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[evil solrac v3.0]

damn feel real bad for A.J...
Michael Kay when he was on the radio with John Sterling was really good, because all he had to do was call a couple of innings and mostly analyze. being the lead play by play guy is not for him, it's turned into an obnoxious idiot. John Sterling has always been entertaining to me, fuck the haters.

you shut your whore mouth

no, it's the truth.

 

[darkside31337]

AJ would have been fine had he not stolen all that money from Hal. They call this karma. Fuck the DH.

 

[yankeehater]

AJ would have been fine had he not stolen all that money from Hal. They call this karma. Fuck the DH.

It is so refreshing to hear a lifelong AL fan admit that the DH is horrible.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

AJ would have been fine had he not stolen all that money from Hal. They call this karma. Fuck the DH.

the Pittsburgh pirates traded for a PITCHER not a hitter. what the fuck kind of value does an automatic out bring to their team? how is bunting anyone over make them a better team?

 

[bluemax]

40 minutes until Jesus and the Mariners take the field.

 

[Parch]

That's an interesting list. Pretty spot on IMO.

I think some broadcasters fail to remember or just don't care that their broadcast extends beyond their local coverage. Everybody is going to have a home town bias and will never be completely neutral, but some are just so overly fanboy that they make themselves look like complete idiots. It ends up sounding very unprofessional.

 

[bryehn]

Prolly not, seeing the iOS apps require a subscription.

Well I have an MLB.TV sub, I'm wondering if the console apps will actually list ST games this year, the PS3 one didn't last year

Oh, also:

NEWS: 2012 Postseason to feature 10-team format including 2 additional Wild Cards & elimination game in each league prior to DS.

https://twitter.com/#!/MLB_PR/status/175660518525255680

 

[RBH]

MLB.TV sounds even more appealing with being able to sync the radio announcers. Anyone who has seen a Phillies game on Comcast Sportsnet knows that Tom McCarthy is INSUFFERABLE. But, it's totally useless to get a subscription unless you're out of area, right? It would be great to have it if say, I was recording something on the DVR and then I could just fire up the PS3 and watch the game, or watch it on my computer at work for a day game. I'd love it for the other baseball games, but not being able to watch the Phillies is the only deterrent.

Here's today's trivia question (actually, I'll use Wednesday's because I like it better):

Who won back-to-back MVPs and is eligible for the Hall of Fame but not in?

A) Hal Newhouser
B) Ernie Banks
C) Roger Maris
D) Frank Thomas

Spoiler

C

 

[RBH]

So with the new wildcard spots division winners might end up opening on the road.



http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/3/2/2839190/mlb-playoff-expansion-division-winners-road-teams

Fucking Selig.

What a mess.

 

[Malo]

A.J. Burnett out until June after surgery to repair his broken right orbital bone.

That really sucks. I feel bad for AJ

 

[bryehn]

Damnit, audio feed won't load, just takes me to a sign up screen. Paid-up and logged in :/

 

[Doytch]

Damnit, audio feed won't load, just takes me to a sign up screen. Paid-up and logged in :/

Not sure what you're using, but it's working on iPhone.

 

[bryehn]

Not sure what you're using, but it's working on iPhone.

I'm on a Mac using Chrome.

 

[Doytch]

Eh, mine's at home so I can't check. Same deal in Safari?

 

[bluemax]

Damnit, audio feed won't load, just takes me to a sign up screen. Paid-up and logged in :/

At least you're getting that far, I can't even get the log in box to work. Sounds like a lot of people are having issues with it. This is pretty typical of MLB.com.

Good thing I have an iPhone!

Edit: Apparently going through the Media Center works:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mediacenter/index.jsp?c_id=mlb&affiliateId=mlbMENU

 

[bryehn]

At least you're getting that far, I can't even get the log in box to work. Sounds like a lot of people are having issues with it. This is pretty typical of MLB.com.

Good thing I have an iPhone!

Edit: Apparently going through the Media Center works:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mediacenter/index.jsp?c_id=mlb&affiliateId=mlbMENU

Yup, that got it working for me too, listening to the KIRO feed, way better quality than the other one.

 

[Macattk15]

Yup, that got it working for me too, listening to the KIRO feed, way better quality than the other one.

That and the M's announcers actually aren't that bad to listen to. All biased-ness aside.

 

[Sanjuro]

So,

Scenario.

- The Red Sox could win the division.

- Yankees and Rays could fight it out for the Wild Card.

