** The Official 2012 MLB Thread! **

[Ninja108]

Only the 2nd time in franchise history they've done that.

 

[gtru1981]

Fuck,the Yankees pulled it out!!!I saw the score was 13-9 Oakland in the 13th and thought no way in hell the Yanks would rally from that! Then again,these ARE the Yanks and they can do stuff like this in their sleep!

I was thinking the same thing. i was the Yankees will lose this game and sure enough they ended up winning it. It was a really good game!

 

[Sausy]

They ARE the Yankees, guys...you can NEVER discount that!

 

[King Gumby VIII]

Nats are the 2012 NL East Champions.

 

[Sausy]

Congrats to the Nats!

 

[Ninja108]

Texas losing the AL West is not a surprise. If you don't have pitching,you can have the best offense in the world and it won't mean squat.

 

[sonny10305]

Texas losing the AL West is not a surprise. If you don't have pitching,you can have the best offense in the world and it won't mean squat.

True dat

 

[sonny10305]

Holy smoke that Braves/Cards game could not have ended any sweeter for a Mets fan and Braves hatters like me. Granted it was prolly the worst call of the postseason and the Atlanta Braves paid big time losing 6-3.
In case you missed it, with one out in the eighth inning and runners on first and second, the Braves Andrelton Simmons hit a fly ball to left field. The ball dropped in between Pete Kozma and Matt Holliday and I thought, damm they are gonna load the bases with that one and it’s rally time Those Brave’s fans are gonna go nutz with the chop chop . But wait, then it got really good when the Left field umpire sorta thought about it for a sec and then decided, Oh yeah that’s an infield fly rule call when the ball dropped between those two bumbling Braves. The call ruled Simmons out for the second out of the inning and an Braves fans went absolutely bonkers, BONKERS I tell ya, throwin crap onto the field and just freakin out delaying the game for almost 20 mins.
There was a protest on the call from Fredi Gonzalez which was as Suze Orman, would say Deee nied
Here’s the thing Braves fans, the infield fly rule is strictly a judgment call and not subject to any appeal. Plus there is no distance mentioned in the infield fly rule language and an umpire must only determine that an infielder could have caught the ball with an ordinary effort ya know like a major league pro would have done,
I’m thinkin Gonzolez musta thought since the umpire took his time to make the decision immediately, not when the ball is within feet of hitting the ground which he shudda done. Well fans like they say shudda woulda coulda . All I know is that the Braves lost and in a way that me as a major Atlanta hater very very happy. If ever there was time for a baseball team to run around the field giving the Braves fans the chop chop this was the time and the Cards where the team to do it.

Let me apologise to any JUB Braves fans out there, did not mean to rub it but as a Met fan I am sure you get me and understand

 

[syam24]

That call was bad, but the Braves did themselves in with all the throwing errors and lack of hitting with runners in scoring position. (Where have I seen that before?) My biggest beef with the call was 'Why is the left field umpire making that call?' In my opinion, all he should be worried about is fair/foul down the line and possible fan interference on balls along the fences. The 4, FOUR, infield umps should be responsible for the rest of the field. Was not a ball that should have been called on the Infield Fly Rule.

 

[sonny10305]

That call was bad, but the Braves did themselves in with all the throwing errors and lack of hitting with runners in scoring position. (Where have I seen that before?) My biggest beef with the call was 'Why is the left field umpire making that call?' In my opinion, all he should be worried about is fair/foul down the line and possible fan interference on balls along the fences. The 4, FOUR, infield umps should be responsible for the rest of the field. Was not a ball that should have been called on the Infield Fly Rule.

Yup, There were at least three throwing errors which contributed greatly to the loss the biggest one made by Chipper which cost them a lot. My biggest regret is that it was not the Mets that cost them that wild card
I did feel bad for "Chippa" hated to see him go out that way.

 

[gtru1981]

Texas losing the AL West is not a surprise. If you don't have pitching,you can have the best offense in the world and it won't mean squat.

The Rangers werent good this year. Now to see which team is going to overpay for Hamilton. Let the curse of overpay players continue! Sorry, but it seems that every team that overpays for these players, get screwed in the long end.

Love the A's, O's, and Nats heading to the post season. It usually the same teams over and over agian, but this year i like it more, bc it feels different.

