***Official 2012 MLB Regular Season Thread (4 Viewers)

[MAC_32]

I feel like MLB Network is just about the only network that is consistently showing anything worthwhile for baseball. They carry random games FOX and ESPN would scoff at all the time.

I love this station, I just turn it on as background noise when I get home each night and just leave it on until I go to bed.

 

[Wrigley]

No Sunday Night Baseball tonight. Rain everywhere. Fantastic.

It didn't bother me too much. I'm sick of watching the Yankees and Red Sox all the ### #### time anyway.Hey, Fox and ESPN, there are 28 other teams in the big leagues ya know.

Ratings.Personally, I enjoyed that Saturday afternoon tilt with a perfect game thrown in the middle.

It was a great game. I'm not arguing that.I understand why they do it. That doesn't make it any less obnoxious. There are some really great ballparks and some really great young players out there that rarely get any recognition because these two teams dominate national telecasts. I just find it annoying.

No Sunday Night Baseball tonight. Rain everywhere. Fantastic.

It didn't bother me too much. I'm sick of watching the Yankees and Red Sox all the ### #### time anyway.Hey, Fox and ESPN, there are 28 other teams in the big leagues ya know.

You forgot MLB network......must be owned by YES

Really? I feel like MLB Network is just about the only network that is consistently showing anything worthwhile for baseball. They carry random games FOX and ESPN would scoff at all the time.

It's been fine since the regular season started......but I couldn't turn on the friggen channel during the pre-season without catching a Yankee game. Pretty sure my wife is getting sick of this channel

 

[Limp Ditka]

I feel like MLB Network is just about the only network that is consistently showing anything worthwhile for baseball. They carry random games FOX and ESPN would scoff at all the time.

I love this station, I just turn it on as background noise when I get home each night and just leave it on until I go to bed.

I'm actually pissed when they show games. That's how much I enjoy the studio show and the live updates of games.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Pretty sure my wife is getting sick of this channel

Remember that decade when we let your drunken sister stay here with her kids?

 

[Wrigley]

Pretty sure my wife is getting sick of this channel

Remember that decade when we let your drunken sister stay here with her kids?

That's staying in the pocket for something big.

 

[urbanhack]

I feel like MLB Network is just about the only network that is consistently showing anything worthwhile for baseball. They carry random games FOX and ESPN would scoff at all the time.

I love this station, I just turn it on as background noise when I get home each night and just leave it on until I go to bed.

I'm actually pissed when they show games. That's how much I enjoy the studio show and the live updates of games.

 

[dparker713]

So should we officially be nervous about Pujols or still too small of a sample size?

Every year, I tell myself to keep Pujols on the bench for the first month and every year I don't. So every year I wind up at the bottom of the standings for the first month and every year I climb back up the standing once he takes off. Maybe I am mistaken but it seems he is a notorious slow starter and then once he gets hot, look out.

Yes, you're wrong.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

I feel like MLB Network is just about the only network that is consistently showing anything worthwhile for baseball. They carry random games FOX and ESPN would scoff at all the time.

I love this station, I just turn it on as background noise when I get home each night and just leave it on until I go to bed.

I'm actually pissed when they show games. That's how much I enjoy the studio show and the live updates of games.

I was going back and forth on the MLB Extra Innings and decided MLB audio with MLBN in the background is plenty.

 

[shuke]

So should we officially be nervous about Pujols or still too small of a sample size?

He'll be fine

I heard he was going to get cut.

 

[Mentos]

So should we officially be nervous about Pujols or still too small of a sample size?

He'll be fine

I heard he was going to get cut.

Signs point to yes.

 

[pollardsvision]

So should we officially be nervous about Pujols or still too small of a sample size?

He'll be fine

I heard he was going to get cut.

Signs point to yes.

Shame he's clogging up 1B when they've got two other first basemen that can actually hit.

 

[pollardsvision]

Ike just got screwed.

 

[pantagrapher]

Ike just got screwed.

