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[rekameohs]

Astros are going to have a blast with the Angels, Rangers, Montero, and Cespedes.

 

[Rafa=FedKilla]

They aren't going to be called the Astros anymore when they move to the AL because of NASA's downsizing. They gonna be called the Houston Ham Fighters.

 

[RBH]

It's official -- #Marlins will be featured on Showtime's The Franchise this year. Formal announcement coming shortly

http://twitter.com/#!/joecapMARLINS/status/169096430647115776

 

[Windu]

soo who hits the first hr in that stadium? they play the cardinals the first game.

http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=mia#m=4&y=2012&calendar=DEFAULT

i vote for Emilio Bonifacio

 

[Mr. Enigma]

soo who hits the first hr in that stadium? they play the cardinals the first game.

http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=mia#m=4&y=2012&calendar=DEFAULT

Here are the projected opening day lineups for both teams. Take your pick.

Cardinals:
1. Rafael Furcal - SS
2. Jon Jay - CF
3. Carlos Beltran - RF
4. Matt Holliday - LF
5. Lance Berkman - 1B
6. David Freese - 3B
7. Yadier Molina - C
8. Daniel Descalso - 2B
9. Chris Carpenter - P

Marlins:
1. Jose Reyes - SS
2. Emilio Bonafacio - CF
3. Hanley Ramirez - 3B
4. Mike Stanton - RF
5. Logan Morrison - LF
6. Gaby Sanchez - 1B
7. John Buck - C
8. Omar Infante - 2B
9. Josh Johnson - P

 

[darkside31337]

Carlos Beltran will hit the first home run in the stadium.

Jose Reyes will be the first Miami Marlin to hit a home run in the stadium.

 

[sf2fanatic]

soo who hits the first hr in that stadium? they play the cardinals the first game.

http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/schedule/index.jsp?c_id=mia#m=4&y=2012&calendar=DEFAULT

i vote for Emilio Bonifacio

I vote

Spoiler

Furcal

First Marlin?

Spoiler

Sanchez

 

[Madtown_]

I love the look of a new stadium.
Opening day is coming...slowly, but it's getting here!

http://i.imgur.com/vE4Pz.png
Breaking news I guess. Also, who the hell is Jose Vargas

Dunno why, but I laughed out loud reading this.

 

[turnbuckle]

Watch the Rays, team with very low payroll that competes with the big spenders.

If I weren't a Tigers fan I'd be a Rays fan.

 

[Iceman]

If I weren't a Tigers fan I'd be a Rays fan.

That was going to be my first suggestions, but they don't have a history. I think it makes it harder to connect with a team.

 

[RBH]

The funniest person on Twitter these days is New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson. His account – @MetsGM – reads like a good parody. Only it’s really him, the actual Mets GM firing tweet after snide tweet at the team that pays him, which makes it a thousand times funnier than satire ever could be.

Gallows humor plays well with the Mets, the biggest disaster in professional sports. They turn 50 this year, and their midlife crisis isn’t one whiled away in the driver’s seat of a Miata. Nor, as much as he’d like to be the case, the one in the car Alderson is driving to Mets spring training.

Alderson’s Twitter narrative thus far has focused on his jaunt to Port St. Lucie, Fla. His latest tweet encapsulates his message: “Will have to drive carefully on trip; Mets only reimburse for gas at a downhill rate. Will try to coast all the way to FL.” Considering in his two years as Mets GM Alderson has seen the opening day payroll drop from $134.4 million to $118.8 million to a projected $93 million, at least downhill is something to which he has grown accustomed.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-passan_new_york_mets_wilpon_alderson_madoff_021312

https://twitter.com/#!/metsgm

 

[clemenx]

Oh my god this tweet was pure genius.

Will have to drive carefully on trip; Mets only reimburse for gas at a downhill rate. Will try to coast all the way to FL.

This has been the Mets related thing this offseason

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

That was going to be my first suggestions, but they don't have a history. I think it makes it harder to connect with a team.

Join them while they are making their history.

 

[rekameohs]

Of course, you could support the other 1998 franchise team that's already made history with a world series victory and a 111 loss season.

 

[Doytch]

soo who hits the first hr in that stadium? they play the cardinals the first game.

Mike Stanton and it will destroy the stupid sign in CF because Mike Stanton is Jesus Christ.

 

[captmcblack]

Looks like the Yankees/Pirates A.J. Burnett deal is going to happen this week. The Pirates are expected to cover anywhere from $13 to $15 million of Burnett's remaining $33 million for the next two years. The Pirates will also be sending along two minor leaguers that are not on their 40-man roster.

Cashman for president.

Also, OMG @ new Marlins on TV. Ozzie will destroy everyone...it will be glorious.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Mike Stanton and it will destroy the stupid sign in CF because Mike Stanton is Jesus Christ.

Lol. When the All-Star is held in that stadium, the Home Run Derby should be hit that crazy shit in CF as much as possible.

 

[Sanjuro]

Free Baltimore Oriole tickets!

https://secure.mlb.com/bal/ticketing/birthday_form.jsp

...for your birthday!

 

[eznark]

I love the look of a new stadium.
Opening day is coming...slowly, but it's getting here!


Dunno why, but I laughed out loud reading this.

