The 2010 MLB Season Thread

Oh dear now you're playing with fire

"I doubt the NYY have the cash to pay him"
Man you are tempting the devil.
Do not doubt the New York Yankees, or their bottomless pockets....

Never said it was good for baseball. Quite the contrary I dont know how many other Yankee fans will say we need a salary cap.
Though I do like to take the middle ground, while I think its kind of sickening what the Yankees do, (the team I grew up with in the mid 90's was certainly not done this way) until the rules are changed, I do hate when people just disregard a win as "pfft if "X" could buy a team wed be good too"  I mean...if ANY team had the ability to do the same theyd take it in a hearbeat.

And to be fair the Yankees "core" (Jeter, Posada, Pettitte, Mo) have been there for a long time. There was A-Rod....but hes a lifer now. Cano, Gardner, and others are home grown. Not to mention names theyve aquired for relatively small money or "everyday" players theyve picked up that fill huge roles, even if not for all season. And lots of pitches tend to come up from the yankee farm, even for just a few games.
So yeah, when they go big they go BIG and will buy the Sabathia's and Burnetts and A-Rods...but thats not the whole team.

Not that they are winning as of late anyway

the onion. 

Oh yeah just playing devils advocate.
Frankly I think Yankee fans should hate it, as I do. Makes a lot of people discredit them since "lol they just bought that team" and its not how you build a team anyway. I hate how they can go but a player, with enough $$ to feed a small nation.....not to mention its what $90 if I want to go to a game


Edited by JJLehto - July 28 2010 at 15:31

Oh and about that 600th HR coming up.
Yeah Hank Aaron is still the HR king.

Shame is much as I never liked him, always thought A-Rod was clean.
Granted, as far as I know..... he wasn't juicing all his career, but who knows.
Is a damn shame anyway.
And just to touch that quickly, that whole thing was a fiasco.
I hated the guy...but Barry Bonds was sooo used by MLB. Years of knowing, gets the record than BOOOM, suddenly hes slapped with it all. And even though I think the roids are wrong, that original report back in 03 or whatever was supposed to be private.

A-Rod's name "happened" to get leaked

Meh, Im rambling. I just watch it as is and dont think about baseball anymore. I love it too much to stop, but if I think about I get really pissed. The roids, the money....
Oh, and I take solice in the fact that Jeter is clean. He may be the only one, but at least he is


Edited by JJLehto - July 29 2010 at 19:13

Well its why I still play baseball in the adult leagues, since about '95.......I can't play softball, don't want to, can't hit the ball anyway. I grew up playing hardball and I will die playing hardball....Its a great game.

JJLehto wrote: Oh and about that 600th HR coming up. Yeah Hank Aaron is still the HR king. Shame is much as I never liked him, always thought A-Rod was clean. Granted, as far as I know..... he wasn't juicing all his career, but who knows. Is a damn shame anyway. And just to touch that quickly, that whole thing was a fiasco. I hated the guy...but Barry Bonds was sooo used by MLB. Years of knowing, gets the record than BOOOM, suddenly hes slapped with it all. And even though I think the roids are wrong, that original report back in 03 or whatever was supposed to be private. A-Rod's name "happened" to get leaked Meh, Im rambling. I just watch it as is and dont think about baseball anymore. I love it too much to stop, but if I think about I get really pissed. The roids, the money.... Oh, and I take solice in the fact that Jeter is clean. He may be the only one, but at least he is

Gotta agree with Henry Aaron. Still #1 with Babe Ruth at #2.

A Rod is worried about 24.9 M still owed to him from the Rangers? With what he is making from the Yankees why doesn't he just write it off as a loss? It is not like he really needs that money. Does he?

The Rockies knock out 11 straight hits against the Cubs to set record. It looked like batting practice in a 17-2 win.

The Cards beat the Buccos 1-0 in 10 innings. They acted like they just won the World Series. With the infield in and a man on third,one out Ryan hits a hard ground ball that got misplayed by Walker. Ludwick scores and they go crazy. Well pitched game on both sides.

Ugly weekend. Swept by the Cards and now the Cards face the Stros. Talk about getting a break with the schedule. The Reds got the Buccos now they got some easy games it seems.