MLB 2013

[Ingmar]

Matt Cain has been giving up HRs this year, Zito is Zito, Lincecum is still bad Lincecum (and will be staying that way), only Bumgarner has been consistently good. The bullpen has also taken several steps back from years past, especially IMO Affeldt.

[Sjofn]

I think Matt Cain is basically back to good, he's been pitching pretty well lately and was really great today (still giving up too many HRs I guess but NOT TODAY). Unfortunately the team is back to not scoring any fucking runs for him.

The bullpen has been totally crap, though.

[Paelos]

The only reason the Braves are out front of our division now is because our pitching has been lights out in June. The RISP hitting for this team is atrocious.

[Paelos]

Well Homer Bailey sort of made your point, I suppose.

[Ingmar]

Basically every Giants hitter not named Buster Posey is nursing some sort of 2 for 25, 3 for 23, etc., sort of slump.

[Paelos]

That division is still wide open, that's the silly part.

[HaemishM]

When did the NL West become a rolling dumpster fire? 

[Paelos]

Think what it would be like if Puig hadn't shown up. Nobody would ever realize they are playing baseball out there. If the Giants fail and the Dodgers can't get it together, ESPN might as well just shut down its West Coast coverage and stuff the AL East so far up our collective asses we can taste A-Rod's shame.

[ghost]

You aren't already picking that out of your teeth?  ARod is fucking everywhere already.  It couldn't get worse.

[Nebu]

Well Homer Bailey sort of made your point, I suppose.

As for his "No Hitter", I want to know how the fuck they called that play at 3rd a fielder's choice?  There was no way they were going to get the hitter at first.  It should have been ruled a single. 

[Paelos]

Did you hear he's back in AAA?

DID YOU HEAR?

Yes, it's pervasive and obnoxious. Let's see who is on Wednesday night baseball? Mets and Dbacks. They will do anything to mildly interest the NY Market.

[Paelos]

Well Homer Bailey sort of made your point, I suppose.

As for his "No Hitter", I want to know how the fuck they called that play at 3rd a fielder's choice?  There was no way they were going to get the hitter at first.  It should have been ruled a single. 

I think there is one of those in every no-hitter tbh.

[HaemishM]

I was thinking I'd take time on July 4th to watch a baseball game, checked my guide to see who was playing on my TV. Every single fucking game is a good team vs. a total trainwreck team. The most interesting game listed is Orioles v. White Sox or Cubs v. A's. I'm not sure either one will be worth watching.

[Nebu]

I was thinking I'd take time on July 4th to watch a baseball game, checked my guide to see who was playing on my TV. Every single fucking game is a good team vs. a total trainwreck team. The most interesting game listed is Orioles v. White Sox or Cubs v. A's. I'm not sure either one will be worth watching.

Do what I'm doing; go to a batting cage.  I went a couple of weeks ago and was depressed at how much of my timing is gone.  I struggled to make solid contact in the 70 MPH cage. 

[Ingmar]

I was thinking I'd take time on July 4th to watch a baseball game, checked my guide to see who was playing on my TV. Every single fucking game is a good team vs. a total trainwreck team. The most interesting game listed is Orioles v. White Sox or Cubs v. A's. I'm not sure either one will be worth watching.

Watch Cubs and A's - the A's are a great under the radar team and I suspect you don't get a ton of chances to see them unless you have some kind of full MLB package.

[Paelos]

Oakland's pitching staff will carry them far. It's not just a bunch of starters you mostly never heard of. It's actually the pen that's the most ridiculously awesome. They almost refuse to walk people.

[HaemishM]

I was leaning that way anyway because I'd get to see the Cubs, as painful as that probably will be.

[Paelos]

Half of the All-Star starting roster this year for the NL is a joke. I hate letting fans vote when it actually decides the fucking world series. Somebody just shoot Bud Selig.

Oh and the Braves only getting a single player when we have one of the top 10 average and RISP hitters in the league isn't helping my ire.

[HaemishM]

The Baseball All-Star game has been a goddamn joke for years. Making it matter just made the joke on the teams as well as the fans.

[Ingmar]

The NL roster is more or less fine, its the AL player votes more than the fan votes that are really dumb - and their final vote 5 is also awful. Josh Donaldson should be on that team.