 

[Sausy]

Hamilton's a great player, but this year had too many peaks and valleys and unfortunately one of his most gaping valleys came leading to the playoffs and the wild card single elimination game against the O's. He has a world of ability but had drug and alcohol problems that almost destroyed his career....and a couple of alcohol related relapses including earlier in the year for Texas. Don't see him going to a big media market where his flaws will be regular fodder in case he gets off to a slow start.... Texas may be big market size but he's definitely more suited for there than Boston, Philly(God Philly fans tore up Mike Schmidt.....they'd chew Josh up and spit him out)! Boston....all the pressure would be on him now. The Chicago Cubs? Ditto the Boston pressure thing. Maybe the Giants get serious and add help for Buster Posey? West Coast would be laid back exception for him.... it will sure be interesting where he lands. While the specter of huge money/huge bust is often true there are enough exceptions, like Prince Fielder in Detroit and after a slow start Albert Pujols(though a ten year contract for Pujols who may really be 34,not 32 is playing with nuclear fuel). But it is something teams have to take into consideration...look at the Yankees and Alex Rodriguez. Had the opportunity to add immense flexibility by letting him go after he opted out a few years back and signed him for an insane 10 years at nearly the same money proportionally to his old contract. Now he's hitting in the .270's, getting injured and not even hit 20 homers and 80 RBI. And he's got FIVE more years left to go...and with his steroid past problems even should he pass Barry Bonds home run "record" WHO will give a damn?

On a happier Yanks note,CC Sabathia was a bit shaky early but then got tough and did a great job going within one out of a complete game 7-2 victory for the Yanks allowing eight hits and two early runs. After a bit of an up and down season his last season start was strong and he was equal to the task tonight doing what an ace does. Russell Martin led off the ninth with a solo home run and the floodgates opened as the Yanks scored five times roughing up the O's All Star closer Jim Johnson.

 

[Ninja108]

Watched amazing baseball the past few days. Verlander and CC showed what they are made of,Ibanez made those amazing homers and the Nats...heartbreaking is the only word to use.

 

[King Gumby VIII]

Yes that was a heartbreaking loss for the Nats.

 

[sonny10305]

Yeah that was a shame the Nats did not go all the way they were outstanding all year and deserved to go to the WS. That Strasburg thing looms pretty large right now; in my mind you don’t take your best pitcher out in a series as important as this was, shame.
But the cards have been amazing as well, I mean look what they were able to do without La Russa and just a important Duncan and Pujols and continue without missing a beat, great story.

As to the Yankees I fully support Girardi’s decision to bench A-Rod, his performance has been pitiful going 0-11 with nine strike outs in this series even having with trouble fouling pitches off, look at that last at bat he got 85 MPH fast balls and could not catch up to them. he Yankees are trying to win games no time for pampering any player I don’t care who he is Joe had to put the best lineup he could to win and that did not include A-Rod. At least Alex must made Granderson feel better about the crappy season he has had going like 2-16 and chasing fastballs above his head. The Yankees have to thanks whatever God they believe in for Ibanez.
By the way I think the Yankees are one of the teams paying the price for the additional wild card, because they just went 5 games it means that today they start the championship series with no day off. I don’t think Bud cramming that wild card in instead of waiting till it could be fit in properly with the season was a bad move.

For me a great WS would be Yankees/Cardinals how bout you guys?

 

[Ninja108]

IMO,a lot of last night's blame has to go to Davey Johnson. Gio Gonzalez was left in way too long,Edwin Jackson should never have been brought in and in a do or die game,you don't leave your closer in there when it's obvious he doesn't have it.

 

[King Gumby VIII]

Still the Nats exceeded expectations of the season. They just didn't finish the season very well.

Looks like Derek Jeter got injuried with a fractured left ankle. He will miss the rest of the season with about three months to recover.

 

[Ninja108]

Yankees looked awful last night,first Yankee team EVER to lead the bases loaded three times in the postseason. And after we tied the game in the 9th,we did the same RISP crap we've done all year.
And losing Jeter....like losing the heart and soul of our team.

 

[sonny10305]

As you know Derek Jeter broke his ankle last night; that ankle has been giving him fits and now he is done for the year. Heatbreaking for any player to come this far in the season and have it all taken away in the games you play all year to be in and in Jetters case in extra innings of a playoff game that shudda been his. He is not just tough you could say he is the toughest as well as the clutchest. He is The Captain.

 

[Sausy]

Definitely a heartbreaker for Jeter and the Yanks....glad to read that the ankle injury bad as it was doesn't threaten his career but he will need the offseason to heal properly. Yanks are a club that came back from a 4-0 deficit last night to tie the game on Raul Ibanez' latest clutch homer in the bottom of the ninth so while this hurts they are far from down. Yep, sonny....as big a Mets fan I am(as you well know) so respectful of the Yankee's winning tradition and "The Captain" is one of the greatest Yankee winners ever.