**OFFICIAL** BASEBALL THREAD

[John F Kennedy III]

So much for that! I swear to God, if they melt down again, I'm going to flip out.

I think the Braves can catch the Nationals now that they shutdown Strasburg. I'm hoping my Giants can win the division despite Cabrera getting suspended the rest of the season.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

I just don't understand what happens to the Pirates after the All-Star break. I wish they would get it together.

Wow 7 back. Didn't they have the lead at the break? They're currently in one of the wild card spots though.

 

[oyarde]

My A's have won 4 in a row , still in the hunt !

 

[newbitech]

rays finally getting back to legendary strength. good to have the legend sam fuld back in the offensive lineup.

• Sam Fuld once hit a homerun that was never found. Breaking news: baseball found at compound in Pakistan. #legendofsamfuld
• Sam Fuld has a standing invite to join Navy SEAL Team 6, but chooses not to, because they are already maxed out on awesome. #LegendofSamFuld
• Sam Fuld spontaneously combusts every night post-game.. He regenerates into a new more powerful Sam Fuld the next morning. #LegendOfSamFuld
• Sam Fuld once struck out just to see how it felt. He didn't like it. AT ALL. #LegendofSamFuld

more about the legend sam fuld ...

April 11th will forever be known as April Fuld's Day. #LegendofSamFuld

Sam Adams offered Sam Fuld his brewery just so he would leave Boston. He politely declined. #LegendofSamFuld

Sam Fuld once caught a cold. Then he set it free. #LegendofSamFuld

Mother birds send their babies to Sam Fuld for flying lessons. #LegendofSamFuld
Sam Fuld can steal first base. #LegendofSamFuld




Thank God that the 2011 hurricane season has no "Sam" listed as a name.#LegendofSamFuld

Sam Fuld once threw himself out at home, just to see what it was like. #LegendofSamFuld

Manny Ramirez retired shortly after testing positive for Sam Fuld in his blood stream.#LegendofSamFuld

Team officials have renamed the stadium Tropicana Fuld. #LegendofSamFuld

Sam Fuld stole Evan Longoria's cap. #LegendofSamFuld

Rafael Soriano would never say who's name he would write in the Pitching Mound...#LegendofSamFuld

The Red Sox check under their bed at night for him. #LegendofSamFuld

The warning track is there to let the wall know when Sam Fuld gets close.#LegendofSamFuld




He gets Chick-Fil-A on Sundays #LegendofSamFuld

 

[John F Kennedy III]

I think the Braves can catch the Nationals now that they shutdown Strasburg. I'm hoping my Giants can win the division despite Cabrera getting suspended the rest of the season.

Strasburg hasn't been shutdown yet...

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

Bartolo Colon has been suspended 50 games for PED use.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Bartolo Colon has been suspended 50 games for PED use.

I don't understand how he wasn't last year when even the people on ESPN were saying he was using PEDs. Pisses me off that Melky Cabrera got busted

 

[oyarde]

Bartolo Colon has been suspended 50 games for PED use.

Yeah , but , just peeled off , two more wins in a row , pitching is our strong point , still in the hunt tough road stretch coming, but , I feel positive about it.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I don't understand how he wasn't last year when even the people on ESPN were saying he was using PEDs. Pisses me off that Melky Cabrera got busted

Wonder if the Melk-men are still getting free tickets?

Go Giants! Hope the relievers can get their act together... Arias was on fire tonight.

 

[malkusm]

All baseball "analysts" have been predicting the demise of my Orioles for some time now, because of their run differential (they've given up 54 more runs than they've scored this year). Their last 10 games are really a microcosm of this:

Orioles 5, Royals 3 (+2)
Orioles 7, Red Sox 1 (+6)
Orioles 5, Red Sox 3 (+2)
Red Sox 6, Orioles 3 (-3)
Tigers 5, Orioles 3 (-2)
Orioles 3, Tigers 2 (+1)
Orioles 7, Tigers 5 (+2)
Rangers 5, Orioles 1 (-4)
Orioles 5, Rangers 3 (+2)
Rangers 12, Orioles 3 (-9)

Record: 6-4
Run differential: -3

As you can see, we crap the bed about once every 10 games, usually because we trot out some terrible AAA pitcher like Tommy Hunter. This crushes our run differential despite being so consistent in the other 9 games.

