MLB 2009 Regular Season

One completed game and two postponements thus far.

Braves fans across the continent are taking screen captures of the standings today; capturing the closest they will see their team get to first place for the foreseeable future.

Yes, it was sweet while it lasted.

Hope Harang gets absolutely shelled today.

I hope we have some games to watch...

Mets-Reds to start 10 mins late, allegedly.

Steve Phillips, long time no plug my ears.

INFIELD HIT REYES

STOLEN BASE REYES

(good lineup reversal, Jerry)

No. 2 hitter DARNELL MCDONALD???

i have a huge boner for daniel murphy (as a player)

i need to see another 300 PA before i do

(tho i'd have dinner with him now)

Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
C Lee 2.0 5 4 4 1 1 0 44-25 18.00

^makes me smile

BACK TO AAA

ayo danny murphy went yard

marlon byrd got a hit today

O DANNY BOY

this game is playing like a deadly AL slog tho.

KEVIN MILLWOOD NO-HITTER THROUGH THREE (3) INNINGS

JINX

where's my Opening Week free Extra Innings, Cablevision, you fux?

i keep "J Santana" in the mets box score as "Juelz Santana"

"Animals, Harangutans, hammers move, bangers bang"

:D

that was wise.

5th H Blalock homered to right, J Hamilton and N Cruz scored.

cliff lee in 2008 = brady anderson in 1996?

argh you guys i wanna be home watching beisbol

chin up bro, there's 161 games left for you

be careful what you wish for! so did I, 7 hours ago.

mmm yeah i feel ya; unemployment just makes me an anxious mothefucker

Umpires: Home Plate - Gary Cederstrom, First Base - Brian Onora, Second Base - Fieldin Culbreth, Third Base - Jim Wolf

Feelin Cocbreth, amirite?

Or is it Fiendin

i keep "J Santana" in the mets box score as "Juelz Santana"

― I DIED (deeznuts) (J0rdan S.), Monday, April 6, 2009 3:33 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark

for the longest i've wished they would play that one real annoying song that goes "Santana! Santana! SANTANA!" for the intro when he takes to the mound. would psych people out.

also: still funny

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BHH3Bu1mtzc/SAap4IlyieI/AAAAAAAAAdE/ZFZ0QAJYSv8/s400/Dick+Pole.jpg

i'm glad i talked a coworker into moving Lee off his fantasy team.
too bad the trade doesn't go through until tomorrow tho - ha ha hahaha!

xpost 363

fyi joe biden is going to be in the wcbs booth during the 4th inning of the yanks os game

Ron Washington says yes to PAP.

k-rod coming soon

my God, J Sterling & Biden's egos in the same booth, they oughta torture Cheney with that shit

lol c.c

guys how is melvin mora 37 years old? makes ME feel old. is it possible that he's inflating his age instead of pretending to be younger?

having 8 kids will age you prematurely

no, i bleeve he was 28 w/ the 2000 Mets.

Posted in Mets thread, but y'all seem to be here? Yahoo! Sports seems to think this is K-Rod.

http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players_l/20090403/7029.jpg

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/LHO25.jpg

k-rod got fat

The Mexico City Lee Harvey kinda looks like Ed O'Neill.

Is that S-Rod?

John Lannan meet Cantu

lol they were saying something about CANTU's "underwater off season program" or something but the mlb.tv stream was choppy so i didn't catch all of it

5 hrs already in the col-az game including tony clark

does mlb.tv have a free preview week or anything?

idk if it's free preview week or free preview day but it's def free today

i used mlb.tv almost all of last year and it was really reliable, and i think this year they allow you to always watch your team's broadcast as opposed to only being able to watch the home team's broadcast (i could be wrong tho)

mlb.tv has been unwatchable for me so far today

have been smirking at apocalyptic posts on the support forums:

Don't post your problems here, post them everywhere u can

Postby FrenchCards on Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:41 pm
That's the only solution folks. Complain about this service at any place you can, online, to ur friends, on facebook, on your blogs and such...

It's worthless to post at this place. Venting your frustration here won't do anything. But if you let the world know about the real quality of this service, then u have a chance the folks at MLB.tv will think twice about marketing some terrible product.

I mean, I'm annoyed too, but it's the first day of the season! (and the first day of the new version)

i wouldn't put too much stock into it tbh - for one they're working w/ a new player and secondly they likely have a lot more people watching right now than on your average day in say, july

yeah, it sounds like (from the amount of disgruntled yahoos on the forum) there are a bunch of bugs in the system that they'll probably work out.

genuine hearfelt irl lolz @ STL w/ khalil greene protecting pulols

dude had a sub-.600 OPS in 2008

julian tavarez just gave up a 2 run hr to emil bonifacio lol

An inside the park HR!

haha yeah i just saw the NOTE

tony clark has two home runs

where are you seeing mlb.tv as free today? i'm just seeing the demo and the ad copy

sorry i am dum

wait why the fuck is khalil green in the #4 hole and not ludwick

from what i hear it's only against lefties

what does mlb.tv cost?

