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Official MLB Thread - 2006 Season

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Frankie, I got this from your Mets board over at scout.com:

LoDuca's peak BA after July in recent past years has occurred on the following dates:
- August 6, 2006 (so far)
- August 6, 2005
- August 2, 2003
- August 4, 2002
- August 24, 2001 (his career year)

2004 was skipped because I'm too lazy to figure the daily averages after the Dodgers traded him to the Marlins.
 
Eminem said:

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Torre, for some reason, loads up the shit when the shit pitcher is starting. Can you explain that? Wouldn't you want to evenly distribute the shit? Like...spread the shit around?

No, Fasano, Nick Green, Bubba, Bernie...who else. But everyone in. While Lidle pitches.
 
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Odysseus said:
How do you let your number one rival come in and sweep you in a five game series?

Probably the same way you can be up 3-0 then get reverse swept. For the 1st time ever. Anywhere. But today's a day to celebrate and not a day to dwell on things best left unsaid. :D
 
bob_arctor said:
Probably the same way you can be up 3-0 then get reverse swept. For the 1st time ever. Anywhere. But today's a day to celebrate and not a day to dwell on things best left unsaid. :D

That's true.
 
Piece by piece, our rivals have been dismantled and demoralized.

Your starting pitching was destroyed.
Your bullpen was rended asunder.
Your defense was exposed.
Your offense was proven to be a joke.
Ortiz and Ramirez were made silent.

You leave 6.5 out in the toughest division, and God knows how many out in the wild card.
You were swept in five games by your oldest foe.

Today is the end.
Today is our beginning. :lol
 
Joe said:
what happened? i hate not getting yes :(

and larry bowa has been an awesome 3rd base coach this year

He was pumping his fist and celebrating in the dugout.

If it was any other coach, he would have picked up his ass pad and ran into the dugout to get on the plane early.

Oh, and just because....RED SOX FANS AM SUICIDING.
 
Y2Kevbug11 said:
Oh, and just because....RED SOX FANS AM SUICIDING.

1.5 games back with the first place team coming in for a five game set? Things go right, say 4 games to 1, you're up 1.5. Things go moderately well, 3-2, you're back half a game. Red Sox? 6.5.
 
Odysseus said:
How do you let your number one rival come in and sweep you in a five game series?

a combination of washed up and overrated young starting pitching, no serviceable bullpen to speak of with only 1 decent piece that was completely misused in your only winning situation (game 4), relying on bit players like Doug Mirabelli in key situations ...

The Red Sox are a mess this year. Seriously, I was excited about the prospect of Theo possibly coming to the Nats at the start of the year, but this year has been terrible for him, and now I'm glad he isn't (although I don't see how we could be any worse-off right now ....). Giving up good young prospects to reacquire Mirabelli, giving up too much for Crisp then overpaying him, handing a huge extension to Beckett who seems to be falling apart trying to face AL East hitters on a regular basis, the list goes on. And someone on ESPN, I think it was Neyer, made a good point - the Yankees certainly spend a great deal of money, but at least they're using it to get better. The Red Sox budget has pretty much stayed flat since the world series, despite all their ever-increasing huge sources of income (NESN, influx of money from MLB.com, etc). Why is that? It should certainly raise some questions in Red Sox nation.
 
You leave 6.5 out in the toughest division, and God knows how many out in the wild card.
You were swept in five games by your oldest foe.

Yea..AL Central says hi.

I think the AL East is grossly overrated this year. And this shit has got to stop. Its embarassing even as a Yank fan myself.

Im willing to bet that the Yanks or Red Sox (if they make it to the playoffs) are not even going to get out of the ALDS. Hopefully I'm wrong, but I wouldn't underestimate what the Twins, Tigers, Chisox, Angels and the As can do.

It's all very up in the air, and quite frankly I don't think the WS team this year will be an AL East team.
 
i refuse to believe the red sox are done...they could just as easily come into yankee stadium in september and sweep all 4 games then.
 
Joe said:
i refuse to believe the red sox are done...they could just as easily come into yankee stadium in september and sweep all 4 games then.

Binnnngo.

Not counting them out yet.
 
Yeah, there are still 40 games left.


Here's to hoping the White Sox can almost pull an NY and sweep these 4 games in Detroit.
 
Of course it isn't over, but at 6.5 games back, here's how it would need to go to force a tiebreaker:

Yankees, 39 games remaining
Red Sox, 38 games remaining

Assuming Yankees play ~.500 and go 20-19, Red Sox would need to play .684 and go 26-12. The Tigers, with the best record in baseball, are playing .637.

Assuming Yankees play close to where they are now but not above, .610, they can go 23-16 for a .590 percentage. If so, the Red Sox would need to play 29-9, or .763.

The lead is not insurmountable and by simply typing this up I am practically writing a gaurantee for a dead heat going into the last weekend, but the Red Sox are going to need some help from the Yankees if they are going to get back into this.
 
A little of topic but I was watching a little of the LLWS thing on ESPN and WTH! Those "kids" are huge, one was like 6'3" 200 pounds. What is the age limit on that?
 
What a tank job. Pathetic and embarassing.

Sure there is still plenty of time left, but this team looks like pure garbage. They need to turn it around, and turn it around quickly.
 
Jays are kicking ass tonight. Why is it the only game of a series I don't go to is the blowout? :lol Still, it's real nice to see.
 
What. The. ****. Is. This. FURTHER. Shit.

Only way that could have been worse is if Lilly took a swing at Gibbons. What the hell, this game sure turned to ash in my mouth. :-O
 
WHAT THE ****. Someone swung at somebody in the tunnel, now the Jays bench is empty... jesus!

CALDER AM PSYCHIC, JAYS AM ROSEBUDDED.
 
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