August 22: Rangers 12, Orioles 3 (-9)
August 1: Yankees 12, Orioles 3 (-9)
July 25: Rays 10, Orioles 1 (-9)
July 16: Twins 19, Orioles 7 (-12)
Run differential in these 4 games: -39 (0-4 record)
Run differential in other 35 games since All-Star Break: +21 (22-13 record)
Total: -18 (22-17 record)

 

[newbitech]

nice little show down between the A's and the Rays coming up.

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

O's have a day off today which will hopefully give Matt Wieters a chance to nurse his injury. Toronto comes to town on Friday in what should be a good series that hopefully the O's can dominate. For some O's news: it is looking likekly that super prospect, Dylan Bundy, get a September call-up to work out of the pen.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Wonder if the Melk-men are still getting free tickets?

Go Giants! Hope the relievers can get their act together... Arias was on fire tonight.

I smell a new World Series ring this year

 

[newbitech]

rays pull to within 2.5 of the yankees in the A.L. East and strengthen their wild card position by defeating the contending A's on the back of a 5 run 5th.

Oh yeah and Rays rookie pitcher Alex Cobb tosses a 4 hit complete game shut out.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

rays pull to within 2.5 of the yankees in the A.L. East and strengthen their wild card position by defeating the contending A's on the back of a 5 run 5th.

Oh yeah and Rays rookie pitcher Alex Cobb tosses a 4 hit complete game shut out.

Nice. Since the BoSox are out of it I hope the Rays or Orioles win the division.

 

[BamaAla]

4 game set with our teams JFK. You guys handled us last night; we have been pure, first class shit with runners on for the last month and that killed us again last night.

Look forward to the weekend series at AT&T; y'all have the most underrated fans in the game.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

4 game set with our teams JFK. You guys handled us last night; we have been pure, first class shit with runners on for the last month and that killed us again last night.

Look forward to the weekend series at AT&T; y'all have the most underrated fans in the game.

I almost feel bad rooting against you for this series.

 

[BamaAla]

I almost feel bad rooting against you for this series.

Thanks.

This is a big series for both of us; with the Bravos coming off a a 1-2 series with the Nats and y'all coming off of that huge sweep of the Dodgers, we need to win this series...as do you.

We have had a terrible time getting runners in from 3rd with no outs and you can't win baseball games like that. Maybe we can bounce back tonight; it's almost criminal to have the Braves play a night game in D.C. and the travel to San Fran an play the next night...hopefully they got some sleep last night.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

Thanks.

This is a big series for both of us; with the Bravos coming off a a 1-2 series with the Nats and y'all coming off of that huge sweep of the Dodgers, we need to win this series...as do you.

We have had a terrible time getting runners in from 3rd with no outs and you can't win baseball games like that. Maybe we can bounce back tonight; it's almost criminal to have the Braves play a night game in D.C. and the travel to San Fran an play the next night...hopefully they got some sleep last night.

The Braves have a day game in SF, and on top of that, they're facing Madison Bumgarner.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Thanks.

This is a big series for both of us; with the Bravos coming off a a 1-2 series with the Nats and y'all coming off of that huge sweep of the Dodgers, we need to win this series...as do you.

We have had a terrible time getting runners in from 3rd with no outs and you can't win baseball games like that. Maybe we can bounce back tonight; it's almost criminal to have the Braves play a night game in D.C. and the travel to San Fran an play the next night...hopefully they got some sleep last night.

Hopefully the Braves don't get any sleep I'm alot more comfortable watching you guys fight for a wild card spot than I would be watching my Giants do it.