$19.95 a month

well i'll consider it if i get a job and get rid of cable.

there's a $14.95 package but it doesn't have HD/dvr/on-demand capabilities afaik

ok the $14.95 has on-demand capabilities but not hd or dvr

man tony clark is the best dude

cc not gonna make it thru 5? lol

lmao

already errors by ransom and gardner in this inning

ok, i do have free Extra Innings this week on Cablevision.

i am shocked, shocked to see Scott Schoeneweis give up a homer.

Dontrellian start for Big Draws -- should be interesting to see if he sucks through early May like last year.

why oh why did i second guess myself and bench guthrie in fantasy

maybe you looked at meaningless spring stats?

cc sabathia: 8 H, 5 BB, no Ks, 6 ER in 4 1/3 IP

oh right on cue he gives me an answer

<3 hanley

HAVEN'T WE ALL FALLEN IN LOVE WITH BRETT GARDNER YET I MEAN COME ON

E. Bonifacio Florida Marlins
4-4, HR, 2 RBI, 4 R, 3 SB

one of those is an infield hit <3<3

tony clark has two home runs

― I DIED (deeznuts) (J0rdan S.), Monday, April 6, 2009 5:37 PM (52 minutes ago) Bookmark

It IS an odd-numbered year.

Fuck, getting back into the fantasy league swing, plus being in 2 leagues for the first time this year -- I accidentally had Ludwick sitting today.

A+ day so far

just stoppin by to lollll @ yankees.

I stayed home and watched all the games on Extra Innings, and it was fucking great. Very tempted to get the season package.

i have thought about splurging for extra innings but i am seriously concerned that i would just stop leaving the house completely.

griffey jr with a home run!

in jack we cust

yankees: worst defense in the bigs? what about just the AL?

worst in the AL hands down; worser: phillies?

I stayed home and watched all the games on Extra Innings, and it was fucking great. Very tempted to get the season package.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Monday, April 6, 2009 9:19 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i have thought about splurging for extra innings but i am seriously concerned that i would just stop leaving the house completely.

― call all destroyer, Monday, April 6, 2009 9:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT

eh, the phils are as good up the middle as any team in the league (utley, rollins, victorino), they're just horrifying at the corners (and feliz is pretty good too, so)

Spent all yesterday evening watching the excellently-scheduled Rox vs Dbacks game and it was excitement-a-minute! Okay, we lost, just, but it was a slugfest, it lasted ages, and it's got me excited about our offence this year (and not too worried about Aaron Cook having a bad day at the office - he's Aaron Cook, he'll be fine).

Phillies were 10th in Defensive Efficiency last year so no not even close to the worst.

andy why do you want me to become an aspie baseball shutin??

Watching vlad run the bases last night was u_u

also wrt the phhils' d I was def thinking that the corners would be so awful as to bring them down...

why oh why did i second guess myself and bench guthrie in fantasy

i did this; and also started Verlander. :(

I had a REALLY bad feeling about Verlander but left him in.

Spent all yesterday evening watching the excellently-scheduled Rox vs Dbacks game and it was excitement-a-minute! Okay, we lost, just, but it was a slugfest, it lasted ages, and it's got me excited about our offence this year (and not too worried about Aaron Cook having a bad day at the office - he's Aaron Cook, he'll be fine).

I don't understand this.

I mean, is Mark C posting from the future?

And I don't understand you, Tracer. Is it my assertion that Cook will be okay? He's just about the most solid, grounded pitcher out there, and he's allowed an off day with little expectation that that'll be the norm.

i dont want to live in a future where we spell offense with a "c"

Last time the Dodgers beat Jake Peavy, Kevin Brown was the starting pitcher. wau

― through hellfire and aspergers (cankles), Monday, April 6, 2009 9:37 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

aids, what is your signature from? tell me it's a marcello carlin quote. good stuff.

he'll let you know in abt two weeks.

Porcello Carlin amirite

Zito is officially SF's #4 starter.

Pedroia...

gone.

C'mon Farnsworth don't mess up

Thankfully CHI's leadoff hitter is DEWAYNE WISE

i do not like dewayne wise

Mark I am so amped up for Boston that I read your post as "Red Sox vs the DRays" rather than what you actually wrote, "Rox vs DBacks". My apologies.

C'mon Farnsworth don't mess up

Ugh

i do like jim thome

JIM THO

JIM THOME

goddammit farns blowing w's for gil meche.

i'm enjoying the little player pictures in gameday: kyle farnsworth with grandpa glasses, bobby jenks with a bleached goatee

S's for Soria

Strange how Dayton Moore didn't see red flags in Farnsworth's numbers once he was traded away from his beloved Yankees.

base-clearing triple for ishikawa

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_425903.jpg

lol http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_425903.jpg

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/mugshot/ph_408057.jpg

i like Suppan - compensating for his crappy pitching with the bat!

growing up watching almost only AL baseball - pitchers hitting still feels magical to me.

so far (knock on wood) mlb.tv is MILES better than last year. It's like watching baseball on tv.

the quality of the high def is astonishing! i'm shocked that it can look this good coming over an internet connection.

