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What's your favorite MLB team?

NightAngel79 said:
Welcome to the forums Stewie Meadroidows!

How do you feel about my old favorite Adam Dunn?
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Thanks!

Adam Dunn is da' man! I've always been a fan of Dunn, even when he played for Cincinnati. I was about a foot/foot 1/2 away from catching a HR ball that was hit by Dunn when I attended a Reds game at GABP several years ago. Dunn had a great season for the Sox, blasting 41 HR's and 96 RBI's. The only negative about Dunn is he SO alot. In 12' he SO 222 times and that's the most he's ever had in one season in his career, but hey he's blasting those HR's and driving in runs, can't argue. :proud:
 
Meadroidows said:
Thanks!

Adam Dunn is da' man! I've always been a fan of Dunn, even when he played for Cincinnati. I was about a foot/foot 1/2 away from catching a HR ball that was hit by Dunn when I attended a Reds game at GABP several years ago. Dunn had a great season for the Sox, blasting 41 HR's and 96 RBI's. The only negative about Dunn is he SO alot. In 12' he SO 222 times and that's the most he's ever had in one season in his career, but hey he's blasting those HR's and driving in runs, can't argue. :proud:
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Between him and Mark Reynolds, one of them has to set the record for most K's in a season lol.
 
Dodgers sign Zack Greinke AND Hyun-Jin Ryu today. Looks like they're blowing past the Yankees for highest payroll in baseball.
 
I agree, and if it wasn't for the fact that Loria is good friends with Selig, he wouldn't be an owner anymore. He ruin baseball in Montreal, and continues to ruin his franchise in Miami. As unfortunate as it might be, the Marlins really need to be sold and moved out of Miami. They just spent all that money on a ball park, but I can't imagine that anyone wants to spend an afternoon at the ball park in those humid Miami summer days. Not my idea of a good time. Tampa Bay puts winning teams on the field the last few years, and still has trouble selling half of their dome out. Baseball just doesn't seem destined to be successful in Florida attendance wise it seems.
 
Meadroidows said:
Thanks!

Adam Dunn is da' man! I've always been a fan of Dunn, even when he played for Cincinnati. I was about a foot/foot 1/2 away from catching a HR ball that was hit by Dunn when I attended a Reds game at GABP several years ago. Dunn had a great season for the Sox, blasting 41 HR's and 96 RBI's. The only negative about Dunn is he SO alot. In 12' he SO 222 times and that's the most he's ever had in one season in his career, but hey he's blasting those HR's and driving in runs, can't argue. :proud:
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My favorite Dunn memory is from a game against Cleveland in 07. Bottom of the ninth, reds down by 3 runs, bases loaded. You guessed it, walk off grand slam home run. I hugged strangers that night, lol! It's what makes baseball great, those types of moments




NYCHitman1 said:
Between him and Mark Reynolds, one of them has to set the record for most K's in a season lol.
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record used to be his with just under 200, surprised 220 didn't reclaim that title.

What's the record now and who has the honor?




ladyc0524 said:
My Cardinals are my favorite team..they pissed me off in the playoffs this year though
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Boo! Go Reds!

Lol :)
 
jhawkkw said:
Tampa Bay puts winning teams on the field the last few years, and still has trouble selling half of their dome out. Baseball just doesn't seem destined to be successful in Florida attendance wise it seems.
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Speaking of which, they just traded James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals for Wil Myers (#4 prospect in Baseball America) and Jake Odorizzi. It was a 6-player trade, but the other minor league players included aren't worth mentioning.

NightAngel79 said:
My favorite Dunn memory is from a game against Cleveland in 07. Bottom of the ninth, reds down by 3 runs, bases loaded. You guessed it, walk off grand slam home run. I hugged strangers that night, lol! It's what makes baseball great, those types of moments
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Hah, you're right. Back in 2009, I was at Game 6 of the World Series. INSANE! You don't think about it. You just hug and jump. That's the rule.

NightAngel79 said:
Record used to be his with just under 200, surprised 220 didn't reclaim that title. What's the record now and who has the honor?
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I think Mark Reynolds holds the record at 223.
 
NYCHitman1 said:
Speaking of which, they just traded James Shields and Wade Davis to the Royals for Wil Myers (#4 prospect in Baseball America) and Jake Odorizzi. It was a 6-player trade, but the other minor league players included aren't worth mentioning.
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Royals fan here. They're getting crucified on social media here in KC, but I think the trade isn't the end of the world that most people here think. I think Myers is a bit overrated, and if we can leverage that overvaluation, we should do it. He had a monster season in Rookie league (1.1-1.2 OPS) and a really good split AA/AAA season in 2012, but in between he was simply above average. He strikes out 25% of the time. Werner Park (home of the AAA Omaha team) is a definite hitters park, while Kauffman is not. I was really concerned about his ability to hit big league pitching.

Speaking of pitching, the Royals desperately need starting pitching. I went to 10 games last year. In all of the pre-ASB games I went to, the Royals' starting pitchers pitched the team out of the game by the end of the 3rd. Luke Hochevar got shelled for 7 in the first on Opening Day against Cleveland. Jonathan Sanchez gave up 3 infield singles in a row where the ball didn't make it back to the pitcher's mound in a shellacking by the Red Sux. Hochevar again coughed up something like 10 runs in 4 to the Yankees, including a Robinson Cano grand slam. We desperately need pitching and we certainly don't have $25m/yr to blow on 1 guy. This trade was one way to get it. Shields is good for $11-ish million a year for 2, and Davis is something under $5m/year, I think. That's more realistic.
 
I don't know a lot about him, but his stats seem to indicate an above average hitter, probably wouldn't be a bad addition to any team without an all star in right field.
 
For me, it's always been the Dodgers. Saw them play in Brooklyn, where i was born and raised, and i've stayed with them all these years.:)
 
Meadroidows said:
Great to see another ChiSox fan on AF. Let's talk some ChiSox baseball this season! :)

With the addition of Josh Hamilton to the Angels lineup. Do the Angels have the best lineup in the league?
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I don't know about the BEST, but they certainly do have a scary one. I think the Tigers still have the best lineup in baseball, plus they are getting Victor Martinez back from injury this coming season.

If you look at the Angels lineup, it's pretty beast though.

  1. Trout: CF
  2. Aybar/Kendrick: 2B/SS
  3. Hamilton: LF
  4. Pujols: 1B
  5. Trumbo: DH
  6. Callaspo - 3B
  7. Aybar/Kendrick - 2B/SS
  8. Iannetta - C
  9. Bourjos - RF

Obviously, you could bat either Kendrick or Aybar in the 2 hole since both are speedsters and tend to get on-base fairly often. However, I would take Kendrick over Aybar since he is the better hitter.
 
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