[Paelos]

The NL roster is more or less fine, its the AL player votes more than the fan votes that are really dumb - and their final vote 5 is also awful. Josh Donaldson should be on that team.

He plays for Oakland, so he might as well not exist.

[Paelos]

ESPN is a bunch of soreass losers! 

#VoteFreddie wins. Take that, you carpetbaggers!

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/9470482/a-backlash-yasiel-puig

Yeah, I wonder why the entire south would be pissed off about having a rookie crammed down our throats so you can further fellate the LA or NY Markets ESPN? I'll give a clue why he lost, it's because Freddie Freeman is a great player and because ESPN tried to fix the election.

[Ingmar]

I am pleased it isn't Puig. Jeff Francoeur was hot shit for 2 months or so too.

[Paelos]

Heard yall picked him up.

He would have been a great player if he wasn't such an entitled dipshit while he was here. Then again, a lot of that was the media overkill about his start and I think it absolutely went to his head. It was a rude awakening for him when he got married and started to suck at the plate so bad the Braves were going to send him to AAA. Then, he had the lack of common sense to mouth off about it.

Now, who knows. I think he's always going to be a liability at the plate as an everyday guy, but his arm is one of the best in baseball.

[Ingmar]

No, he was never going to be a great player. His plate discipline is shitty and has always been shitty, it isn't an improvable skill for him. And it isn't coupled with Vlad/Panda-like ability to hit balls that are about to him him in the head.

[Paelos]

I'm loving this start to the Cubs-Cards game.

[Ginaz]

ESPN is a bunch of soreass losers! 

#VoteFreddie wins. Take that, you carpetbaggers!

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/9470482/a-backlash-yasiel-puig

Yeah, I wonder why the entire south would be pissed off about having a rookie crammed down our throats so you can further fellate the LA or NY Markets ESPN? I'll give a clue why he lost, it's because Freddie Freeman is a great player and because ESPN tried to fix the election.

What makes it even more comical is that Hanley Ramirez, who has played the exact same number of games but with fewer ABs, has nearly identical numbers as Puig.  Is anyone talking about putting Ramirez in the All Star game.  Puig may or may not end up being a good player, but right now its pure hype.  On a related All Star note, theres no way Jose Batista should be playing, let alone starting.

[Ingmar]

Bautista's numbers look fine to me, and I think he's worthy of starting. #4 outfielder in the AL in OPS, #3 outfielder in WAR, 3rd in OF home runs with more walks than the 2 guys ahead of him put together, and a relatively low strikeout total for his type of hitter. He's having a good season.

[Ingmar]

Also I think someone finally reminded Timmy it's a contract year.  

EDIT: Although after throwing 148 pitches his arm might just fall right off.

[Paelos]

Like Homer Bailey, it just shows how these can come randomly.

Well not completely randomly, the Padres are a total mess right now, and I honestly thought you could no-hit the Braves lineup lineup any night you get the K working.

[Paelos]

HR Derby won by a guy I'd never heard of. Looked him up and saw he played on the A's. I chuckled. 

[ghost]

The Home Run Derby is fucking lame. 

And I find it funny that I've actually heard of a baseball player that you have not, since I rarely pay much attention any more.   

[Ingmar]

You've never heard of Cespedes? He was a fairly high profile defector from Cuba just a couple years ago.

[Paelos]

You've never heard of Cespedes? He was a fairly high profile defector from Cuba just a couple years ago.

Honestly no. I have next to no tabs on the AL on this coast. I think the closest AL team we have is Tampa or Baltimore. I do get a good bit of those on the TV, along with Texas, NY and Boston. Other than that? I know next to nothing about who plays where on the DH version of baseball.

[cmlancas]

Think what it would be like if Puig hadn't shown up. Nobody would ever realize they are playing baseball out there. If the Giants fail and the Dodgers can't get it together, ESPN might as well just shut down its West Coast coverage and stuff the AL East so far up our collective asses we can taste A-Rod's shame.

I mean, when you play in the best division in baseball, well...yeah.  We had every team over .500 at one point this season.

Also, SUCK IT QUOTING TWO WEEKS AGO.  Welcome back me.