Official 2012 MLB Season Thread

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Mon May 28, 2012 11:59 pm

wow angels fans you suck dick. the yankees fans are sonning them

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Tue May 29, 2012 12:34 am

wuk wrote:sale just left with 15 Ks... was a pleasure to watch today.

What a freak show that was. He now has a 4-to-1 K-to-BB ratio

Bottom 1st
- S. Rodriguez struck out swinging
- B.J. Upton struck out swinging
- B. Zobrist singled to center
- D. Sutton struck out swinging

Bottom 2nd
- J. Lobaton struck out looking
- E. Johnson flied out to center
- W. Rhymes struck out looking

Bottom 3rd
- J. Molina fouled out to first
- R. Thompson struck out swinging
- S. Rodriguez struck out swinging

Bottom 4th
- B.J. Upton struck out swinging
- B. Zobrist singled to shallow left, B. Zobrist stole second
- D. Sutton struck out swinging
- J. Lobaton singled to shallow left, B. Zobrist scored
- E. Johnson fouled out to right

Bottom 5th
- W. Rhymes struck out swinging
- J. Molina walked
- R. Thompson grounded into fielder's choice, J. Molina out at second
- S. Rodriguez struck out swinging

Bottom 6th
- B.J. Upton struck out looking
- B. Zobrist struck out swinging
- D. Sutton struck out looking

Bottom 7th
- J. Lobaton walked
- E. Johnson grounded into fielder's choice, J. Lobaton out at second
- E. Johnson to second on passed ball
- C. Pena grounded out to second, E. Johnson to third
- J. Molina struck out swinging

Bottom 8th
- R. Thompson grounded out to second
- J. Crain relieved C. Sale
- S. Rodriguez flied out to right center
- B.J. Upton flied out to center

Big Breeze · Post by **Big Breeze** » Tue May 29, 2012 11:35 am

jamrage wrote:
Big Breeze wrote:Allen Craig should be back from DL soon too.

When he was in the lineup earlier this year, he went HAM.
@ pinning your hopes on a guy that has never played more than 75 games in a season. They might sneak into the playoffs, but you have to face it: the Cardinals are finished as a serious World Series candidate.

HERE COME THE ASTROS!

Ain't nobody pinning hopes on dude. The fact of the matter is is that Craig is a factor when he's healthy as are several Cardinals.

Big Breeze · Post by **Big Breeze** » Tue May 29, 2012 11:37 am

Oh yeah, Lynn pitched a gem last night. He will be an all-star this year. Pleasebelievit.

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Tue May 29, 2012 3:30 pm

Big Breeze wrote:Oh yeah, Lynn pitched a gem last night. He will be an all-star this year. Pleasebelievit.

cardinals are the best-run franchise (maybe tied with tampa). every year they have either (or both) a pitcher or a hitter who wasn't projected to be shit or do shit have a cy young or silver slugger type season. add on the fact that cardinals' fans have a sparkling reputation and i gotta give props to cardinal nation

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue May 29, 2012 4:45 pm

Doc Halladay gone for 6-8 weeks. Torn lat.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Wed May 30, 2012 6:00 am

Reason wrote:and i gotta give props to cardinal nation

They've played in an absolutely shitty division for a long time now and benefited greatly from it. I'll give them credit that they managed to sneak their way in and win it all last year, but that had as much to do with an epic collapse as anything else. They've done all this while having the best player in the NL for a very long time.

That's all going to change now that Pujols is gone. They're an old team that is going to have to completely revamp their roster over the next few seasons. I don't see any World Series rings coming anytime soon.

They ARE a well run team, but I fucking hate them with a passion.

peanut butter · Post by **peanut butter** » Wed May 30, 2012 2:55 pm

Tweak Da Leak · Post by **Tweak Da Leak** » Wed May 30, 2012 3:05 pm

8 in a row for the halos, suck a dick you eastcoast and norcal faggots/.

capable_keL · Post by **capable_keL** » Wed May 30, 2012 3:53 pm

i just hit jonathon lucroy's whore ass wife on facebook thanking her for dropping a suitcase and breaking his hand

peanut butter · Post by **peanut butter** » Wed May 30, 2012 4:38 pm

I bet he broke his shit when he hit that bitch in the eye socket with a stiff right cross

PEACE

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Wed May 30, 2012 6:24 pm

peanut butter · Post by **peanut butter** » Wed May 30, 2012 6:36 pm

Manny officially eligible to go back to being Manny today too

PEACE

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Wed May 30, 2012 9:53 pm

jacking roy johnson's steez:

Derek Holland pitching for Texas SEA TEX
J Montero singled to shallow right. 0 0
J Smoak doubled to left, J Montero to third. 0 0
A Liddi grounded out to first. 0 0
M Olivo singled to left, J Montero and J Smoak scored. 2 0
M Saunders fouled out to first. 2 0
B Ryan singled to right, M Olivo to third. 2 0
D Ackley homered to right, M Olivo and B Ryan scored. 5 0
C Figgins singled to center. 5 0
C Figgins stole second. 5 0
K Seager singled to left, C Figgins scored. 6 0
J Montero homered to right center, K Seager scored. 8 0
J Smoak walked. 8 0
A Liddi walked, J Smoak to second. 8 0
Y Tateyama relieved D Holland. 8 0
M Olivo grounded out to second. 8 0

