The 2009 Baseball Season Thread

[Xenophon]

Ace gets another win as NY crushes tronto 10-5 to win their 7th in a row.

 

[tigerbob]

Tigs sweep Cleveland.

Tiger fans starting to believe again, but I urge caution. September 3 and they are 5 games up on the Twins, which is exactly the same position they were in 3 years ago and the Twins still took the division by a nose.

It ain't over yet.

 

[Truthspeaker]

Paulie, I think now that you have been up to see the sputtering Giants offense you can now see that this happens every series. a 4-0 win the other day classifies as a blowout for us. I'm sure Pedro is still a quality pitcher, but I don't think it's unreasonable to ask a major league offense to score 3 runs against him.
Tim Lincecum would be 23-1 right now if the Phillies were batting behind him. I checked all of his starts. It's embarassing that he is 13-5 right now.

 

[Paulie]

But you're still in the playoff race.

You should be on your knees kissing the ground that your pitching staff walks on.

Regardless of whether you get in or not this year, you should pick up a quality power bat without giving up someone like Matt Cain.

You should also be bringing up anyone in the minors with some pop that is anywhere close to being ready, for the expanded roster.

 

[Truthspeaker]

But you're still in the playoff race.

You should be on your knees kissing the ground that your pitching staff walks on.

Regardless of whether you get in or not this year, you should pick up a quality power bat without giving up someone like Matt Cain.

You should also be bringing up anyone in the minors with some pop that is anywhere close to being ready, for the expanded roster.

I agree. Bochy must be fired. We've all seen what Bengie Molina and Eli Whiteside can do. It's time for Buster Posey to start. Not pinch hit in the 7th inning. Start and see what he can do. he can't be worse than whitesides at the plate and if he's a halfway decent defensive catcher it would be a huge plus. He's hitting .321 with 18 homers in 107 games at AAA. and Bengie Molina is hurt so what's the reservation Bochy?

awwwww. we don't wanna hurt his feelings if he has a bad day at the plate.awwww freakin cry me a river. If a rookie gets psychologically damaged from a bad day then he should retire because he doesn't have the goods. Throw him into the fire and lets see if he keeps his composure before we offer him some huge signing bonus based on potential next year.

 

[Paulie]

Apparently you've got some people in your front office that need replacing as well.

 

[Truthspeaker]

 

[Paulie]

Hey A15, I'm partial obviously because I'm a baseball fanatic, but I nominate this for thread of the year.

It's going to ultimately do way better than Mani's football season thread

 

[Truthspeaker]

Definitely the sports thread of the year. But nothing can top my Mormon thread in views and responses. The Truth about Mormons

 

[Xenophon]

Halladay was on shutting out NY, and Boston was clobbered so no change in the standings.

 

[Xenophon]

NY bounces back for a 6-4 win, Red Sox still playing (losing 4-0) right now.

 

[Paulie]

Cliff Lee is human.

 

[tigerbob]

Tigers come from behind to beat the Rays, but that was pretty much overshadowed by the announcement that our much loved Ernie Harwell has cancer.

The article says "fighting" but it appears he has decided to just accept what is going to happen and enjoy his last few months as much as possible.

I'm really terribly sad about this. All my earliest Tigers memories are accompanied by the sound of Ernie Harwell's gravelly voice.

HOF broadcaster Harwell fighting cancer | tigers.com: News

 

[del]

Tigers come from behind to beat the Rays, but that was pretty much overshadowed by the announcement that our much loved Ernie Harwell has cancer.

The article says "fighting" but it appears he has decided to just accept what is going to happen and enjoy his last few months as much as possible.

I'm really terribly sad about this. All my earliest Tigers memories are accompanied by the sound of Ernie Harwell's gravelly voice.

HOF broadcaster Harwell fighting cancer | tigers.com: News

my condolences to you and other tiger fans, tigerbob.
he's a true icon-i hope his remaining time is happy and peaceful.

 

[tigerbob]

Tigers sweep the Rays on Brandon Inge's top of the 9th Grand Slam.

 

[Truthspeaker]

Woe, Woe, Woe is the Giants offense

 

[Xenophon]

Yankees took a beating today, and teh red sox won, back to 7 1/2 lead.

 

[Andrew2382]

I think it a better idea to track the wild card standings compared to the AL east division winner daily tracker....Yanks have the division locked up.

 

[Xenophon]

You can track what you like.

The devision is all that matters to me after hearing about it since 2004.

 

[Andrew2382]

Why? We won the division in 04...by 7.5 games none the less.

A championship is the only thing that should matter...at minimum a pennant