What happened?

 

[pollardsvision]

Ike just got screwed.

What happened?

Called 3rd strike on one of the worst calls I've ever seen. The ball was almost hit him in the knee. Bases were loaded (it was Ike's 3rd AB of the day with bases loaded).

 

[pantagrapher]

Ike just got screwed.

What happened?

Called 3rd strike on one of the worst calls I've ever seen. The ball was almost hit him in the knee. Bases were loaded (it was Ike's 3rd AB of the day with bases loaded).

Ouch.

 

[Grahamburn]

Looks like Adam Dunn is back to normal. HRs, Ks, BBs.

 

[culdeus]

Does KC have a chance to make history?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Does KC have a chance to make history?

KC only a 7-5 dog @ Cleveland, sounds like they may have a decent pitching matchup going tonite?

 

[rascal]

Does KC have a chance to make history?

???

 

[Don Quixote]

Does KC have a chance to make history?

Longest losing streak?Worst season record?Longest break between #1 sigles with his sunshine band?

 

[culdeus]

Does KC have a chance to make history?

Longest losing streak?Worst season record?

I think both of these are not out of the question.

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Does KC have a chance to make history?

Longest losing streak?Worst season record?

I think both of these are not out of the question.

No, they will probably play around .500 ball from here on out. Their issue is that while they have a lot of young talent, they don't have the pitching to match. Young talent will be prone to slumps as they adjust to the big league game and their is no pitching to hide the slumps. The Royals fans got a little to giddy in thinking this is the year - they are still a full two years away...and that is assuming they retain these young guys and bring in some veteran pitchers to stabilize the pitching staff. ETA - losing Sal Perez and Soria was devastating. Losing Cain didn't help matters. They are suffering from injuries coupled with a very young ball club.

 

[TobiasFunke]

Does KC have a chance to make history?

Longest losing streak?Worst season record?

I think both of these are not out of the question.

I'd say both of them are. They're not that bad of a team. They're not going to lose 23 in a row. And they'll end up better than the worst record ever (.130win% 1899 Cleveland Spiders) and the worst record recently (.265 2003 Detroit Tigers).

Yup. I'd happily offer 10 to 1 that they don't get within 5 games of either record. Hell, I'd happily offer even money that they finish with less than 100 losses.

 

[Limp Ditka]

MLB Gameday... Please stop with the Scout ####. It's awful

 

[Annyong]

MLB Gameday... Please stop with the Scout ####. It's awful

you can turn that off.

 

[Limp Ditka]

MLB Gameday... Please stop with the Scout ####. It's awful

you can turn that off.

explain

 

[Annyong]

MLB Gameday... Please stop with the Scout ####. It's awful

you can turn that off.

explain

i cant. they were #####ing about the same thing on reddit and some dork told them how to turn it off.

 

[Annyong]

MLB Gameday... Please stop with the Scout ####. It's awful

you can turn that off.

explain

i cant. they were #####ing about the same thing on reddit and some dork told them how to turn it off.

found it. they say theres a "gear" in the top right that you can toggle off scout.

 

[Grahamburn]

Lance Lynn 5 K's through 3. Kid just keeps having quality starts.

What does St. Louis do when/if Carpenter comes back?

 

[Grahamburn]

Lance Lynn 5 K's through 3. Kid just keeps having quality starts.What does St. Louis do when/if Carpenter comes back?

LaHair takes him deep right after I post this.

 

[Limp Ditka]

MLB Gameday... Please stop with the Scout ####. It's awful

you can turn that off.

explain

i cant. they were #####ing about the same thing on reddit and some dork told them how to turn it off.

found it. they say theres a "gear" in the top right that you can toggle off scout.

OH YES!

 

[Limp Ditka]

Lance Lynn 5 K's through 3. Kid just keeps having quality starts.What does St. Louis do when/if Carpenter comes back?

LaHair takes him deep right after I post this.

and even worse, he walks Ian Stewart

 

[Premier]

SI.com had the Royals 7th in their power rankings yesterday. They should've just led the article with "you'll never read this crap again."