Yoshinori Tateyama pitching for Texas SEA TEX
M Saunders doubled to left center. 8 0
B Ryan safe at first on throwing error by shortstop A Gonzalez, M Saunders scored. 9 0
D Ackley popped out to first. 9 0
C Figgins walked, B Ryan to second. 9 0
K Seager singled to right, B Ryan to third, C Figgins to second. 9 0
J Montero doubled to left center, B Ryan and C Figgins scored, K Seager to third. 11 0
J Smoak homered to right center, K Seager and J Montero scored. 14 0
A Liddi singled to shallow center. 14 0
M Olivo reached on infield single to pitcher, A Liddi to second. 14 0
M Saunders doubled to center, A Liddi scored, M Olivo to third. 15 0
M Lowe relieved Y Tateyama. 15 0
B Ryan grounded out to shortstop, M Olivo scored, M Saunders to third. 16 0
D Ackley walked. 16 0
C Figgins flied out to center. 16 0

^^
Seattle just scored 8 runs in the top of the 2nd...and 8 more in the top of the 3rd...holy fuck

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:21 am

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:37 am

LMAO

the rays have the most fun. here they are dressed up as nerds to mock/honor ken rosenthal.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Thu May 31, 2012 7:31 am

Reason wrote:jacking roy johnson's steez:

Derek Holland pitching for Texas SEA TEX
J Montero singled to shallow right. 0 0
J Smoak doubled to left, J Montero to third. 0 0
A Liddi grounded out to first. 0 0
M Olivo singled to left, J Montero and J Smoak scored. 2 0
M Saunders fouled out to first. 2 0
B Ryan singled to right, M Olivo to third. 2 0
D Ackley homered to right, M Olivo and B Ryan scored. 5 0
C Figgins singled to center. 5 0
C Figgins stole second. 5 0
K Seager singled to left, C Figgins scored. 6 0
J Montero homered to right center, K Seager scored. 8 0
J Smoak walked. 8 0
A Liddi walked, J Smoak to second. 8 0
Y Tateyama relieved D Holland. 8 0
M Olivo grounded out to second. 8 0

Yoshinori Tateyama pitching for Texas SEA TEX
M Saunders doubled to left center. 8 0
B Ryan safe at first on throwing error by shortstop A Gonzalez, M Saunders scored. 9 0
D Ackley popped out to first. 9 0
C Figgins walked, B Ryan to second. 9 0
K Seager singled to right, B Ryan to third, C Figgins to second. 9 0
J Montero doubled to left center, B Ryan and C Figgins scored, K Seager to third. 11 0
J Smoak homered to right center, K Seager and J Montero scored. 14 0
A Liddi singled to shallow center. 14 0
M Olivo reached on infield single to pitcher, A Liddi to second. 14 0
M Saunders doubled to center, A Liddi scored, M Olivo to third. 15 0
M Lowe relieved Y Tateyama. 15 0
B Ryan grounded out to shortstop, M Olivo scored, M Saunders to third. 16 0
D Ackley walked. 16 0
C Figgins flied out to center. 16 0

^^
Seattle just scored 8 runs in the top of the 2nd...and 8 more in the top of the 3rd...holy fuck

Against fucking Seattle. So glad I decided to start this dickhead in one of the

leagues. Dropped me from like 5th to 9th.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu May 31, 2012 7:31 am

pedo stash

jredd109 · Post by **jredd109** » Thu May 31, 2012 10:47 am

Tommy Bunz wrote:Against fucking Seattle. So glad I decided to start this dickhead in one of the leagues. Dropped me from like 5th to 9th.

i offered you jennings for him and you shot it down. not that jennings has been that great, but thanks for not taking it. (at least for yesterday)

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:00 pm

sucks Kemp started off with one of the greatest months in all of baseball and now is going to miss at least a month of baseball. Wasted year.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:36 pm

jredd109 wrote:
Tommy Bunz wrote:Against fucking Seattle. So glad I decided to start this dickhead in one of the leagues. Dropped me from like 5th to 9th.

i offered you jennings for him and you shot it down. not that jennings has been that great, but thanks for not taking it. (at least for yesterday)

You're getting your leagues confused, this never happened.
I only own Holland in the Keeperstown league.

jredd109 · Post by **jredd109** » Thu May 31, 2012 3:01 pm

Tommy Bunz wrote:
jredd109 wrote:
Tommy Bunz wrote:Against fucking Seattle. So glad I decided to start this dickhead in one of the leagues. Dropped me from like 5th to 9th.

i offered you jennings for him and you shot it down. not that jennings has been that great, but thanks for not taking it. (at least for yesterday)
You're getting your leagues confused, this never happened.
I only own Holland in the Keeperstown league.

my bad...

