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[eznark]

Yo dude, I used to live in the States have no hatred - hell my favorite athlete of alltime is American. Dougie Weight, greatest American hockey player of all time. Just stupid to see an International tourny played so half-assedthe way you like it. I can put my cam on and do half assed shit and youd pay me? Like a hooker? Im a a hooker? Id do it for cash but only half assed.

Sounds like a bitter Canadian sad that his joke team couldn't win with max effort against a give-no-fucks American team.

It's just they show it differently. I think baseball over in Asia has an atmosphere similar to college basketball/football, whereas American baseball is just more laid back as a fan culture.

I really do think it's a cultural difference, not an interest difference. I think MLB players might get weirded out if a midweek Rays game felt like playing at a MAC school 3,000 seat cramped gym.

Nah, it's about being on the world stage. When else does anyone think of Mexico or the Dominican Republic except in venues like this? They get to play on a level playing field with America, so they are pumped. The amazing and awesome display after Mexico won on Friday night was incredible. Hundreds of joyous Mexicans paraded up and down the streets of Phoenix because they had just won a completely irrelevant pool game. That game was their world series, of course the fans are going to be pumped.

For the American team and American fans, it's just an exhibition tournament.

 

[Friggz]

Yankees trying to get Chipper Jones to come out of retirement..

I already predict him hitting a walk off in game 7 of the world series against the braves.

 

[Windu]

lol Cuba eliminated.

 

[Sanjuro]

 

[Blearth]

Yankees trying to get Chipper Jones to come out of retirement..

I already predict him hitting a walk off in game 7 of the world series against the braves.

That's ridiculous.

The Yankees making the playoffs. LOL

 

[McNei1y]

This isn't real.

I can tell because he looks like he's in great shape here.

 

[eznark]

Good to see Canada, Cuba and Venezuela ousted early. Get the disgusting socialists out before they infect the fremen.

 

[amishpriest99]

Yankees trying to get Chipper Jones to come out of retirement..

I already predict him hitting a walk off in game 7 of the world series against the braves.

Maybe only in The Show. Maybe.

As has been said, the Yankees would actually have to make the playoffs first .

 

[andycapps]

That's about as funny as imagining John Rocker in a Yankees uniform.

 

[ZZMitch]

Nice to see the Dutch Overseas Territories beating Cuba.

 

[Friggz]

That's ridiculous.

The Yankees making the playoffs. LOL

how many times has a team thats won the east not made the playoffs?

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

So Cashman is trying to create the AllStar team of old with his interest in Rolen, Jones, and Derek Lee.

 

[eznark]

AARP is the new market inefficiency

 

[yankeehater]

how many times has a team thats won the east not made the playoffs?

How many times has the team with the 3rd or 4th best record in a division actually won it?

 

[amishpriest99]

That's about as funny as imagining John Rocker in a Yankees uniform.

And here I thought I had finally erased him from my memory...

 

[eznark]

Braves are shopping McCann. lolol

 

[yankeehater]

Braves are shopping McCann. lolol

Why dont they want to pay their own guys? I heard this rumor on the radio the other day and they said it was because his contract is going to be up soon. He seems like he is worth what ever he wants. I hope they trade him.

 

[Friggz]

How many times has the team with the 3rd or 4th best record in a division actually won it?

yankees are the best team in the AL east, as ive been saying all off season. Not sure how they finished in 3rd or 4th. stop living up to your name =p

 

[yankeehater]

yankees are the best team in the AL east, as ive been saying all off season. Not sure how they finished in 3rd or 4th. stop living up to your name =p

Clearly I am the only one who thinks the Yankees are going to have a poor season this year.

 

[amishpriest99]

yankees are the best team in the AL east, as ive been saying all off season. Not sure how they finished in 3rd or 4th. stop living up to your name =p

Not even on paper are they close to the best. If they were ever due for a lousy year, this is it.

 

[eznark]

Why dont they want to pay their own guys? I heard this rumor on the radio the other day and they said it was because his contract is going to be up soon. He seems like he is worth what ever he wants. I hope they trade him.