- Rays win, and we have to head down to Tampa Bay for the first two games in a series of best of five.

Stupid.

 

[Windu]

Hal Steinbrenner: Yankees 'don't need $220 million payroll'

TAMPA, Fla. — Hal Steinbrenner believes the Yankees can remain competitive without the bloated budgets that were a staple of his father's free-spending tenure in the Bronx.

"I'm a finance geek," Steinbrenner said. "I guess I always have been. That's my background. Budgets matter. Balance sheets matter. I just feel that if you do well on the player development side, and you have a good farm system, you don't need a $220 million payroll. You don't. You can field every bit as good a team with young talent."

He reiterated that the Yankees intend to lower payroll to below $189 million by 2014, to take advantage of new provisions in the collective bargaining agreement that would ease the Yankees' burden under baseball's revenue sharing plan. It would also take the sting out of luxury tax payments.

"Well, I'm looking at it as a goal," Steinbrenner said. "But my goals are normally are considered a requirement."

 

[Joe]

Cashman "look at a lot of clubs that are having massive success going about it a different way. And we can incorporate every way. I’ve referenced utilizing every tool in the toolbox. We’re still the Yankees. We’re still going to outspend everybody else."

He's had off the charts swag the past couple years.

 

[Sanjuro]

Are they going to factor in all $30 they spent on the Moneyball Blu Ray into their payroll?

 

[Malo]

Hal Steinbrenner: Yankees 'don't need $220 million payroll'

Someone said they want to become the rays but with money.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

It has always surprised me that the Yankees have thrown so much money at FAs but haven't done the same in player development. I guess lavish spending on prospects that may or may not pan out doesn't have the same pizazz as landing a marquee FA every offseason or so.

 

[acheron_xl]

It has always surprised me that the Yankees have thrown so much money at FAs but haven't done the same in player development. I guess lavish spending on prospects that may or may not pan out doesn't have the same pizazz as landing a marquee FA every offseason or so.

It's not like their system is shit. They've had plenty of prospects, they just trade them off.

 

[Malo]

It has always surprised me that the Yankees have thrown so much money at FAs but haven't done the same in player development. I guess lavish spending on prospects that may or may not pan out doesn't have the same pizazz as landing a marquee FA every offseason or so.

They've done a lot better in the player development side since Cash took full control around the mid 2000s.

 

[Macattk15]

Montero opposite field dinger sighting! Apparently crushed.

 

[Malo]

Montero opposite field dinger sighting! Apparently crushed.

Fuck you.

:/

 

[Macattk15]

Fuck you.

:/

To make you feel better, he also dropped a foul pop-up behind the plate.

 

[Macattk15]

And now Montero is out of the game after being hit consecutively by 2 fouled off pitches.

 

[Jon]

Answer time:

The correct answer to the first question was...

C. Roger Maris. Congrats to Ez, Windu and RBH.

The second question was answered correctly by both Sanjuro and Eznark...I am debating on whether to count it as an official point...but seeing how it was a pretty tricky question, I will. Congrats to you guys as well.

 

[Sanjuro]

I was on my phone and didn't really read the first question correctly. In a year or so my answer will be correct!

 

[Windu]

I was on my phone and didn't really read the first question correctly. In a year or so my answer will be correct!

suuurreee

 

[aFIGurANT]

Can anyone confirm that this *actually works*?

I've had the Gameday Audio subscription since before the apps existed, and the free app tells me that I need to upgrade for audio and such. If you can get audio both in the app and online by buying the full app, I'm going to be pretty pissed, because the inverse doesn't seem to be true, and the Gameday Audio sub costs more than the app does.

No idea about all that since you have the sub already, BUT, I know your pain as the android market still doesn't have it almost a week after all the news outlets announced the free introductory app and then the 15 dollar audio (with mlb.tv subs getting everything on all platforms availabile). So good luck, that seems weird if they are making you buy a new verision of the app + your sub from years past. Who is responsible for the support on this stuff?

 

[Parch]

They've done a lot better in the player development side since Cash took full control around the mid 2000s.

It's still tied to money. It's getting better, but plenty of prospects would only sign for teams who met their entry level contract demands. It made no sense to draft a player that a team had no chance to sign, so this talent would drop to the Yankees.

Frequently, the worst team did not pick the best talent, they picked a signable player. Don't pat the backs of the Yankees for their smart drafting and development when it still was about money. Everywhere in the Yankees organization, it's always been about the money giving them the advantage.