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu May 31, 2012 4:14 pm

Philaflava wrote:sucks Kemp started off with one of the greatest months in all of baseball and now is going to miss at least a month of baseball. Wasted year.

yea i feel bad for him. hamstring injuries in baseball are the fucking worst. remember back when jose reyes was a rookie and 'sophomore' on the mets? injured and re-injured the same hammy to the point that he changed his running style

he got back to health and his old self after an offseason or two but godamn hammys are so fragile in beisbol

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu May 31, 2012 4:26 pm

Philaflava wrote:pedo 'stache

lmao at beachy with the goggles (as in freeman's hitting with super vision)

and this one is for tommy bunz (cuz i think he's the biggest elvis andrus fan here...there are no rangers fans in this bitch right?)

Reason · Post by **Reason** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:19 pm

jamrage wrote:
Reason wrote:and i gotta give props to cardinal nation
They've played in an absolutely shitty division for a long time now and benefited greatly from it. I'll give them credit that they managed to sneak their way in and win it all last year, but that had as much to do with an epic collapse as anything else. They've done all this while having the best player in the NL for a very long time.

That's all going to change now that Pujols is gone. They're an old team that is going to have to completely revamp their roster over the next few seasons. I don't see any World Series rings coming anytime soon.

They ARE a well run team, but I fucking hate them with a passion.

WELL if you're a cardinals-hater there is reason to believe they are living off the fruits of past labor and might fall off to mediocrity in coming years:

"Based on Jeff Luhnow's track record for stockpiling young talent in St. Louis, Houston Astros fans have reason to expect he'll come riding to the organization's rescue on a white horse.

Judging from Luhnow's reputation among the hardcore ball crowd, the saddle bags will be filled with spread sheets, a trusty mobile device or two and every Bill James publication and Hardball Times annual the horse can carry.

Luhnow, 45, assembled an impressive portfolio as scouting director in St. Louis. It bodes well for a long-term turnaround in Houston, where the Astros are coming off a 106-loss season and have one of baseball's weakest farm systems."

(later in the article)

If Luhnow's tenure in St. Louis proved anything, it's the futility of linking him to a specific approach or methodology. He vividly recalls his first draft in 2005, when everyone expected him to load up on college players. The Cardinals selected Alabama high school outfielder Colby Rasmus in the first round, and added 16 more prep or junior college players among their 51 picks.

From 2006 through 2011, Luhnow used eight of his 11 first-round picks on college talent. But pitcher Shelby Miller, St. Louis' top prospect, was a high schooler. And Luhnow signed two other highly regarded prospects, pitcher Carlos Martinez and outfielder Oscar Taveras, as free agents out of the Dominican Republic.

Luhnow was particularly adept at mining talent after the first round. The Cardinals signed pitcher Jaime Garcia as a 22nd-round pick in 2005. Pitcher Mitchell Boggs was a fifth-round choice and outfielder Allen Craig was an eighth-round pick out of Cal in 2006. Luhnow's first three drafts in St. Louis produced 24 future big leaguers, the biggest haul in the majors.

peanut butter · Post by **peanut butter** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:37 pm

Not sure there's anything that pisses me off more than when I tune into a streaming broadcast of a Dodgers home game, and someone other than Vin Scully is calling the game.

PEACE

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Thu May 31, 2012 11:48 pm

peanut butter wrote:Not sure there's anything that pisses me off more than when I tune into a streaming broadcast of a Dodgers home game, and someone other than Vin Scully is calling the game.

PEACE

I find myself watching more Dodger games this year and it's strictly because of him.

peanut butter · Post by **peanut butter** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:06 am

Dan wrote:
peanut butter wrote:Not sure there's anything that pisses me off more than when I tune into a streaming broadcast of a Dodgers home game, and someone other than Vin Scully is calling the game.

PEACE
I find myself watching more Dodger games this year and it's strictly because of him.

Well, in fairness, the Brewers TV broadcast team is quite the tandem. For example, they just spent the last half inning discussing what was the farthest homerun that the color guy hit in the course of his career. And also, who was the best pitcher that he ever went deep off of.

And to think that if I had been getting the Scully feed, I would have missed out on such compelling and entertaining banter.

PEACE

peanut butter · Post by **peanut butter** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:22 am

And just because you're dying to know...

According to himself, this fella was once credited with hitting a grand slam that traveled 441 feet.* One foot farther than the homer hit earlier in the same game by the opposing team's catcher, and still the longest home run Schroeder ever hit, said Schroeder.

*To this day, Schroeder contends that his homer flew at least 470 feet.

He also admitted, with the greatest reluctance, that he took hall of famer Don Sutton deep twice in one game.

PEACE

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:13 am

Trying to come up with a Schrodinger's cat/bat pun but i'm too fucking hungover right now.

And anyone who thinks their announcers suck needs to be subjected to 3 innings of TMac and Sarge talking about Sarge's stupid hat collection.