Baseball 2009

The Tigers swept the Beermakers this weekend so at least the Pirates didn't lose any ground to them.

crimhead wrote: rushfan4 wrote: The Tigers swept the Beermakers this weekend so at least the Pirates didn't lose any ground to them. Yes that is true but in doing so they helped out the Cardinals who in turn swept the inept Royals.

God NL plays sucks.
I guess it's just personal opinion, and probably depends and what you grew up with but seriously.
It seems EVERY time the yanks are getting in a good situation the pitcher comes up to hit and it's almost an automatic out. Same with the Braves of course.

And seriously, 3 losses to Boston a LUCKY 2 win series against the Mets, lost 2 of 3 the NATS and the Marlins....... What the f*ck?
At least Wang seems to finally be back. His velocity was good all game, the sinker was effective, he was his usual efficient self. He was taken out early for a pinch hitter but still.

Garion81 wrote: ^ That's called real baseball I think the DH has made the game boring and predictable. It really is the way a manger makes his choices in these situations that make the game interesting.  Yeah there are some more runs scored but so what. Torre and Colleti are great. They took Mark Loretta and Brad Ausmus on the bench. Both of these guys are both used to being everyday players so when they get into American league parks they can be effective DHs rather than a straight pinch hitter who is geared up for one at bat a game or 4-5 a week.  As much as some think otherwise National League teams have struggled more in American parks than vice versa. This move has payed off as the Dodgers are now 5-2 in American league parks this year with two left to go in Chi Town.

Like I said it's personal preference.
You may say AL is boring....I mean there were several times throughout these games when, BOTH teams had a run going then the pitcher comes up....talk about boring and predictable.

Yea, I guess it's "true" baseball since every player has to play offense and defense but what can I say I was raised on AL baseball with lots of hitting and home runs. Not strategy.

Anyway, yanks are on a real sh*t streak but Joba pitched well today and they finally started hitting again. Hope Mo can close it.

Buccos beat the Tribe but allow 5 runs in the ninth. Talk a about ugly.

So I am watching the Dodger Mariner game and Vin Scully was leading off an inning talking about in this day in Dodger history 1966 Sandy Koufax was the winning pitcher as the Dodgers beat the Braves 2-1 but that's not he story.  The story is it was Sandy's 14th complete game. He went on to win 27 games and had 27 complete games!  I think the Dodger staff has two this year.  It is amazing how the4 game has changed.  He also related a game between the Giants and Braves that year that went 16 inning with Juan Marichal and Warren Spahn both pitched complete games and Marichal had 232 pitches!  232 pitches that is 4 games for some starters now.  When i heard someone say recently Randy Johnson was the greatest left handed pitcher hands down I have to laugh. Koufax in 6 years from 1961 to 1966 had the most dominating stats in baseball.  He was forced to retire due to and arthritic elbow but some have suggested he could have had the Tommy john surgery and made a complete recovery.  Who knows?  But look at these stats from his final year in 1966

One of the reasons why Roy Halladay is my favorite pitcher, gotta respect anyone who pitches 10 inning in a single ballgame nowadays.

Ernie Harwell is still alive and kicking and writing articles for the Detroit Free Press.  Idefinitely miss listening to his game calling on the radio.

Congrats to Mariano Rivera on save #500!

And not just that it was his 110th save where he pitched more 1 inning.

Also, what a whacky game. As much as I bashed NL baseball it is fun to see Mo have to hit.
Can anyone think of a time when a closer was pitching to a closer????

Anyway, with the bases loaded Mo worked a walk, and thus an RBI
So, he really earned his 500th save