Sheehan

Two on, two out, one-run lead, eighth inning.

Jim Thome batting.

You have Joakim Soria.

You use Kyle Farnsworth.

Gone.

I know it happens all the time, but it’s really freaking stupid every single time. This is what the creation of the closer position has wrought: teams losing games, frequently, without using their best reliever, for no reason other than the misguided notion that getting three outs is their role, and getting four isn’t.

(For that matter, you also have Ron Mahay. Why did you acquire him if not to have him face Jim Thome in the eighth inning of a one-run game? Ron Gardenhire lost the division last year for want of a similar clue and Jose Mijares.)

Some people deserve to lose.

can i change my NL MVP pick to CANTU?

xxp I can't get the HD quality to work well over my connection, but that's ok! The adjustable quality setting is great idea--I watched the whole game last night without any buffering at all. Compare that to last season, when *every game* had me cursing at the computer and shaking my fist at mlb industries.

Goobs, have you had issues downloading NexDef and/or getting it to work? I can watch the four-bar broadcast fine but can't up the quality from there at all - it keeps telling me to install NexDef which I must have now done half a dozen times.

Also, I have to use IE to watch mlb.tv - Firefox won't work. Do you have any suggestions?

Yeah I've downloaded NexDef, and the HD 'works', it's just jittery as hell, pretty much unwatchable, so I switch it down to 3 or 4 bars and it's fine. I'm pretty sure it's my connection and not the NexDef that's the problem (for me, at least). I'm using Firefox, so no idea--do you have the most recent version?

Apparently tons of people are having problems (Yesterday, the MLB.tv support blog admitted lots of issues--definitely some with NexDef--and basically said they were getting to them; now they seem to have abandoned the whole 'support blog' concept.)

Thanks for that, I'll make do with what I've got at the moment and hopefully jump back in when mlb.tv have sorted it all out. I also only have 2mps broadband at the moment which might be a problem - that should change in a few weeks.

NexDef worked perfectly for me.

My setup: a Macbook, connected to the Futureweb via A WIRE (this cannot be stressed enough), Airport turned off, rebooted, no applications running besides Safari.

NexDef will never work on older machines because the new Flash-based player is too processor intensive.

My laptop is one week old and fairly high specced (though it's not a Mac) so I'd hope I can make it work okay with Vista.

I fell asleep last night to the dulcet tone of Vin Scully on the free EI preview.

I wish the Marlins had fans, a better ownership group, and better uniforms, because they are a pretty cool team and deserve better.

hopefully when they change their name to the Miami Marlins (pending new stadium) they'll get some decent unis.

i kinda like their uniforms!! esp for a team that was conceived in the 90s. black + teal + silver = dope imo

also lol fans - why would they schedule a noon game vs the nats on a wed \o_O/

i wanna tell everyone how awesome the marlins are this year but lol nats

black + teal + silver = dope imo

I like the colors, but the uniforms themselves leave me a little cold.

connected to the Futureweb via A WIRE (this cannot be stressed enough)

Wait, really? I'm gonna sound dumb but wired is going to get me better streaming video than wireless?

makes sense.

dang schaffer just went deep again

lol at the phillies!! fyi 3 of your top 4 pitchers are jamie moyer, brett meyers and joe blanton - lol pwnd

Yeah, I was happy the Braves crew didn't bring out the "oh Bobby doesn't want him doing that" line after he hit that. Mainly because it wasn't a home-run swing.

xpost lol

Also, Braves crew confirmed what I thought during the WBC, McCann is down 20-25 lbs. from last year, yay.

message from cankles:

LOL EAT SHIT PHILLY THA GLORIOUS BRAVES DYNASTY IS REOBNR LIKE A SMOLDERING PHOENIX, LIKE THE MAJESTIC CITY OF ATLANTA ITSELF

otm

if a resurgent braves team is the price to pay for returning the phillies to mediocrity, i say bring it on

um...

lol?

lol....

lol!

ruh roh

Boyer needs to eat a grenade, stat.

wow throw a strike

haha bring in anyone!

LOLLL

Now pitching, Mike LOLLL

g00B in my experience it does - the stream is strong and steady!! maybe it's just my apartment block, with all its netizens, but the wireless is always jitterier.

i will just repeat, not to rub it in or anything, how astonishing the picture is on the high-qual version of MLB. it looks better than standard definition TV.

pure comedy

9 str8 batters reaching w/o recording an out

no errors either

tied up!

FAIL

Any more cankles messages?

WOW

[15:03] HLARL: i probably jinxed it with my premature message earlier
[15:03] WakeBored6969: "probably"
[15:03] HLARL: lol

who's the cumlord now?

lol

(8 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors)

0 XBHs

message from cankles:

http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-smithicide.gif

http://s5.tinypic.com/oqhmc0.jpg

We won!

