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Paelos
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Opening day has come and gone, and the media seems to think that the Braves would save everyone the time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves. Me, I'm for wasting sportswriters' time. So I figured we ought to hang around for a while and see if we can give 'em all a nice big shitburger to eat!
Crazy Predictions for the Divisions:
NL West - Rockies NL East - Braves NL Central - Brewers NL WCs - Cardinals, Dodgers
AL West - Oakland AL Central - Chicago White Sox AL East - Baltimore AL WCs - Detroit, Toronto
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HaemishM
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I watched about half of the Cubs-Cards opener. I can't for the life of me see how the sports media is picking the Cubs to contend. Just... no. Sure we have a shitload of great prospects but when we can't score even 1 against a top pitcher despite getting like 13 runners in scoring position, I'm thinking... not. Of course, it's just one game, and we decided to fuck Kris Bryant out of a year of free agency by having him dick around in the minors for 12 fucking days but WHO NEEDS 12 WINS, AMIRITE?
Seriously, it really ought to be against the rules for clubs to jerk a guy around like that simply so they can save themselves a year of free agency. That kind of rules lawyering bullshit really pisses me off.
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Malakili
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Man, I remember when I was a kid opening day was a huge deal. Nowadays I forget it's even coming.
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NL West- Dodgers NL Central- Cardinals NL East- Nationals
WCs- Cubs, Padres
AL West- Mariners AL Central- Tigers AL East- Blue Jays
WCs- Angels, Indians
Should be an interesting season. A lot of long dormant (shitty) teams have at least partially unfucked themselves. Hope we see a bunch of unfamiliar faces in October/November.
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Predicting the Rockies is indeed crazy.
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Paelos
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Predicting the Rockies is indeed crazy.
I just get tired of everyone predicting the Dodgers and went rogue.
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Yeah but the Rockies will be fighting with Arizona for 4th place, IMO. (Probably the Giants odd year spiral their way down there too.) The Padres look like the team to pick if you're bored with LA to me.
(I gave you a pass on the Braves pick.)
Mine:
NL West: LA (sigh) NL Central: St. Louis NL East: Washington WC: Pittsburgh, Miami
AL West: LA (sigh) AL Central: Cleveland AL East: Toronto WC: Seattle, Boston
NL Cy Young: Kershaw (sigh) AL Cy Young: Hernandez (finally gets to be on a pretty good team)
NL MVP: Stanton (spin that stupid fish statue) AL MVP: Trout (he's going to win like 7 of these)
NL RotY: Kris Bryant AL RotY: Aaron Sanchez
The AL is *much* harder to pick than the NL this year. Should be some really good races in all 3 divisions.
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Those are indeed some crazy predictions, Paelos. I'm maybe onboard with the White Sox in the AL Central, but I think you're likely to go 0/6 on division champs this year.
NL West: LA NL Central: St. Louis NL East: Washington WC: Pittsburgh, San Diego (though I'm torn on Miami, it will be close)
AL West: Seattle AL Central: Cleveland AL East: Boston WC: LA, Oakland
I agree with Ingmar about the AL being much harder to predict. Bet there's much more separation between the wild card teams and the bottom dwellers in the NL.
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Paelos
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Almost everyone is picking Nationals, Dodgers, Cardinals. They can't be right two years in a row. Just can't. I refuse to believe all three will win again.
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HaemishM
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Unfortunately, I don't see any of the NL East making any kind of push on the Nats without a lot of injuries to the Nats. Same goes for the Cards. Dodgers I'm not entirely sure about but I'd certainly put them ahead of the Rockies, Padres and Dbacks.
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Paelos
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Braves sweep, confuse everyone!
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Customary Go Tribe! before they are out of the race. (in about 4 weeks)
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Customary Go Tribe! before they are out of the race. (in about 4 weeks)
Hey, two of us picked Cleveland to win the Central so far.
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If you're by a TV, turn Cleveland-Houston on now if you can.
EDIT:
I jinxed it
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« Last Edit: April 09, 2015, 03:08:26 PM by Ingmar »
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Paelos
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Braves home opener is today against the Mets. I really want this month of April to go well for the Braves so we get over the rebuilding hump, and the Nationals can basically tank if they are so inclined. Washington is just unlikable from every aspect to me. Bryce Harper being tops on that list, but Strasburg isn't far behind.
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Maybe, but the Nats are pretty fun to go see live. Looking forward to a few games next week.
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Braves home opener is today against the Mets. I really want this month of April to go well for the Braves so we get over the rebuilding hump, and the Nationals can basically tank if they are so inclined. Washington is just unlikable from every aspect to me. Bryce Harper being tops on that list, but Strasburg isn't far behind.
I've been out of touch with baseball since I started living abroad. What's wrong with Strasburg?
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Paelos
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The national media wants Strasburg to be one of the best pitchers in the game sooooooooooooooooooooo badly. They cover his starts and talk about him a good bit.
But in reality? He's a good frontline starter right now, and I don't even believe he's the best pitcher on the Nationals. Yet he gets so much talk. It's annoying.
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But he makes the ball do crazy things!
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WayAbvPar
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I hate Fernando Rodney. That is all.
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Paelos
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Bartolo Colon got his first RBI in 10 years off the Braves to help the Mets win by a run.
I can't help but love the man regardless of his team. He's a treasure slathered in cheese dip.
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Paelos
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Tried to get to the game last night, made it 10 minutes in the seats when we had a 30m rain delay. Watched 3 innings of baseball, another rain delay. By then it was 9:30 and the game wasn't going to even get started until at least 10. I left. Braves won.
6-1 now, keep it rolling!
Plus the Nats lost
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Phildo
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I was lucky enough to see Bartolo Colon strike out bunting twice last year. Love that man.
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Ingmar
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Giants are living down to my expectations thus far.
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It would ruin our winning strategy if we did good this year! All hail having a shitty season on odd number years!
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WayAbvPar
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I hate Fernando Rodney. That is all.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
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Paelos
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Braves are proving their 4-5 starters wouldn't be starting anywhere else. Roger McDowell better have a ton of magic dust in that bag of his.
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01101010
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Customary Go Tribe! before they are out of the race. (in about 4 weeks)
3 more weeks to go and well on our way...
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Paelos
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I may have overestimated the Brewers.
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HaemishM
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So apparently the Cubs are competitive this season. They might even be a playoff contender, if they can ever find anyone worth a shit in their bullpen.
Also, Kris Bryant is the real deal, and Anthony Rizzo's contract is STILL insanely club-friendly. I mean, the Cubs have him for a total of 9 years with options for a total of like $72 million or some ridiculously low number. For a guy who'll likely settle in at .280 with 20-30 HR's and 100+ RBI's a season, plays decent defense and bats left-handed. HOW THE FUCK DID THAT HAPPEN?
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HaemishM
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Watching the Cubs play the Marlins in Miami. Holy shit, that is one expensive empty ass stadium.
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Paelos
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Watching the Cubs play the Marlins in Miami. Holy shit, that is one expensive empty ass stadium.
I haven't wished anyone dead yet, but the Marlins owner will be in the top 10 if I ever do.
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Lloyd McClendon finally lost his fucking mind and got ejected. Hopefully that will wake his goddamned club up.
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Paelos
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Seattle shouldn't be as shitty as they are. I mean FFS the Astros are leading that division. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
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Phildo
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Stop using Fernando Rodney as a closer and that'll help.
Last week, I tried to talk my family into going to a baseball game while we were visiting San Francisco and we couldn't make it work. So instead, I was sitting in a hotel lobbey when Madison Bumgarner hit a home run off Clayton Kershaw.
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