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MLB Regular Season 2013 |OT2| - Revenge of the Umpires
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Duane Cunningham
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WOOOO! Seven in a row! The hottest team in baseball! Heyheyheyhey
AND... We're above 500, in August almost!
AND... We're above 500, in August almost!
Square Triangle
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Really do not like that trade.
Probably Dempster is going to the pen.
Dominican Power
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Jay Z/KD/Jack Nicholas/Magic/CP3.
sf2fanatic
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Was looking forward to this series. Good thing Dbacks are playing the Rays.
So now that Detroit has traded two OF prospects and has acquired Jose Veras, there seems to be little to no chance the Mets can squeeze anybody from them for Parnell. *sigh* I wouldn't be surprised to see the Mets just hold onto him. Anything can change, but it looks like the Mets will not be very active at the deadline. Shame.
Nah. Dempster has been alright, about what was expected out of him.
Raunado not included. Also no JBJ thank God.
ConradCervantes
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Doubleheader sweep! Good day today.
Pinkman_ABQ
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Any word on whether the Red Sox are still pursuing Michael Young, or are they planning to promote Middlebrooks?
HarryDemeanor
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It's a good low risk, high reward move. He's only signed through this year for $1 mil plus some incentives based on performance. He'll be working on his stuff in Arizona then sent to Rancho. We'll see how it goes.
At the very least we'll see less Marmol.
Lee Chaolan
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Welcome Back! Tell your team to start losing now.
Nice, Indians have won 6 in a row and 9 straight at home, Also, do that second thing I told Square Triangle.
Sounds like he only wants to go back to Texas.
Middlebrooks is the obvious choice to come back to the show. Snyder may be getting some serious playing time for the moment...which isn't a bad thing possibly.
According to Rosenthal the Sox are probably going to call up Middlebrooks.
cr_blah_blah
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Good job showing up, Scheppers
I don't know what the Phillies are going to do now. I can't imagine Michael Young will get much in return. For an objectively bad team to go into next season with a roster that is for the most part unchanged from last year would be a huge disappointment. The Phillies need prospects. They are going to be stuck with Rollins, Utley, Howard, and Lee until they're so old that they aren't starters anymore. Howard was already reaching that point this year before he had his knee-scoped.
I hope the Phillies have a real plan to turn this team around next year. One that involves bringing in high quality veteran and young talent. Another year of going all-in and praying for Rollins, Utley, and Howard to play like it's 2007 is not going to work. It's going to hurt the Phillies.
The Phillies are going to keep Amaro too and axe Charlie, because the Phillies ownership have known Amaro since he was a little kid. They treat him like he's a family member. The Phillies are too loyal.
I hope the Phillies have a real plan to turn this team around next year. One that involves bringing in high quality veteran and young talent. Another year of going all-in and praying for Rollins, Utley, and Howard to play like it's 2007 is not going to work. It's going to hurt the Phillies.
The Phillies are going to keep Amaro too and axe Charlie, because the Phillies ownership have known Amaro since he was a little kid. They treat him like he's a family member. The Phillies are too loyal.
Good job of warming pitchers up in the bullpen, Ron Washington.
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HarryDemeanor
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Square Triangle
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Welcome Back! Tell your team to start losing now.
Nice, Indians have won 6 in a row and 9 straight at home, Also, do that second thing I told Square Triangle.
Did you buy your Ryan Raburn jersey yet?
I still blame Ron more for leaving him in. And for putting in Ross against a lefty. And for being the worst manager in baseball.
Duane Cunningham
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Welcome Back! Tell your team to start losing now.
Nice, Indians have won 6 in a row and 9 straight at home, Also, do that second thing I told Square Triangle.
No! Lol
Prospects are great, but they often take a lot longer to come around than fans are patient for.
For example, the Phillies had one of the best farm systems for pitching in 2009. Carrasco, Happ and Drabek. Four years later, none have really panned out.
Plus, things are different now. It used to be that the best deals happened at the deadline, but now GM's are getting good deals at the Winter meetings because there are more teams involved with increased pressure to make a big off-season splash.
The Phillies probably should axe Charlie, though. Time for a new voice in that dugout.
The Artful Dodger
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I didn't see this on here, and thought it was pretty awesome.
KidA Seven
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Duane Cunningham
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A few additional stats to put in perspective what a big deal this is to Royals fans:
Ten years ago in 2003, the Royals had a weird, flukey season where they finished with a winning record. The last time before that where they had a winning record on July 31 or later? 1995.
@pgrathoff: said:
@mellinger: said:
Ten years ago in 2003, the Royals had a weird, flukey season where they finished with a winning record. The last time before that where they had a winning record on July 31 or later? 1995.
startyourengine
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holy shit soto lol
Duane Cunningham
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Hey, I get that there are a lot of MLB fanbases that would jump off a cliff if they woke up tomorrow and realized their team had this kind of legacy, but I guarantee that half KC will be wearing Royals gear tomorrow. If they finish above 500, they'll be buzzing about the Royals all winter. The year we finally make the playoffs for the first time in 30 years, this town will come unglued.
I agree. They should axe Amaro as well. He brought in Delmon Young to play everyday left field. He gave Papelbon that contract. He gave Howard the contract he has.
Lee Chaolan
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Haha. He's been killing it lately.
Would be cheaper to buy his old Tigers one, and just patch a Chief Wahoo on the side. xD
That's quite a far cry from what they were reportedly asking Oakland for lol.
Lee Chaolan
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We know that feeling. Sure, we had those fantastic Tribe teams of the mid 90's all the way to early 00's. Then our "fluke" season in 07 where we probably would have beat the Rockies in the World Series, if not for the Red Sox coming back down 3-1.
Basically what I'm getting at, is yeah these long streaks are bullshit, but hey, at least your baseball team has won a World Series in the last 30 years. One of my grandparents wasn't even alive the last time the Indians won theirs in 1948.
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