 

[ZetaEpyon]

No idea about all that since you have the sub already, BUT, I know your pain as the android market still doesn't have it almost a week after all the news outlets announced the free introductory app and then the 15 dollar audio (with mlb.tv subs getting everything on all platforms availabile). So good luck, that seems weird if they are making you buy a new verision of the app + your sub from years past. Who is responsible for the support on this stuff?

Yeah I have a question in with their mobile support right now. Not really expecting a positive answer; MLB has always been incredibly slow and backwards with this sort of stuff. (See their policy on youtube videos as compared to say, the NBA.)

 

[Little Green Yoda]

It's not like their system is shit. They've had plenty of prospects, they just trade them off.

Somebody earlier in the thread posted a chart of how much teams invested in the draft and how the new CBA cap on draft spending would affect certain teams. IIRC the Yankees were middle of the pack at best in draft spending. Maybe they haven't been in the best draft positions to sign Rick Porcello types for over slot, but it seems like they could've easily leveraged their financial advantages in this arena as well.

Is there any data on how much each organization spends on international talent?

 

[eznark]

Somebody earlier in the thread posted a chart of how much teams invested in the draft and how the new CBA cap on draft spending would affect certain teams. IIRC the Yankees were middle of the pack at best in draft spending. Maybe they haven't been in the best draft positions to sign Rick Porcello types for over slot, but it seems like they could've easily leveraged their financial advantages in this arena as well.

Is there any data on how much each organization spends on international talent?

They're also constantly drafting later and paying less. In the past five years, MLB has tried to lean on teams to stop drafting based on "signability" which leaves fewer of those over slot guys to be had.

 

[Dominican Power]

3 Division Winners in each league. 2 Wild Cards in each league.

1 game between Wild Card Teams
5 game Division Series
7 game Championship Series
7 game World Series

So both wild cards are playing in a one game series?

 

[vas_a_morir]

Looking forward to a 83 game winner beating a 94 game winner in the one game playoff.

 

[Little Green Yoda]

They're also constantly drafting later and paying less. In the past five years, MLB has tried to lean on teams to stop drafting based on "signability" which leaves fewer of those over slot guys to be had.

Fair enough. I guess smaller market teams picking ahead of the Yankees going over slot for the best prospects lately doesn't help and is probably why the league put the draft spending cap in the recent CBA.

 

[eznark]

Fair enough. I guess smaller market teams picking ahead of the Yankees going over slot for the best prospects lately doesn't help and is probably why the league put the draft spending cap in the recent CBA.

I'm just saying it skews the amount spent on the draft. They are also giving away comp picks while others are accumulating them, so they pick fewer players on average.

 

[Fenix]

It can't be said enough, how good the new uniforms look.

Unfortunately, that asshole Stoeten put a shock image halfway through the post.

 

[Windu]

It can't be said enough, how good the new uniforms look.

Unfortunately, that asshole Stoeten put a shock image halfway through the post.

they are right up there with the dodgers uniforms as best in the majors

 

[Doytch]

When did we get Marcum back?

 

[Fenix]

I thought that was just the guy who plays Dave on Happy Endings.

 

[Parch]

Dave Stieb's happy endings?

Pretty classic look though. Even the powder blues don't seem so bad anymore. The classic logo has always been my favorite.

 

[Dominican Power]

It can't be said enough, how good the new uniforms look.

Unfortunately, that asshole Stoeten put a shock image halfway through the post.

New uniforms, same shitty Jays.

 

[darkside31337]

So,

Scenario.

- The Red Sox could win the division.

- Yankees and Rays could fight it out for the Wild Card.

- Rays win, and we have to head down to Tampa Bay for the first two games in a series of best of five.

Stupid.

I cant believe people are whining about this. In this scenario the Red Sox are 100% guaranteed to play in the first round of the playoffs. The Yankees or Rays have a 50% chance to get to play the Red Sox.

The 2-3 change hardly matters in comparison to not having a 50% chance of being eliminated from the playoffs in your first playoff game.

You can argue that it is slightly advantageous to be a 3 seed instead of the 2 seed but really home field advantage in baseball in a 5 game series doesn't mean a whole lot.

 

[Doytch]

He's arguing that they should be able to start at home, do the 2-2-1 schedule.

 

[Windu]

they should change it to 4-1 or 1-4. Or at least make it that way for when you play a team that won a wild card.