Fuckin Andruw Jones gets three hits in his debut for the Rangers. First time he's done that since September of 2007.

Carl Pavano looks to be a steal for the Indians!

KRIS BENSON RETURNS TOMORROW

Boston had not lost an opening series since 1988, but the Red Sox have now lost consecutive regular-season series at Fenway Park to the Rays; Tampa Bay had not won a series in Boston in its previous 25 visits. In all, the Rays have won 13 of their last 19 games against the Red Sox, including the seven game AL Championship Series in which Garza beat Boston twice to earn MVP honors.

That Cameron liner to Joe Martinez was... *shudder*

Cole Hamels is not lookin' too hot.

lol, he's fine per S Shasta!

countdown to Ollie Perez zing in 5, 4,.........

so I think the Indians are starting up after a 3 hour delay. Goodbye April bullpen! rip

i am currently having my first experience with rex hudler, color commentator. i seriously would kick this guy in the face if i ever got the chance

Wonder dog and Steve Physioc used to make up the worlds shittiest announcing team, but luckily the Angels saw the light and broke them up.

Zito would have gotten through the first inning in 32 pitches, but Edgar Renteria did not bother to cover second base when Luis Rodriguez hit a grounder to Emmanuel Burriss, who flipped to Renteria trying to get the third out.

Did this look as hilarious as it reads?

i like how it makes it sound like zito getting through the first in 32 pitches would have been an accomplishment.

Did this look as hilarious as it reads?

Not really. Renteria did bother to cover 2nd, he just waited way too long to get moving because he assumed Burriss would go for the easy out at first base. It was a relatively close play at 2nd, but if Renteria had covered 2nd immediately the guy would've been out by a mile.

cliff lee gettin lit up again = <3

17 combined Ks b/w josh johnson and johan in the 7th right now

both look completely dominant

need to take Daniel Murphy's iron glove off hook

First CG in the books

urgggh.

for those of you on yr last day of free Extra Innings, Lincecum pitches in an hour.

marlins almost dropped two fly balls today to go along w/ murphy

Aaron Harang was straight up gangsta today.

The Padres trotted out their hideous camo unis today, ugh.

Brian McCann leads the Braves in steals.

Kyle Lohse had a nice game, huh.

Today is the day of the shutout.

This Giants/Padres game might have one, the way Lincecum and Young are pitching.

the padres are gonna get shut out?? i for one am shocked

You are speaking ill of the first-place Padres, show some respect. (lol)

Maybe I should've waited past the second inning to declare anything about this game. Lincecum has loaded the bases...

im getting a strong john walker lindh vibe off of dan haren

http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/v/mlb/players_l/20090407/7172.jpg?x=65&y=85&xc=1&yc=1&wc=164&hc=215&q=100&sig=WYXlHotHpb1tact7KbfxWg--

wtg royals

CS: D Ortiz (1)

wtf

The Tigers' bullpen has retired 24 straight hitters, including two smooth saves from Rodney (K'd the side yesterday; five-pitch inning today [it is a contract year for him]). Inge hit his fourth HR today, which started a six-run inning that he finished off with a go-ahead two-run RBI single.

WTF

J Soria relieved J Cruz.
H Matsui struck out looking.
X Nady struck out swinging.
R Cano struck out swinging.

where is the that-which-must-not-be-spoken-of thread?

trevor cahill...

J Soria relieved J Cruz.
H Matsui struck out looking.
X Nady struck out swinging.
R Cano struck out swinging.

― Andy K, Sunday, April 12, 2009 4:29 PM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark

<3<3

crazy day of complete games too wow - johnson, harang, lohse

why was "phil coke" in the game?

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-04/46227248.jpg

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-angels-red-sox13-2009apr13,0,4021886.story

wtf, beckett charged at abreu?

what is that about

missed the brawl (dance, more likely)

Abreu called time and Beckett wasn't having it. So the next pitch was in the vicinity of Abreu's head. Abreu pointed at Beckett, which resulted in above photo.

Ghod, Joe Morgan.

Some heroic Joe Morgan mispronunciation of Joey Gathright's name despite having heard Jon Miller pronounce it correctly about 8 times in the previous 5 minutes.

Abreu called time and Beckett wasn't having it. So the next pitch was in the vicinity of Abreu's head. Abreu pointed at Beckett, which resulted in above photo.

i don't think this is necessarily otm. a very late time call was granted to him as beckett started his motion; the pitch slipped and sailed up by abreu's head. since beckett was looking back at second he didn't see the time call until it was too late. torii hunter came in yapping, as did sciosa. the angels are punks imo.

i see tons of late time calls and they actively fuck up pitchers.

Braves fans across the continent are taking screen captures of the standings today; capturing the closest they will see their team get to first place for the foreseeable future.

A week later and they're tied for the best record. Too early to believe?