 

[Premier]

Carl Crawford getting his elbow checked out too. Rumors going around he'll be shelved for the year too.

Good times for the anti-Sox and Yankee crowds.

 

[dparker713]

SI.com had the Royals 7th in their power rankings yesterday. They should've just led the article with "you'll never read this crap again."

Those rankings are based off of the aggregate WAR of all players thus far. More useful to me than just the current standings with a blurb on each team.

 

[Premier]

SI.com had the Royals 7th in their power rankings yesterday. They should've just led the article with "you'll never read this crap again."

Those rankings are based off of the aggregate WAR of all players thus far. More useful to me than just the current standings with a blurb on each team.

Don't disagree, but they've lost 11 games in a row. The whole thing just screams "hey read our rankings! We're different!"

 

[dparker713]

SI.com had the Royals 7th in their power rankings yesterday. They should've just led the article with "you'll never read this crap again."

Those rankings are based off of the aggregate WAR of all players thus far. More useful to me than just the current standings with a blurb on each team.

Don't disagree, but they've lost 11 games in a row. The whole thing just screams "hey read our rankings! We're different!"

While they were ranked 7th, they were pretty close to 15th by the numbers. Just happens to be that they've sucked in the clutch/been unlucky so far. You'd expect a team that has played as they have to be right around .500.

 

[Raider Nation]

How come Ozzie Canseco sucked?

I can see not having the exact same skill set as your identical twin, but to be THAT much worse? They both juiced.

 

[Raider Nation]

Fake Ozzie Canseco: https://twitter.com/#!/OzzieCanseco

Jose come back! Not to Twitter, but to my house. I'm all out of dianabol again.

 

[Premier]

I can't believe somebody took the time to create a fake Ozzie Canseco twitter. Who would even know the difference?

 

[Raider Nation]

I can't believe somebody took the time to create a fake Ozzie Canseco twitter. Who would even know the difference?

I bought in for a minute until I noticed that the wallpaper was steroid bottles.

 

[Raider Nation]

Good job by Span swinging at a pitch 10 feet outside to end the game. Jerkoff.

 

[MAC_32]

Lance Lynn 5 K's through 3. Kid just keeps having quality starts.What does St. Louis do when/if Carpenter comes back?

When it comes to starting pitching a spot always becomes available.

 

[INRIhab]

Helton with a pinch hit grand slam in the 8th with 2 outs and the Mets waste yet another solid effort from Johan Santana...it's unreal how unlucky Johan has been in the W column

 

[BRONG]

Jesus Christ, nice base-running Rays, you ####### idiots.

ETA Upton goes from second all the way to third on a double to deep right.

Not to be out-done, Scott goes from second...to second. On a ball against the wall in right.

 

[Captain Hook]

Jesus Christ, nice base-running Rays, you ####### idiots.ETA Upton goes from second all the way to third on a double to deep right.Not to be out-done, Scott goes from second...to second. On a ball against the wall in right.

and yet they still won 5-2.....wtf are you #####ing about? awww they didn't score a run for your team?

 

[BRONG]

Jesus Christ, nice base-running Rays, you ####### idiots.ETA Upton goes from second all the way to third on a double to deep right.Not to be out-done, Scott goes from second...to second. On a ball against the wall in right.

and yet they still won 5-2.....wtf are you #####ing about? awww they didn't score a run for your team?

WHAT? I don't play fantasy baseball, Captain Butt####. I was just commenting on a couple of professional baseball players that made beer league softball player mistakes, back-to-back. Sorry, I shouldn't have posted this in the, "Don't talk #### about our Tampa Bay -Devil Rays thread". All that matter is RAYZ WON #### YEAH!!!1!1!

 

[urbanhack]

 

[Premier]

The Rays are an extremely aggressive base running team by design. That will occasionally lead to some dumb plays. It happens.

 

[BRONG]