Official 2011 MLB Season Thread

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:54 pm

eternalreflection wrote:Ubaldo Jimenez gave up 6r/5er, he didn't give up his 5er last year until his 7th start, 43ip

i know it's pretty well known but nobody should start their pitchers unless its halladay the first outing of the year. i did like a sucker.

capable_keL · Post by **capable_keL** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:14 pm

nice ceremony by the canadians

:leon:

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:48 pm

so 4batters in, we have Pavano and the Defense both being total failures

capable_keL · Post by **capable_keL** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:50 pm

eternalreflection wrote:so 4batters in, we have Pavano and the Defense both being total failures

bring in slowey?

capable_keL · Post by **capable_keL** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:56 pm

might have been the best opening 1/2 inning in history:
hit batter
rbi via hit batter
balk
pickoff
runner retains base via the Japanese not teaching 'chicken' to youth
groundball booted
trip to mound
double steal

an-also · Post by **an-also** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:58 pm

We're well on our way to a 162-0 record.

Positive A · Post by **Positive A** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:23 pm

capable_keL wrote:nice ceremony by the canadians

Just tuning in (top of 4), what happened?

Fill in the blank for me:

Ricky Romero has been ________.

Positive A · Post by **Positive A** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:32 pm

Arencibia is a fucking stud.

And a helluva ball player.

Positive A · Post by **Positive A** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:50 pm

Positive A wrote:
eternalreflection wrote:
capable_keL wrote:
eternalreflection wrote:lol fu gardy for not starting Liriano on opening day, he's clearly the best pitcher you have
pavano is the opening day choice. liriano cant go 5 innings without throwing over 100 pitches...he still trys to strike everyone out.

pavano gives us a better chance to win, but duensing will have the best year as a starter (my prediction)
lol striking out people is a good thing, especially with the horrid defense that they'll run out there

Liriano is much better than any other Twins starter, its not even close
Liriano. Pavano. Frank Viola. Scott Erickson. It doesn't matter who they trot out there tonight. Jays will mash.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:07 pm

no-no action in miami. mets looks, well like the mets.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:08 pm

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:15 pm

Positive A wrote:
Positive A wrote:
eternalreflection wrote:
capable_keL wrote:
eternalreflection wrote:lol fu gardy for not starting Liriano on opening day, he's clearly the best pitcher you have
pavano is the opening day choice. liriano cant go 5 innings without throwing over 100 pitches...he still trys to strike everyone out.

pavano gives us a better chance to win, but duensing will have the best year as a starter (my prediction)
lol striking out people is a good thing, especially with the horrid defense that they'll run out there

Liriano is much better than any other Twins starter, its not even close
Liriano. Pavano. Frank Viola. Scott Erickson. It doesn't matter who they trot out there tonight. Jays will mash.

well to be fair we don't know how Liriano would have faired tonight

jredd109 · Post by **jredd109** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:15 pm

capable_keL wrote:
eternalreflection wrote:I could have swore it was ended but I guess Kel(and prob myjah) is still stubbornly hanging onto Pavano

kel, Liriano when you strikeout 9+ per 9inning, you can get away with extra walks

as for the defense, Span is solid, but Young and Cuddyer are god-awful and noone else is noteworthy, and I imagine Kubel will spend more than 0innings in the field this year and he makes Cuddyer look good lol

Gardy and the organization aren't good, its frustrating since when you are a mid-market team you can't give away edges like that and expect to seriously compete
i can live with that and kill the debate before the season starts in 45 minutes

no matter who is throwing the blue jays might put up 13 runs

nice one. buy a lottery ticket.

uh zip zoom · Post by **uh zip zoom** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:26 pm

whether or not you like the dodgers, you should listen to every vin scully call you possibly can.

Kid That's Lifeless · Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:00 pm

Went to the Rays game. What a shitfest. Saw BJ get called out on an lol-inducing umpire fail.

Req · Post by **Req** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:02 pm

jus got back from Jays-Twins. Bautista = GOAT

Wicked · Post by **Wicked** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:19 am

eternalreflection wrote:Ubaldo Jimenez gave up 6r/5er, he didn't give up his 5er last year until his 7th start, 43ip

hahahaha Good! I hate that awkward looking clown.

