2013 MLB thread

[sonny10305]

Yankee fans are happy I am sure to know that Derek Jeter is cleared for rehab assignment.
He will join Triple-A Scranton tomorrow where he will play 5 innings at SS
All the best to the Captain he deserves to continue his outstanding career as one of the best in baseball.

 

[Thad1527]

Is anyone participating in the Final Vote for the All-Star Game? I've been splitting my NL votes between Ian Desmond of the Nats (love!) and Hunter Pence, who everybody in Philadelphia loved when he was here (and got a World Series ring with the Giants). But I'm clueless on the AL side. I've been voting for Robertson because he's tied to the Nats and he seems perfectly OK...but, oh, it kills me to be voting for a Yankee. If you have a better choice tell me soon!

 

[King Gumby VIII]

Harper needs to stop arguing with umps over calls. Need to curb his temper.
Ejected after arguing a called third strike.

 

[sonny10305]

Harper needs to stop arguing with umps over calls. Need to curb his temper.
Ejected after arguing a called third strike.

I agree, if a player feels he was given a bad call he can tell the ump why he disagrees but it must be done in a professional manner. Arguing yelling or whatever will do him no good in fact it just sets ther stage for more bad calls the rest of the game. The catcher should do most of the talking in that situation anyway since sometimes it's the catchers fault for a bad call and has a better shot at convincing the ump the call was wrong, catchers and umpires have a relationship all their own. It wont matter in thr long run cause a call is never changed anyway.

 

[sonny10305]

WOW Tim linecum may be back on track, 148-pitch no-hitter yesterday adding no-hitter to 2 CY Young’s, 2 WS titles and babe Ruth award.

 

[Ninja108]

Such a shame that Mo's final year as a Yankee will be in this mess.

 

[Sausy]

Such a shame that Mo's final year as a Yankee will be in this mess.

It is a shame, Ninja. Mariano representing what's right about the game has to take a back seat to a spoiled, entitled brat who STILL doesn't get it. Sad overall that Derek Jeter has had nothing but misery with injuries always doing the right thing as well. Looking at the Yankee stats...goodness this is as awful statistically a Yankee club that I've seen in more than twenty years, and while it's great Mariano has staged an incredible comeback from that terrible knee injury he and to a certain extent Robinson Cano(no way a $150-200 Million dollar player, btw....major league contracts risking more than six years are nuts anyway) there is no greatness left on this Yankee club anymore. CC Sabathia is imploding, another exclamation point against giving very long term contracts(in which he had an opt out and then got a lucrative additional year extension)and Andy Pettitte has been awful lately. He's always been kind of hittable, but he never was spectacularly ineffective like this and tended to pitch better as the seasons wore on. Guess time for Andy to go too, a bit less ceremoniously than Mariano. And Phil Hughes... once thought the next great Yankee, he'd be better off somewhere else and may never really amount to more than a serviceable journeyman.

I'm no huge Yankee fan but always respected them, and the kind of pride and professionalism their players have had in their illustrious history. I was sad for Don Mattingly that he never really got to taste all the winning, all the championship contention forced to retire due to his back just as the new winning age returned to the Yankee organization. Alex Rodriguez however just leaves me cold.... okay, the neediness and all the drama was reminiscent of Reggie Jackson, but Jackson had tremendous mental strength to deal with the shit, and owned rightly the nickname "Mr. October" for his postseason heroics. Reggie didn't develop a decade long juicing enhancement...the asshole Rodriguez did, embarrassed the organization and fans once, used in Texas, then with the Yanks , got caught, promised to be good and had his fingers crossed behind his back all the time. He went all in with Biogenesis, recruited players, tried to obstruct evidence and intimidate witnesses if what baseball reportedly has on him is accurate. He was cheating in 2010, 2011, 2012.... yet he has the gall to keep fighting MLB when he is lucky they don't abrogate his contract altogether? Maybe not playing through 2014 might get something into his head that the jig is up and it's time to pay the piper. He still gets his money for 2015-2017 anyway but I don't know how he can ever seriously put on a Yankee uniform again once his suspension actually does take effect, when there are no more appeals to be heard. Yankee fans deserve better than this fool, especially as they say goodbye after this season to a real Yankee who knew how to wear his uniform with pride in Mariano Rivera.