Abreu called time and Beckett wasn't having it. So the next pitch was in the vicinity of Abreu's head. Abreu pointed at Beckett, which resulted in above photo.

i don't think this is necessarily otm. a very late time call was granted to him as beckett started his motion; the pitch slipped and sailed up by abreu's head. since beckett was looking back at second he didn't see the time call until it was too late. torii hunter came in yapping, as did sciosa. the angels are punks imo.

looked in between these to me, it was a late time call but it didn't seem like the pitch "slipped," looked pretty intentional. also you missed beckett twice walking towards abreu after things had calmed down, essentially stirring shit up again

yeah i did see that; not denying that beckett is a dick but angels reaction was way over the top

"Some words were said that were just outrageous," said Hunter, who rapidly went from peacemaker to protester. "And it wasn't from the Red Sox. I freaking lost it."

Asked if those words were spoken by the umpires since there were only Angels, Red Sox and umpires on the field, Hunter balked.

"I didn't say that," he answered. "It might have been the voices in my head."

PAUL KONERKO'S SECOND-INNING HOME RUN WAS THE 300TH OF HIS CAREER.
JERMAINE DYE'S SECOND-INNING HOME RUN WAS THE 300TH OF HIS CAREER.
THE SECOND-INNING HOME RUNS BY JERMAINE DYE AND PAUL KONERKO WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.

jayson stark amazement fodder right there

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3603/3439403080_1af237127e_o.jpg

lollllll

also lol at wgn having an aol.com email address

lmbo who the hell is that

ryan howard smoking a cig passed to him by jayson werth apparently

http://www.playerhatersball.com/2009/04/ryan-howard-enjoys-pre-game-smoke.html

Uwildo

i love it when managers are yelling at umps and you can't hear what they're saying so it's basically furious mime

ive been watching this whole game and didnt even realize that lilly has a no hitter

ha not anymore

j0rdan jinxed him

LOS ANGELES SECOND BASEMAN ORLANDO HUDSON HAS HIT FOR THE CYCLE.

THE FIRST (AND SECOND ALL-TIME) TO DO SO IN DODGER STADIUM SINCE BELA FREGOSI.

Jody Gerut hit the first home run in Citi Field history.

Walter Silva had the first hit by a pitcher in Citi Field history.

First audible booing in Citi Field history: 4th inning.

Whoops I mean 2nd inning.

This is pretty nutso:

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/04/12/diamondbacks-forget-fourth-out-giving-dodgers-a-run/

First cat on the field in Citi history!

citi kitty curse imo

lol @ Yankeez

andruw just hit an RBI double, BA now at .667

How do you go from being completely cooked to being decent again?

Heard he lost weight? Is that true?

Podsednik has signed with the White Sox: leadoff controversy resolved.

unless you think career .337 OBP = no leadoff hitter!

Nick swisher I love u

max you kind of look like swisher

- J. Rauch relieved M. Scherzer
- R. Ankiel grounded out to first
- K. Greene flied out to center
- Y. Molina walked
- Y. Molina stole second

O_o

http://i44.tinypic.com/23vm2om.gif

yeah we did a double take too

Everyone will wear #42 today, but only a select few will get to wear the SPECIAL SHOES.

Special request from me to Chris Carpenter: Stop getting injured every season, FUCK.

Getting injured from swinging a bat, seriously?

i am just glad it's not his arm/elbow/thing you throw with.

lol @ guy in my fantasy draft talking abt how carpenter was healthy and ready for a big year.

cad did you see la russa's press thing right after the game? he was sooo pissed off

made me feel really bad for the beat writers

hahaha no, what was he saying?

they were asking him like "what is wrong?" and he was being really snide and going "i don't know what's going on, we were just talking about it. mlb makes me come out here 10 mins after the games" and cutting off all of their questions. it was equally hilarious and uncomfortable and made me realize why him and bobby knight are kindred spirits

Armando Galarraga is gangsta

ballerraga

He ALWAYS looks like he's smelling shit, like a ten-pound turd is orbiting his head at all times.

I don't think LaRussa has assaulted any players or fans, like that savage Knight.

(rlly, stop bringing up inferior sports)

man new shea is way better looking than new yankee hellhole

from FanGraphs:

MLB is averaging 4.96 runs per game so far in 2009, up from a league average 4.65 runs per game in 2008. It's pretty rare to see run scoring in April higher than the league average from the previous season.

The main culprit appears to be a rise in home run rate. Last April, there was ahome run hit every 43 plate appearances. That number ended the season at one per 38 PA, as the ball flew better in warmer weather. So far this year, we're at one home run per 34 plate appearances, accounting for 311 total home runs to date. At last year's pace, we'd only have 248 home runs.

offense = excitement /marketingspeak

Looks like Tom Verducci won't be able to read Lincecum's last rites just yet.

http://img15.picoodle.com/img/img15/3/4/18/brianm/f_ScreenShot0m_fa99833.jpg

lolllll

Darren Oliver's first start since 2004.

BECAUSE OF THE WANG

Oh boy the Angels rotation and bullpen is completely shredded.