They don't want McCann blocking Christian Bethancourt and his likely .650 OPS.

 

[darkside31337]

Clearly I am the only one who thinks the Yankees are going to have a poor season this year.

No they are going to have a -terrible- year. They are going to have the biggest dropoff for homeruns in the history of baseball. Their opening day lineup is going to be absolutely brutal.

 

[Blearth]

yankees are the best team in the AL east, as ive been saying all off season. Not sure how they finished in 3rd or 4th. stop living up to your name =p

80-82

You can take that to the bank.

 

[Malo]

80-82

You can take that to the bank.

Lolol

Second wild card at worst.

 

[Blearth]

AL West is taking all the wild cards this year.

 

[BFIB]

Whoa.

Yankees/Cardinals on ESPN today.

Sweet!

 

[Friggz]

Clearly I am the only one who thinks the Yankees are going to have a poor season this year.

They have the best pitching staff in the division with a better defense and better base running.

Yes they will lose some offense, but they are also going to prevent more runs via defense and pitching.

 

[Friggz]

AL West is taking all the wild cards this year.

lmao, which teams? I cant wait until the angels under perform and flop this year.

Athletics better hope their young pitchers continue to pitch like aces at home.

 

[yankeehater]

They have the best pitching staff in the division with a better defense and better base running.

Yes they will lose some offense, but they are also going to prevent more runs via defense and pitching.

You cant be serious. Rays had the best ERA in the majors last year. They did lose Sheilds but I still think their staff will be better then the Yankees, the Blu Jays staff is insane. They are going to be the best in all of baseball this year.

 

[amishpriest99]

You cant be serious. Rays had the best ERA in the majors last year. They did lose Sheilds but I still think their staff will be better then the Yankees, the Blu Jays staff is insane. They are going to be the best in all of baseball this year.

Agreed for the most part. I don't think the Yankees are going to be able to outpitch the incoming offensive drop-off.

 

[cashman]

Athletics better hope their young pitchers continue to pitch like aces at home.

Their pitching is legit so this isn't too improbable.

They have the best pitching staff in the division with a better defense

lololololol no

 

[BFIB]

Yankees have the best pitching in the AL East!?

Turn off ESPN and turn on MLB Network please.

 

[McNei1y]

Yankees have the best pitching in the AL East!?

Turn off ESPN and turn on MLB Network please.

But ESPN would say that The Red Sox and The Yankees have equally the best staff in all of MLB.

 

[amishpriest99]

Yankees have the best pitching in the AL East!?

Turn off ESPN and turn on MLB Network please.

Well, in ESPN-verse the only two AL East teams are the Yankees and Red Sox, so in that context they do have the best staff .

 

[yankeehater]

Well, in ESPN-verse the only two AL East teams are the Yankees and Red Sox, so in that context they do have the best staff .

It is sad just how true this is.

 

[The Frankman]

I'm eating lunch at work, and for some mysterious reason I was compelled to run to a computer, and log on to baseball-GAF. I had no idea why, but now I know why...

Someone actually posted and legitimately believes Yankees have the best pitching staff in the AL East.

...

I want to post so many GIFs in response to this but I can't because big brother is watching.

 

[Friggz]

You cant be serious. Rays had the best ERA in the majors last year. They did lose Sheilds but I still think their staff will be better then the Yankees, the Blu Jays staff is insane. They are going to be the best in all of baseball this year.

Rays had the best ERA becuase their relievers had a 2.8 era thanks to rodneys crazy season.

Their starters were third in xFIP and 5th in FIP, they lost shields, and i dont expect hellickson to be as good as he was last year (although moore could have a better year to offset to decline from hellickson)

Blue Jays received josh -25 starts a year- johnson and mark buehrle who are both moving over to the AL east for the first time in their career (i fully expect buehrle to get destroyed this year) morrow will get hurt at some point this year and miss 10 starts (effective when healthy though) who knows what is going to happen with romero after last year. happ sucks, and the rest of the rotation is a bunch of question marks.