Because ESPN is the shittiest fucking thing to happen to sports since the Babe Dietrich.

 

[cashman]

Cespedes vs Montero vs Trout vs Darvish should be an interesting rookie of the year battle in the AL West.

 

[vas_a_morir]

I think it's great Marlins fans have such a nice looking park. I used to not watch the FLorida series on TV because it would make me depressed. Especially with that ugly blue wall BLARGH

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Marlins ballpark looks real nice actually. can't wait for the acid rock homeruns.

 

[Kuroyume]

http://twitter.com/#!/joecapMARLINS/status/169096430647115776

I guess the one decent thing is that I'll no longer have to watch the Mets play in the old nasty teal turd whenever they're playing the Marlins.

 

[ZeroRay]

Chris Carpenter will hit the first HR. I can feel it.

 

[Doytch]

Because ESPN is the shittiest fucking thing to happen to sports since the Babe Dietrich.

I have no idea what this means.

 

[eznark]

I have no idea what this means.

damn it! I meant Babe Didrikson. Don't mix Dota 2 and misogyny jokes.

 

[Doytch]

damn it! I meant Babe Didrikson. Don't mix Dota 2 and misogyny jokes.

Google partially explains this now...k...

 

[eznark]

You had to google Babe Didrikson? She was like the first female celebrity-athlete.

 

[Doytch]

You had to google Babe Didrikson? She was like the first female celebrity-athlete.

Yeah... I don't really pay attention to sports history.

 

[Analytical]

Man I really wish the Redsox would build a contemporary stadium already. Who gives a shit about history, Fenway Park is a piece of garbage.

 

[CygnusXS]

Worst swing of the year?

 

[Analytical]

Worst swing of the year?

Fun baseball fact: On a hit and run, you're just supposed to make contact with the ball or at least try and mess up the catcher with your swing. He was protecting the man on first by trying to hit the pitch out.

Where?

Well that's the problem. They may have to build outside the city proper.

 

[Sanjuro]

Man I really wish the Redsox would build a contemporary stadium already. Who gives a shit about history, Fenway Park is a piece of garbage.

Where?

 

[eznark]

Isn't crossing the plate an automatic out?

Where?

Foxboro! Right next to the Bass Pro!

 

[Windu]

Where?

Destroy Fenway and build the new one in the same spot. Play home games in yankee stadium while rebuilding, piss off the Yankees by skipping out on your rent payments.

edit: or battle to the death for dominace of the stadium.

 

[yankeehater]

Where?

New Hampshire.

 

[Doytch]

lololol

 

[Lambtron]

Keep laughing, fuckers.

 

[h3ro]

Isn't crossing the plate an automatic out?

I thought it's an automatic out only if you cross the plate prior to the swing. Unless it's one of those dumb unwritten rules.

Also, did Braun get the suspension dropped yet? Has he been forever tainted in your eyes, ez, even if acquitted?

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Keep laughing, fuckers.

Lol. These guys man. Concussions affect Canadians worse than anyone else. Look at Bay and Morneau.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

this news is a few days old, but it concerns the Royals, so you guys probably missed it:

The Royals have been looking for a replacement broadcaster for Frank White (Royals HoF, and one of only three numbers they've ever retired) who they fired a few moths ago, setting off a huge shit storm with the fans and media.

The replacement is... Rex The "Wonderdog" Hudler! Of MLB The Show fame. As a Kansas Citian, I'm still a little pissed about Frank (while simultaneously sick of hearing other fans complain about it), but hey, getting the Wonderdog is pretty cool.

 

[ToxicAdam]

I like Hudler in small doses. I don't know if I would like him in 3 hour stretches. His earnestness and excitablity becomes grating.

 

[acheron_xl]

Worst swing of the year?

I've seen this exact swing in MLB: The Show a depressing number of times.

 

[vas_a_morir]

Lol. These guys man. Concussions affect Canadians worse than anyone else. Look at Bay and Morneau.

And Sidney Crosby, especially. (although, he may have had a broken neck all this time)

 

[h3ro]

Lol. These guys man. Concussions affect Canadians worse than anyone else. Look at Bay and Morneau.

Might be due to the bagged milk. I wanna to a randomized control study on this.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

I like Hudler in small doses. I don't know if I would like him in 3 hour stretches. His earnestness and excitablity becomes grating.

We'll see I guess. There's also the question of how well he'll mix with his new partner Ryan LeFevre. But Ryan is kind of sarcastic, dry and sometimes a little hilariously grumpy, so maybe it'll be a good contrast.

 

[Doytch]

And Sidney Crosby, especially. (although, he may have had a broken neck all this time)

It's all under control. He's got a chiropractor.

Might be due to the bagged milk. I wanna to a randomized control study on this.

For the record, I've never had a concussion, and I've been hit in the head with baseballs, my snowboard, the pavement, and hockey boards several times each.

Oh, and Morneau and Bay are from BC, so they don't get wicked-awesome bagged milk.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

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[darkiguana]

Worst swing of the year?

If that was a hit and run play, then that was the right play to try to swing at that. On a hit and run play, the batter is supposed to swing even if the pitch is 10ft from the plate, to protect the runner.

 

[Lambtron]

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kudome?