*pedro waves*

Padres score four on Brad Lidge in the 9th, wheeeeee

Are the Tigers waiting on the eephus? Six backwards Ks for Bedard through 5 1/3.

looking at the standing i realized they would be much more believable if you reversed the order!

unit thru 6...

that was broken up quickly

K Farnsworth relieved J Wright.
M Young homered to center.

NO WAY

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/sweetspot/0-1-80/Hillman-s-odd-percentages.html

so.. color me ignorant..
but why did the sox and orioles start today at 11am? that's kind of early. team dinner tonight?

patriot's day/boston marathon

ahhhhh thx

i.was.there. massacre.

do keep up sanskry.

Shasta, I was gifted w/ a ticket for Citi Saturday, w/ a group.

morbs don't set yourself up for zings

i am inured to em

lots of shutouts this year it seems

WHO HAS POSSESSED DAVE BUSH??

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/02uGdm57Bc1Sn/340x.jpg

Is there a way to listen to baseball radio broadcasts on the internet, except through MLB.com, which makes you pay for it? I don't have cable tv and I'm sick of "watching" Cardinal games on ESPN gamecast.

not really, mlb is pretty possessive of their broadcast rights as i understand it

ie wgn broadcasts cubs games on am radio here, but if you listen to the live internet stream during game time, they're broadcasting some alternate show because they aren't allowed to provide the cubs games over the internet or something

Is there a way to listen to baseball radio broadcasts on the internet, except through MLB.com, which makes you pay for it? I don't have cable tv and I'm sick of "watching" Cardinal games on ESPN gamecast.

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imo its worth the $15

or if you have an iphone you can get the mlb.com app for $10 which comes with all radio broadcasts

mlb.tv is totes worth it imo

when i tried to listen to the Indians radio feed over the net they were playing old bill cosby comedy records

isnt mlb.tv like $100??

if you buy it for a whole "year" but it's only $12 a month for the season which is like one less dinner out

ok i lied $20 a month, so a dinner out and a six pack

ie wgn broadcasts cubs games on am radio here, but if you listen to the live internet stream during game time, they're broadcasting some alternate show because they aren't allowed to provide the cubs games over the internet or something

Yeah, turns out that's true with all MLB games carried on any internet stream. I didn't know that until last night. There are hundreds of little radio station affiliates that carry cardinal games, and last night I went through dozens of them, figuring that at least ONE of them would somehow ignore the ban, but nope.

Yeah, I guess I should just pony up the $15. One question though - who are the announcers on the mlb.com radio broadcasts? I mean, when I listen to a Cardinals game do I get Mike Shannon or some mlb.com schmuck?

i think you get actual radio dudes, but not sure if you can control whose team you get. i remember my friend had it and we got the braves crew for a sox/braves interleague game.

you get actual radio dudes, and you can control whose team you get

i think you can pick if you want the home or away broadcast
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so either my friend wanted braves guys or he's just an idiot. makes sense.

Sweet. Because I love my actual radio dudes in St. Louis!

the only thing you gotta watch out for is that theyll automatically re-subscribe you every year and charge yr credit card unless you physically go to the site and find the unsubscribe thing

Coletusion

if i sign up can i get Michael Kay announcing all games, even small market NL ones?

Adam Eaton is pitching very well tonight...

Rivera getting lit up.

@BrianWilson38 bummer brah

Padres shoulda traded Peavy when they had a chance.

- D. Ortiz doubled to deep left, J. Varitek scored, J. Ellsbury to third
- K. Youkilis intentionally walked
- J. Ellsbury stole home

oy

Not very graceful, but it got the job done.

The bickering between Morgan and Phillips gets worse every week.

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090428/capt.d8cb4d64ef394635b9d8992e6864ba05.dodgers_giants_baseball_fxpb103.jpg

TAMPA BAY PITCHER MATT GARZA HAS A PERFECT GAME THROUGH FIVE INNINGS.
TAMPA BAY PITCHER MATT GARZA HAS A PERFECT GAME THROUGH SIX INNINGS.

Look what you just did. Ellsbury singled.

it wasn't me, it was the Game Notes guy

So... Ryan Raburn, left fielder, misreads a fly ball by going in, then stumbles going back. Ball lands in the webbing of his glove, then pops out. That is three fuck-ups. The play is scored a double. (The bases were loaded with two outs. Awesome.)

seattle rainiers huh. nice throwbacks

every cut away to the crowd in this game is 2 ppl drinkin ~~ i like the way u think seattle telecast

Raburn ruling has been changed.

Alomar scores legal victory

By Mike Fish
ESPN.com

Former All-Star second baseman Roberto Alomar scored a legal victory Wednesday when an ex-girlfriend withdrew a $15 million civil suit, alleging that he had insisted upon unprotected sex during their relationship despite his having AIDS.

Ilya Dall, 31, who got divorced in 2007 and has two children, filed the bombshell lawsuit last January, claiming that the retired big-leaguer tested HIV-positive in February 2006. Alomar has insisted he's in good health and suggested Dall raised the accusations in a bid to "hurt" him. At the time, he characterized the lawsuit as "filled with lies."