Tigers or Nats will have the best rotation.

 

[darkside31337]

Chris Archer is winning ROTY brah.

 

[Friggz]

Their pitching is legit so this isn't too improbable.

all of the numbers suggest otherwise. while they are young and they could get better, im not taking them over a sure thing at this point.

 

[yankeehater]

Rays had the best ERA becuase their relievers had a 2.8 era thanks to rodneys crazy season.

Their starters were third in xFIP and 5th in FIP, they lost shields, and i dont expect hellickson to be as good as he was last year (although moore could have a better year to offset to decline from hellickson)

Blue Jays received josh -25 starts a year- johnson and mark buehrle who are both moving over to the AL east for the first time in their career (i fully expect buehrle to get destroyed this year) morrow will get hurt at some point this year and miss 10 starts (effective when healthy though) who knows what is going to happen with romero after last year. happ sucks, and the rest of the rotation is a bunch of question marks.


Tigers or Nats will have the best rotation.

Couldnt people do the same thing for the Yankees starters? We will see how the Blu Jays moves work out but adding RA, JJ, and Buehrle in the same offseason is pretty crazy.

 

[Friggz]

I'm eating lunch at work, and for some mysterious reason I was compelled to run to a computer, and log on to baseball-GAF. I had no idea why, but now I know why...

Someone actually posted and legitimately believes Yankees have the best pitching staff in the AL East.

...

I want to post so many GIFs in response to this but I can't because big brother is watching.

yet you post nothing for a rebuttal.

 

[Future Foundation]

They have the best pitching staff in the division with a better defense and better base running.

Yes they will lose some offense, but they are also going to prevent more runs via defense and pitching.

Who has that Jason Bateman "No" gif?

Yankees have the best pitching in the AL East!?

Turn off ESPN and turn on MLB Network please.

MLB Network can be just as brain-meltingly weak.

 

[The Frankman]

Blue Jays received josh -25 starts a year- johnson and mark buehrle who are both moving over to the AL east for the first time in their career (i fully expect buehrle to get destroyed this year) morrow will get hurt at some point this year and miss 10 starts (effective when healthy though) who knows what is going to happen with romero after last year. happ sucks, and the rest of the rotation is a bunch of question marks.

... did he just call the reigning Cy Young Award winner a question mark?

yet you post nothing for a rebuttal.

How's this?

Kuroda won't have as good a season as last year, Nova is a question mark coming off surgery, Pineda an even bigger one, Pettitte is old, and Hughes... yeah. CC would need to have a Cy Young campaign for your prediction to be close to true.

 

[Friggz]

Couldnt people do the same thing for the Yankees starters? We will see how the Blu Jays moves work out but adding RA, JJ, and Buehrle in the same offseason is pretty crazy.

Yankees rotation proved themselves last year. I also expect (hope) ivan nova to pitches closer to his metrics from last year than his ERA indicates. Pretty big disparity between having a 5+ era whiling striking out 20.5% and walking 7.5% of the batters hes faced.

I see his era being closer to the 3.9xfip he had for last season. perhaps even lower.

 

[amishpriest99]

... did he just call the reigning Cy Young Award winner a question mark?

This apparently is an alternate universe in which Dickey does not exist.

 

[McNei1y]

Tigers or Nats will have the best rotation.

 

[Friggz]

... did he just call the reigning Cy Young Award winner a question mark?

i actually forgot about dickey. that's my fault (i blame work?)


but yeah..i dont see how you cant call him a question mark anyway...a 38 year old knuckle baller moving to the al east with band box ball parks? id pass.

 

[amishpriest99]

I personally can't wait to see how well the Indians do on opening day against Dickey .

 

[eznark]

... did he just call the reigning Cy Young Award winner a question mark?

No shit, it's not like he'll have to face a powerhouse like the Mexican national team every start.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Sorry but I cant see how Yanks staff is best in division. Kuroda might be the only guy who is not a question mark.