Baseball Thread VI

How about Tim Burke in 1987? Or Goose Gossage and Rollie Fingers in 1981?

Of course, those were all full seasons. Let's see where Papelbon stands in October, although I'm really with you - I think he'll be somewhere around 1.00.

 

One more totally useless, contrived piece of mathmatical masturbation the can and will be manipulated by sabergeeks to support whatever conclusion they wish to come to.

Seriously, do we need this bull shit to tell us how great Papelbon has been for the first 3 months of the season?

 

Which is why Justin Verlander should be given more consideration for rookie of the year right now. 10-4, 3.13 ERA, 65 Ks. With a complete game shutout.

 

Good point, Hank. If both players continue on their current pace, and the Red Sox and Tigers make the playoffs, then how close will the vote be? Not everyone in the BBWAA is quick to fellate someone on the Yankees or Red Sox. The vote may end up closer than most would think.

 

Wow, the Pirates finally won a game. For a few moments before hearing the news, I was fearing the same inepititude of the 1988 Baltimore Orioles.

 

And that's not to mention Liriano, who has seven wins in only eight starts and trumps Verlander with a 2.21 ERA and 82 Ks in 73-plus innings.

And cougs, don't worry. If the Royals and Pirates proved anything, they proved it's really, really tough to match that Orioles team.

 

The formerly great Tom Boswell takes a crack at the AL-NL thing.

He says it's young pitching. Is he right?

 

Liriano is not winning ROY or Cy Young. He just happens to have the bad luck of having the second-greatest rookie year since Dwight Gooden the same season Jonathan Papelbon has the greatest rookie year since Dwight Gooden. Sorry Zeke.

Oh and your catcher is hitting a soft .388.

Lastly, Mets = FRAUDS!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy being the best of an awful NL lot...and the third straight four-game sweep at the hands of the AL. Paper tigers. Couldn't happen to a nicer organization.

 

BYH, come on, the Mets aren't frauds. What they are is the best team of a God-awful division. Whoever said they were any better than that. And, right now, maybe forever, the Red Sox are the best team in baseball. That may be unfair to the Tigers and White Sox but it is what I see, if anybody cares.

 

Sorry, cat tranquilizer guy  , but the Mets did nothing this week to indicate they could stick with the Sox in a seven-game series. The deep AL lineups tattooed Soler (who, granted, won't start in the World Series) and Pedro and forced Glavine to throw so many pitches and go into so many deep counts that he had a no-hitter into the fourth and was out before the end of the sixth. Then the Sox use small ball and defense to win.

The Sox can win a myraid of ways. The Mets can beat up on a bunch of god-awful NL teams. Look at Pedro's #s against the AL East and the NL East...the deeper lineups beat him up.

The Sox might not even make the playoffs--unlike a year ago, I won't declare the Yankees dead quite yet--and I think they'd sweep the Mets in the World Series.

Enjoy the 2007 Opening Day ring ceremony, Freddy and Jeffy. Maybe they can schedule the Braves Opening Day again, just to confirm how shallow they really are.  :

 

Well Detroit did almost give it away, Zeke. Had a 7-1 lead after three and coasted to a 7-6 win.

Eighth inning, Bucs hit a ball to left center, but Granderson makes a diving catch to end the inning and stop the tying run from scoring.