 

[sonny10305]

I wrote about this in the Mets thread but wanted to add it here as well.
I thought the way he Phillies handled Charlie Manuel’s firing was a disgrace, a total insult to a great man. It could have been handled better the man’s contract is up this year anyways so why not replace him next year with dignity. Let’s not forget he won the 2008 WS championship as well as 5 straight NL East titles and is the manager with the most wins in Philadelphia’s history with 1000 wins. Charlie was replaced by third base coach Ryan Sandburg who clearly was looking over Charlie’s shoulder waitin to take over. I am sure gonna miss good ole Charlie next time the Mets play the Phillies He is one of the really nice guys in the game loved by his team and the fans and we all wish him well. What the Phillies did was weak!

 

[Sausy]

Agree 100% about Charlie Manuel's classless firing and added some more in the Mets thread.... also wanted to congratulate Ichiro Suzuki on his 4,000th career hit in a professional major leagues couple of nights back... has 2,733 hits in MLB, mostly of course with the Seattle Mariners and 1,270 back in Japan. To do it at Yankee Stadium is yet another highlight in the grand history of the New York Yankees. Though Ichiro isn't quite the star player he was in his Japan and Seattle days he still exudes professionalism and class and he does himself proud finishing his career(at least in the US) as a New York Yankee.

 

[gtru1981]

wow.. have to say.. this thread is pretty dead this year.

 

[Sausy]

Don't forget everyone this is a thread for ALL baseball fans, regardless of team. Yankees, Mariners, Cubs, Dodgers, Red Sox,Giants, Cardinals, Orioles, Nationals, Angels.... all MLB. We know there are a lot of baseball fans here in JUBland and we want to hear from you!

 

[sonny10305]

wow.. have to say.. this thread is pretty dead this year.

You got that right gtru

Don't forget everyone this is a thread for ALL baseball fans, regardless of team. Yankees, Mariners, Cubs, Dodgers, Red Sox,Giants, Cardinals, Orioles, Nationals, Angels.... all MLB. We know there are a lot of baseball fans here in JUBland and we want to hear from you!

Appreciate those words Saucy but it will probably fall on deaf ears as it always does when I try and generate interest in spots threads. Same thing happens in the Mets threads with over 2900 hits there have been only 230 posts most of which comes from the same group of a few people. Why so many visit the thread read it and have nothing to add is beyond me.
No thoughts suggestions ideas or comments of any kind is very sad.
Ninja Thanks for starting this thread I know your heart was in the right place but there is just little interest in baseball here at JUB. Still thanks for trying.
It’s times like this I really miss Cory (Absolut) who always added fun and interesting things to the threads here.

 

[Sausy]

You got that right gtru



Appreciate those words Saucy but it will probably fall on deaf ears as it always does when I try and generate interest in spots threads. Same thing happens in the Mets threads with over 2900 hits there have been only 230 posts most of which comes from the same group of a few people. Why so many visit the thread read it and have nothing to add is beyond me.
No thoughts suggestions ideas or comments of any kind is very sad.
Ninja Thanks for starting this thread I know your heart was in the right place but there is just little interest in baseball here at JUB. Still thanks for trying.
It’s times like this I really miss Cory (Absolut) who always added fun and interesting things to the threads here.

Miss Cory too, sonny. I still hope we continue these threads though... Ninja, gtru, Thad, very occasionally Scrub will even pop in but I really wish others viewing, like sonny referred give us some of their perspectives as well. It's not as if we'll bite you... well, not unless you ask!

 

[80KGold]

The home team is disappointing the shit out of me!

 

[King Gumby VIII]

The Nats are having a disappointing year. Doesn't look like they'll make the playoffs. The braves ran away with the NL east.

