington Senators. He walked the first batter of the game. Ruth argued that the the final pitch had been a strike and was ejected from the game. Reliever Ernie Shore replaced Ruth and retired the next consecutive 26 batters. The only base runner (the recipient of Ruth's walk) was thrown out trying to steal second. Shore essentially pitched a perfect game, but doesn't get credit for it, because he wasn't the starting pitcher.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

On this date in 1917, Babe Ruth was the starting pitcher for Boston against the Washington Senators. He walked the first batter of the game. Ruth argued that the the final pitch had been a strike and was ejected from the game. Reliever Ernie Shore replaced Ruth and retired the next consecutive 26 batters. The only base runner (the recipient of Ruth's walk) was thrown out trying to steal second. Shore essentially pitched a perfect game, but doesn't get credit for it, because he wasn't the starting pitcher.

It's better than talking about Bucky F***ing Dent, or Aaron F***ing Boone, but it still feels weird talking about Babe Ruth without adding an epithet to his name.

[ChuckElias]

Bye-bye, Youk. Understandable, but sad. It was a great run.

White Sox acquire Youkilis from Red Sox | MLB.com: News

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Bye-bye, Youk. Understandable, but sad.

"I don't think he's as physically or emotionally into the game as he has been in the past for some reason." (Bobby Valentine, April 15, 2012)

I blame Bobby Valentine. He should have never said this aloud. He could have thought it, he could have said it to Youkilis behind closed doors, but he never should have said it to reporters. I believe that if Valentine had never said this, Youkilis would have been traded under very different circumstances, and his leaving would have been much more amicable.

[ChuckElias]

Red Sox up to 3rd place! Yankees lose two starting pitchers in one day. The only bad news for the Sox is that John Lester says he's feeling great

And for the first EVER, the Dodgers get shut out in a series of 3 games or more. They lost 8-0, 2-0 and 3-0 (AT HOME!!!) to the Giants.

[DLH17]

how bout them Royales! swept in 3 by the cards, then sweep the rays! 5.5 out. very much alive in the week arse al central

[grunewar]

Still hanging on to first place almost halfway through the season. Setting all kinds of team records......23 runs in two games (at colo ya know), they found another rookie who can really play (Tyler Moore), mlb record - lead off a game with rookies hitting B to B HR's on consecutive pitches (Lambardozi/Harper) and a pitching staff with four starters with a combined ERA's under 3.0, attendance at home and away is way up, and (drum roll please) they may have several legitimate All Stars - and MLB may not have to "choose there annual Nats rep." A fun yr and fun team so far!!

Got tix for several more games! Waitin on ya LCUBED!!

[Lcubed48]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Still hanging on to first place almost halfway through the season. Setting all kinds of team records......23 runs in two games (at colo ya know), they found another rookie who can really play (Tyler Moore), mlb record - lead off a game with rookies hitting B to B HR's on consecutive pitches (Lambardozi/Harper) and a pitching staff with four starters with a combined ERA's under 3.0, attendance at home and away is way up, and (drum roll please) they may have several legitimate All Stars - and MLB may not have to "choose there annual Nats rep." A fun yr and fun team so far!!

Got tix for several more games! Waitin on ya LCUBED!!

Yeah, I'll be there in all Cardinal Red.

[Welpe]

Mad Bum throws a 1 hit, complete game shut out (the fourth in a row for the Giants) and the Dodger's lose. First place, hummm baby!

[ChuckElias]

Kind of surprised it took this long:

Miami Marlins' Ozzie Guillen erupts in profanity-laced rant after loss - ESPN

[Lcubed48]

Who would've thunk it? At the All Star break, the Nats and the Pirates are in first place, and the O's and the Indians are in second. All have records north of .500.

Go Cardinals!