Baseball Thread V

Almost as bad is Skip Caray referring to Groundhog Day every night. He's repeating himself about a scenario that keeps repeating himself. Kind of like looking into one of those infinity mirrors.

If that's the skip you're referring to, I hope so, but I don't think either he or Bobby Cox will be going anywhere.

 

If the streak does end this year, and it will, the night before the season ends I'm going to plop in the tape I have of Game 7 of the '91 World Series — Braves against Twins; Rookie Smoltz versus Grisled Morris.

Those are the Braves I want to remember, and I'm not even a Braves fan. But I respect the hell out of their 14-year run.

 

I was seriously hoping they would keep it interesting until ... Sept. 2 or so ... now I'm staring into a two-month void. Already had one of those in January and February. Don't really need another.

 

Try being a Cubs fan. Those voids are twice as long, and they come around almost annually.

A couple of recent seasons were an anomaly. Pair those with 2001, and the team actually was in contention or winning 3 out of 4 years. That's utterly amazing.

 

I didn't know if this would be the year, but I always figured when the Braves finally lost, they'd lose in grand fashion. Primarily, I figured, because if they were anywhere even remotely close to the division lead, they'd win the damn thing. The only way to kill them would be for them to fall apart so completely that there's no way they'd win.

 

Marlins only 6 games back of the NL wild card.

 

Jast as sad, the Bucs are 1-8 against the AL. They have to be happy about playing the Dodgers next.

 

Marlins are only six games back of the NL wild card after completely gutting the franchise last winter? Too bad baseball's salary structure is killing the Marlins. And too bad baseball doesn't have anything resembling parity. Too bad for the Marlins and baseball. What a terrible sport.

 

Sure, BYH, the Marlins are hot now and have good young talent but what's gonna happen in three years when they can't afford to pay all those guys and the fucking Yankees swoop in with all their money and buy another World Series championship, just like they do every yea... well, almost every yea.... well, a lot of yea... well, not in the last five years, huh.

 

Good farm system and smart free agent spending ... Marlins have those traits. So do the A's and Twins. The Bucs are learning, while the Royals don't have a clue. It all shows up in the standings.

System still isn't the best, but when you know you can't spend, you have to go the Marlins/A's/Twins route and simply hope those bright prospects actually turn it. They don't always do.

 

Yeah, and how about those new guys they bought?

Wang...Cano...Phillips...Reese...Cabrera...Beam...

it's a fucking disgrace.

Oh and fuck you spnited!!  

 

Yo, Zeke, never said Liriano wasn't good...potentially very good in fact.
It's the singles-hitting catcher who's soft ... 15 hits in past 12 games, 13 singles, 2 RBI


Yo, dickhead, go fuck yourself.