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What's your favorite MLB team?
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mcbaes72
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I hate this Giants bullpen. Out of no where they are unable to "hold" nor "save" and I have no clue how they are self-destructing so fast from being so dominant just a month ago.
Tell me about it. I still think we'll make the playoffs, but not the WS if they keep playing this inconsistently. This team can't keep trying to win one run games on pitching dominance alone. The bats need to come alive and they have at times, but I understand your frustration.
NYCHitman1
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I hate this Giants bullpen. Out of no where they are unable to "hold" nor "save" and I have no clue how they are self-destructing so fast from being so dominant just a month ago.
Mo blew a save last night vs the Mets. It made me sad. I know that it happens extremely rarely but when it does, it makes me wanna cry lol.
NYCHitman1
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Tough loss for the Reds last night. Cueto pitched a good game.
NYCHitman1
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Hughes back from the DL tonight! Can't wait to see how he performs.
NYCHitman1
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novacane (OFWGKTA)
BTW, McCutchen = All Star snub
Uh oh. Lester hits the DL.. and with Lackey scuffling, the BoSox pitching is going to be a thin spot for them. Maybe the Giants can trade them Jonathan Sanchez
NYCHitman1
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BTW, McCutchen = All Star snub
Uh oh. Lester hits the DL.. and with Lackey scuffling, the BoSox pitching is going to be a thin spot for them. Maybe the Giants can trade them Jonathan Sanchez
I wouldn't say McCutchen was a ASG snub. He has played relatively well but there's plenty of other NL OF's that have played that much better, easily. I'm thinking Kemp for NL MVP this year actually (if he can keep it up, that is).
The Giants haven't been much of an offensive onslaught squad since the Bonds/Williams - Bonds/Kent days so I thought by now you'd be used to it. Pitching is their strong point and will be for quite some time to come.
As for the Red Sux, they are hurting right now in the rotation but we still have quite a bit of baseball to play and the last time I talked shit about them, we ended up losing 4 straight in the playoffs to them. Didn't help me none that I was at all 4 of those home games. /cry
mcbaes72
Newbie
Giants now lead the majors in walk offs
Nate Schierholtz with a walk off homer in the 14th!
It's about time. I passed out and missed it, think the game finished after 11PM.
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novacane (OFWGKTA)
IMO, McCutchen > Beltran but its close.
I am used to it - doesn't mean I can't whine and complain still
. I mean heck, who LIKES torture (which is what Giants baseball is)?!Haha yeah it ended pretty late. After having runners in scoring position two innings in a row with less than 2 outs, and not plating them; I nearly ripped out all the hair on my head. Even Nate's HR was BARELY there lol.. a moon shot that JUST made it over the wall.
A.Nonymous
Extreme Android User
The ASG is a popularity contest more than anything. Jeter is starting at SS. There is no way you can argue that Jeter is the best SS in the AL right now. You can't even make that argument. Yet he's starting.
NYCHitman1
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Many of the positions are definitely popularity contests. If there's anyone in the AL who got snubbed, it's CC - and I'm not saying that because I'm a die hard Yankees fan. He's been amazing overall through the first half of the season and still missed the vote in. I guess Ron Washington selecting the pitchers would make sense why he would choose CJ Wilson over CC which is downright stupid in reality.
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novacane (OFWGKTA)
Agreed. Always has been, always will be (as long as they base it on fan votes). BoSox and Yanks players, sometimes which aren't deserving, will be picked every year no matter what.
Reyes to the DL. Perfect timing, as the Mets come into town tonight for a 3 game series
phantom phenom
Well-Known Member
Good god, The Braves looking really good lately.
I think the Braves will go all the way to world series!
I think the Braves will go all the way to world series!
NYCHitman1
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Agreed. Always has been, always will be (as long as they base it on fan votes). BoSox and Yanks players, sometimes which aren't deserving, will be picked every year no matter what.
Reyes to the DL. Perfect timing, as the Mets come into town tonight for a 3 game series
Up until the last two seasons, Jeter hasn't deserved to be selected as any kind of All-Star (reserve or starting). Otherwise, the picks have been fair.
phantom phenom
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hoping for Rays vs Braves world series.
perfect way to end Chipper Jones career with a championship
perfect way to end Chipper Jones career with a championship
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novacane (OFWGKTA)
Lol you can't really speak when you're a Yankees fan. As someone that is not involved, there have been plenty of Sox/Yanks year after year that have been voted on due to sheer popularity, not talent
Anyone who believes that the ASG is nothing more than a popularity contest is a FOOL. As long as the fans pick the players that is what the game will always be. However Jeter and A-Rod have withdrawn and will not be playing.
If you look back at the previous games the rosters have always been loaded with the fans favorites, i.e. Cal Ripken Jr, Ken Griffey Jr, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and others who are fading. It is a nostalgia thing for fans. When you consider the price of the tickets for the game this is not unexpected behaviour. The platform for voting players to the ASG should have been changed many years ago in the name of fairness, but there is nothing fair about a popularity contest. Now a quick word about Ron Washington snubbing CC. It seems to me that the man obviously is not interested in winning the game. CJ Wilson could not carry CCs' bag on his best damn day!
If you look back at the previous games the rosters have always been loaded with the fans favorites, i.e. Cal Ripken Jr, Ken Griffey Jr, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and others who are fading. It is a nostalgia thing for fans. When you consider the price of the tickets for the game this is not unexpected behaviour. The platform for voting players to the ASG should have been changed many years ago in the name of fairness, but there is nothing fair about a popularity contest. Now a quick word about Ron Washington snubbing CC. It seems to me that the man obviously is not interested in winning the game. CJ Wilson could not carry CCs' bag on his best damn day!
NYCHitman1
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I'm a baseball fanatic in general. Just because my loyalty lies with the Yankees means nothing. I'll admit that there is a better player elsewhere if there is one. Neither team even has a mass amount of players going to the ASG this year. Cano and Granderson both definitely deserve to be there. Jeter, A-Rod and Mo are sitting out which gave way to some other deserving players.
As I said, after the 2009 season - there have been plenty of reasons why Jeter should not have made the ASG.