My fuckin Giants are making bad plays... AGAIN!! *shaking head* Jonathan Sanchez was looking good too with all those nasty pitches.

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:21 am

Brandon Belt is for real.
Outfield is atrocious minus Torres.
Sanchez is a great pitcher for 5 innings. That's it.
Defense overall so far is awful.

Wicked · Post by **Wicked** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:29 am

alpha wrote:Brandon Belt is for real.
Outfield is atrocious minus Torres.
Sanchez is a great pitcher for 5 innings. That's it.
Defense overall so far is awful.

haha Yeah. And Sanchez can be good after 5, but I know what you mean. Brandon Belt's HR earlier was beautiful.

Posey comin up with the bases loaded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:53 am

Wicked wrote:
alpha wrote:Brandon Belt is for real.
Outfield is atrocious minus Torres.
Sanchez is a great pitcher for 5 innings. That's it.
Defense overall so far is awful.
haha Yeah. And Sanchez can be good after 5, but I know what you mean. Brandon Belt's HR earlier was beautiful.

Posey comin up with the bases loaded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

pablo looks good. As futbol heads would say, he looks fit. Defense needs to get it together. Ross coming back and playing left should solve the outfield. Infield... so we got Broxton coming in.

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:54 am

Wicked wrote:
alpha wrote:Brandon Belt is for real.
Outfield is atrocious minus Torres.
Sanchez is a great pitcher for 5 innings. That's it.
Defense overall so far is awful.
haha Yeah. And Sanchez can be good after 5, but I know what you mean. Brandon Belt's HR earlier was beautiful.

Posey comin up with the bases loaded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

doublepost. Great start to the season.

Jayou Ayen · Post by **Jayou Ayen** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:18 am

Fuck Kevin Kouzmanoff and the Coliseum concession stands.

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vinylfiend · Post by **vinylfiend** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 10:52 am

What happened at A's game last night for all that?^^^

jredd109 · Post by **jredd109** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:37 pm

the a's made five errors. kouz made 2 on back to back plays.

capable_keL · Post by **capable_keL** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 12:48 pm

jredd109 wrote:
capable_keL wrote:
eternalreflection wrote:I could have swore it was ended but I guess Kel(and prob myjah) is still stubbornly hanging onto Pavano

kel, Liriano when you strikeout 9+ per 9inning, you can get away with extra walks

as for the defense, Span is solid, but Young and Cuddyer are god-awful and noone else is noteworthy, and I imagine Kubel will spend more than 0innings in the field this year and he makes Cuddyer look good lol

Gardy and the organization aren't good, its frustrating since when you are a mid-market team you can't give away edges like that and expect to seriously compete
i can live with that and kill the debate before the season starts in 45 minutes

no matter who is throwing the blue jays might put up 13 runs
nice one. buy a lottery ticket.

the only betting i do is on the golf course

Joe Pesci · Post by **Joe Pesci** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:21 pm

AJ Burnett + Fox game of the week = No bueno. Hopefully that works out better for him this year than last lol.

Jayou Ayen · Post by **Jayou Ayen** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:44 pm

vinylfiend wrote:What happened at A's game last night for all that?^^^

What jredd said, plus having to wait 40 minutes at the snack bar (no

), only to be told they ran out of almost everything.

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Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:22 pm

Phils game yesterday was nuts, entire stadium went crazy. Should never have been that close though, Charlie never should have put Herndon in in a 1-run game. He should be permanently relegated to mop-up duty. Cold as fucking hell though. I'm still hungover as shit.

capable_keL · Post by **capable_keL** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:34 pm

so when liriano throws more balls than strikes im supposed to be impressed cuz he strikesout batters between giving up home runs?

eternalreflection · Post by **eternalreflection** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:45 pm

as bad as he was he was better than Pavano

and meh all pitchers have bad starts, I guess its possible he regresses a fuckton from how he pitched last year, but that just means MN is totally fucked