Alomar and Dall, a competitive arm wrestler and spa owner, broke up last October. Dall reportedly lives in a $5 million, Queens, N.Y., home purchased by a trust set up by Alomar.

The settlement was reached as attorneys for Alomar, a 12-time All-Star, and Dall were scheduled to appear Friday for an initial conference in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. Dall could not be reached, and her attorney Anthony Piacentini declined comment when reached by ESPN.com.

"The complaint was withdrawn, which means the lawsuit was withdrawn with prejudice," Charles Bach, who represents Alomar, told ESPN.com. "That speaks for itself. It is over."

Alomar, who splits his time between Florida and Puerto Rico, could not be reached for comment.

A career .300 hitter with 10 Gold Gloves, Alomar tops the list of first-time players up for election to the Hall of Fame next year. Alomar spent 17 seasons in the major leagues and was part of two World Series championships with the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Twins (13-14) are 29th in run differential -- six runs worse than the Nationals.

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/70/fullj.bcba54e352df31a7ffd6591b3bd8159f/bcba54e352df31a7ffd6591b3bd8159f-getty-85124129jg006_arizona_diamo.jpg

Reche Caldwell!

No, Masa

1st manager axed, bob melvin

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4150536

RIP heaven needed whatever bob melvin did

red sox put up a 12 run inning btw

Someone better tell Bob.

!!!HEY YOU GUYS MARK BUERHLE IS TWIRLING ANOTHER NO-HITTER!!!

AJ Hinch becomes the hottest mgr, surely

is there even any competition?

some gays are into Joe Girardi.

joe maddon is very fashionable with those glasses

My cousin swears he saw Trey Hillman at a Blowoff

haha, no way to be sure

My friend Steve told me that AJ Hinch is a MILF.

CURTIS CURTIS CURTIS

"Sizemore lifts that one to center, Granderson going back, ON THE TRACK.. IT IS... GONE!!!!!! No it's not..."

LOOOOOOOOOOOL

Abreu went 0-for-0 yesterday w/ four walks.

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/extrabaggs/2009/05/10/giants-closer-wilson-upset-after-dodgers-blake-mocks-him/

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize your elaborate victory dance was sacrosanct.

i'm not going to remember that come Aug. :(

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“Now, one of the main things I do after a game is the crossing of the arms. That’s on a T-shirt I wear underneath my jersey when I pitch. (He wore that T-shirt in an ESPN interview last month.) That’s just respecting the fighters and their commitment and determination and the hard work they put in.

“And also it’s taking into consideration my own walks in life. For instance, when I cross my arms, I have my left hand in the fist and my right hand goes underneath pointing with my (index) finger. What I’ve taken into my own belief is that this finger represents one man. I’m that one person. And I can only go so far in life leaning on my own understandings and my own strength. The fist represents the power of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The fist is symbolic of a circle. It’s never-ending. This strength will only continue to grow. So here’s the strength of God and the strength of man. And without him, I am nothing. I can only go so far in this life. But when I cross, I now have this one person with the strength of Christ, and I can do anything through Christ who strengthens me. I can get over any battles in life.

“So I basically give respect to the ultimate fighting world and I also give respect to Christ, the audience of one that I play for. I don’t play for anything else. I play to impress Him and only Him and I must honor Him through defeat and also successes because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for the strength that He gives me. Talent only goes so far. But faith gets you a little farther. So that’s what it is. It just represents my faith and trust in him, and letting him know and the world know that any believer that walks with Christ, or any walk of life you have, no matter where you are, I’m showing respect to you for your hard work, too. Because it’s not easy living in this world.”

always good to shout out the ultimate fighting world after a baseball game, you goof

i am going to have to take Casey Blakes' side on this one i think.

on that note did we lol yet about aubrey huff showing up j. chamberlain over the weekend?

A.J. Going On The DL For Me: Yanquis (Yankees) 2009

(Would pay money for that kay.mp3)

lol kay would not shut up about it

SB - J Werth 4 (7, 2nd base off W Ohman/R Martin, 3rd base off W Ohman/R Martin, 3rd base off C Kershaw/R Martin, Home off R Belisario/R Martin), R Howard (1, 2nd base off C Kershaw/R Martin), J Rollins (2, 2nd base off W Ohman/R Martin).

sub-crawford

what's with the trend of aggressive base running so far this season? even Pujols is suddenly swiping bases!

is russell martin traditionally horrible at throwing out baserunners?

his best year he was .333 so nothing special for sure

Plaschke will tell you Manny Ramirez and his cheating treachery has sucked the will to win out of these Dodgers.

manufacturing runs w/o manny:

- M. Kemp singled to left
- C. Blake singled to left center, M. Kemp to second
- C. Billingsley grounded into fielder's choice, M. Kemp out at third, C. Blake to second
- J. Pierre sacrificed to third, C. Blake to third, C. Billingsley to second
- R. Furcal struck out swinging
- End of Inning (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)

lol great punchline

btw ethier is like 0-45 w/o manny >:(

back 2 back CGs by TEXAS ¯\(°_o)/¯

LOS ANGELES PITCHER JOHN LACKEY WAS EJECTED BY HOME PLATE UMPIRE BOB DAVIDSON AFTER HITTING IAN KINSLER WITH HIS SECOND PITCH OF THE GAME.