 

[Sausy]

Yankees were really taken to school by the Red Sox just when they were making a huge push for the wild card positions. Still a shot now but really were hurt by the sweep by Boston. Most disheartening is that their ace CC Sabathia has become very ordinary this year. 23 mil a year for a guy with close to a 5 ERA? Who aside from an occasional game now just can't put anyone away. He used to carry teams on his back with Cleveland and New York, now he looks like he may be finished as anything but a journeyman pitcher...and has four years of big money left on his contract.

 

[Ninja108]

Sad to say,but we were in trouble before the Boston series and as you pointed out,CC is one of the key reasons why. Our starters not doing well has resulted in a gased out bullpen,which has an ERA of over 7 now.
I'll also say this,our horrible offense hid the fact that our pitching was the main problem,and even with some players coming back,we could still get shut down.
I came to terms with us not going to the postseason a while back. Mo retiring after this year will be quite another.

 

[Sausy]

Ivan Nova has really rebounded after injuries affected his performance last season and until his most recent start he had been with Kuroda( until his previous two starts before his last better one) the mainstays of the rotation. But with Phil Hughes's utter awfulness, Sabathia's season second half collapse and the erratic options other than Andy Petitte( who himself has been up and down thisd season) the starting rotation has been pretty leaky, nothing to be confident about. Of course that is going to tax the relief staff, and I really wish Mariano Rivera reconsiders retirement and does return for another year.

The Yankees are really in a weird situation... mostly dependent on veterans where even if production is good tend to get injured. Alfonso Soriano missing a few games has really hurt the lineup as he has been the most dynamic bat in the lineup since coming back to the Yanks shortly before the non waiver trade deadline. As great as Robinson Cano is he seems to thrive with Soriano. The sad thing is the great farm system the Yanks were supposed to have just hasn't panned out of yet, and the young reinforcements needed to complement the pricey veterans and give the Yanks budget flexibility and trade options are now one of the Yankees' biggest question marks heading into 2014... never mind the still iffy prospect of postseason play this year.

 

[gtru1981]

Ivan Nova has really rebounded after injuries affected his performance last season and until his most recent start he had been with Kuroda( until his previous two starts before his last better one) the mainstays of the rotation. But with Phil Hughes's utter awfulness, Sabathia's season second half collapse and the erratic options other than Andy Petitte( who himself has been up and down thisd season) the starting rotation has been pretty leaky, nothing to be confident about. Of course that is going to tax the relief staff, and I really wish Mariano Rivera reconsiders retirement and does return for another year.

The Yankees are really in a weird situation... mostly dependent on veterans where even if production is good tend to get injured. Alfonso Soriano missing a few games has really hurt the lineup as he has been the most dynamic bat in the lineup since coming back to the Yanks shortly before the non waiver trade deadline. As great as Robinson Cano is he seems to thrive with Soriano. The sad thing is the great farm system the Yanks were supposed to have just hasn't panned out of yet, and the young reinforcements needed to complement the pricey veterans and give the Yanks budget flexibility and trade options are now one of the Yankees' biggest question marks heading into 2014... never mind the still iffy prospect of postseason play this year.

The off season is going to be interesting, rumors are going around about 1/2 of the players wouldn't be back.

I pray that Hughes and Joba get booted!!

 

[gtru1981]

You got that right gtru



Appreciate those words Saucy but it will probably fall on deaf ears as it always does when I try and generate interest in spots threads. Same thing happens in the Mets threads with over 2900 hits there have been only 230 posts most of which comes from the same group of a few people. Why so many visit the thread read it and have nothing to add is beyond me.
No thoughts suggestions ideas or comments of any kind is very sad.
Ninja Thanks for starting this thread I know your heart was in the right place but there is just little interest in baseball here at JUB. Still thanks for trying.
It’s times like this I really miss Cory (Absolut) who always added fun and interesting things to the threads here.

I will say, I take blame for some of it. Haven't posted much at all this year and even in the Mets one as well. Really haven't popped up on this website, I try better going forward.