MLB 2011 season

Stooge wrote: What an ugly loss last night.  Good thing the Cup finals were on.

Buccos two in a row over Philly.

Heh heh heh

crimhead wrote: Buccos two in a row over Philly. Heh heh heh

Equality 7-2521 wrote: crimhead wrote: Buccos two in a row over Philly. Heh heh heh Happens every year. It's incredibly frustrating.

Well it looks like today is the Phillies day for a win.

It seems like Albert Pujols might be back to being Albert Pujols.

The Dark Elf wrote: rushfan4 wrote: 9th inning 2-out, 2-strike, opposite field 2-run homer from Miguel Cabrera leads the Tigers to a 4 to 2 victory over the White Sox.  Jackson led off the inning with a triple, and is the Tigers' norm, he was almost stranded as Kelly popped out and Boesch struck out, but the big guy actually came through in a game against the White Sox (very rare).   The Tigers have been annoyingly inconsistent this year. But things are looking up: Ordonez and Coke will be back from the DL, and Carlos Guillen is feeling better as well. It's time to put Rayburn and Don Kelly back on the bench where they belong.   Too bad about Mets' 3B David Wright going on the DL for a few months. I was hoping the Tigers could swing a trade. I'm so done with Brandon Inge at 3rd.

Raburn finally came through with a grand slam yesterday.  I keep waiting for him to have his 2nd half surge like he has had the last two years.  It really makes no sense how he can play so bad for the first half of each year and so good for the 2nd half.  I'm not really expecting much from Ordonez or Coke, but it would be nice if they can start putting together some good games.  Rumor mill that I am hearing is that the Tigers are interested in trading for Michael Young and finally having a 2nd baseman.  This both interests me and bothers me at the same time, as I can see Dave "Dumb"rowski trading away the future to try and save his present job.  Or maybe trading Raburn, and then he'll go on his .350 avg, 20 HR, 60 RBI 2nd half terror which would have looked much nicer in a Tiger uniform.

I had a dream that the Phillies signed Pujols and dumped Howard on somebody. It was the most glorious and unrealistic dream of all time.

He's a special player. All players decline of course, but if you look at the players he's comparable to, basically the other top 10 players in the history of the game, they all aged fairly well. Many of them had truly spectacular seasons past their prime. I don't think people realize just how good he is a lot of the time. He walks more than he strikes out and is still able to generate absurd amounts of power. He's just a special player. I wouldn't expect a huge decline.

The Phillies have the kind of payroll to throw at him, but not realistically given their other commitments. Of course though with Ryan Howard, there is a absolutely 0% chance of it.

Anyone else hoping Bryce Harper never makes it? 

Drew wrote: Anyone else hoping Bryce Harper never makes it?