Top of the 16th in San Diego.

so was Lackey *trying* to get out of pitching or does he have some beef with Kinsler?

The Padres acquired Tony Gwynn (Jr.)! Look out, world!

A mixed reaction in San Diego, for sure.

Fred Durst Hat Day

White Sox' red Memorial Day hats look like their 1973 hats.

http://exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines/detail_page.asp?Entryid=1228&fileName=al_1973_chicago.gif

Went to my first game at Petco this weekend. It was fun! Cool stadium, although it is fairly weird-looking from the outside.

John Lackey has done well against the M's in his life. Will he continue the trend? Eh, we shall see. But wait -- if you were an Insider and oculd use this sim, you'd know. Get after it. Simulate Mariners vs. Angels

Eh, no thnaks -- not in this life.

On Thursday, at the clubhouse table where McLouth used to play cards with relievers Sean Burnett and Jesse Chavez, a candle bearing McLouth's uniform No. 13 was lit, along with a photo of him in uniform, the Post-Gazette reported. "We'll miss him," Burnett said.

wow, surprisingly heartfelt.

rip

Inspired by starting pitcher Zach Duke, the Pirates will be wearing black patches with the initials "NM" on their uniforms for the remainder of the season. "The "NM" also stands for "nevermind"," Duke said. "As in, "oh nm, we're just going to rebuild again."

wow, such an insurrection over a guy who may have peaked.

What a bunch of pussies

well, centerfielders w/ 9 HR don't come along often.

Welcome to the team, McClutchen.

...like they have anything else to do...

9 hrs at 1/3 through the season is not bad in post 'roid era. The 'rats are right to be pissed off.

given that the pirates have sucked for a long time and are barely threatening .500, let alone a playoff spot, they don't have a lot of standing to complain.

but mclouth was young, relatively cheap and well-liked (and once babysat by a certain ilx0r). good glove, willing to take a walk... you've got to give something to get something, but it does seem like there's other fat that would be more usefully trimmed.

it's funny how divergent opinions on this deal are. seems fair to both sides tbh; braves hand got forced by having a shitty outfield so they had to give up some talent, but in return they get a solid, not amazing OF dude who should play every day through 2011. pirates make room for their best prospect and continue to stockpile pieces.

Ervin Santana's nostril tissue evidently hypnotizing Tiger hitters.

Ayo, Ervin, change yr tissue.

do i want to know?

EXCELLENT JOB, BLUE JAYS.

EXCELLENT JOB, CARDINALS

they've given up 9 runs this inning, which is STILL GOING.

Including two runs from walks with the bases loaded.

Dodgers walk-off, late at night.

into the ethier

i think kemp killed ethier with a pie to the face after the game (i was there, got to witness lidge put the capper on a lousy day for my fantasy squad)

I am going to throw some moderately heavy shit if Edwin Jackson does not get a W tonight.

Edwin Jackson, badass, strikes out the side in the ninth -- Abreu, Vlad (at 99), Torii.

Ethier = Phillie killer

Dodgers 20 games over .500 wtf.

and their run diff is +87.

lol mclouth just jacked one in his first game against the pirates

PITCH TIP

how many fans left in The Ted in 14th?

n. mclouth: 3-for-7, hr, 2r, 2k, sb, rbi

a. mccutchen: 4-for-7, 3b, 2 2b, 2r, 2k, rbi

z. duke: pounded

im not so into the video games but loooooooool

http://www.youtube.com/v/AbIVUgW0t0o

ATTN ASPIE BASEBALL SHUT-IN CREW - FREE EXTRA INNINGS PREVIEW 2NIGHT THRU NXT WKEND I THINK

this is the info i learn from mlb extra innings ~

if the rockies score 7 or more runs u get 4 tacos for $1 at qualifying taco bells the following day from 4-6pm

espn had softball and lacrosse on tonight o_0...how does anyone go two days without this shit

and volleyball!! could they not have picked up mets/braves?

no girl sports on my tv!! (is my motto for watching tv)

loooollll at this lacrosse skills contest on espn atm

espn2

exciting!

you're in lax country dude shouldn't you be all about that

nah the lacrosse kids were the ones who couldnt make the baseball team in middle school

they were the ones too batshit to play hockey where i'm from!

lol i saw they had the lacrosse ALL STAR GAME on last night and briefly considered tuning in

do you have to have directv or whatever the fuck to get extra innings?

no comcast has it i think most cable cos do.

yea i have comcast

wau @ garrett jones hitting a walk off into the river

that's cool for that guy. he was in the minors for like 9 years or something.