MLB 2008 Post Season Catch-All

It's "Dirty Coco. You girls are the cheap shot artists. Like last time, we'll sweep you when the series comes to Fenway.

Swampyankee -- I present to you --

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Next time you sweep us mate, you can pass it back to me, eh?

Hopefully, and On fire!

AL and NL rosters for the All-Star Game have been announced, and with little surprise, Red Sox and Cubs nation have strong representation, while the AL East leading Rays have only two, both sitting on the bench for the beginning of the game.

Fat-Ass-Ia to the Brewers. Welp, As long as the Skankees didn't sign him.

I believe, as a fan, that we fans do not know enough about the players around the league to have our votes be such a big factor in the All-Star game. Mannie and Poppie should not be on the team, and for God's sake Varitek should not be! Meanwhile, Lowell deserves it and does not get it.

The fans just don't know enough after their own team. It should be managers, coaches, and a few writers. Maybe the fand can vote for 3 slots or something.

SwampYankee wrote:

and for God's sake Varitek should not be!

Word is that the players voted him in to keep Jerkzinski out.

I hadn't heard that. Funny, but even he admitted that he didn't deserve it this year.

By the way, enough already, with the f*cking cell phones. We get it. You're 15 rows up, and when the camera is showing a close up of the batter you're on TV. Your friends scream when teh camera shows you in the backgound. Glee! You're on TV. Wave like a total dick! Keep waving asshole. In my perfect world, the goverment records the signal while you're saying "Do you see me?" 50 times, and then tracks the phone to your house and forcibly sterilizes you.

Knock it the f*ck off, already.

SwampYankee wrote:

I hadn't heard that.

Caught it on First Take this morning in between bits on the alleged A-Rod/C-Rod/Madonna/Lenny Kravitz love quadrilateral.

SwampYankee wrote:

Fat-Ass-Ia to the Brewers. Welp, As long as the Skankees didn't sign him.

I believe, as a fan, that we fans do not know enough about the players around the league to have our votes be such a big factor in the All-Star game. Mannie and Poppie should not be on the team, and for God's sake Varitek should not be! Meanwhile, Lowell deserves it and does not get it.

The fans just don't know enough after their own team. It should be managers, coaches, and a few writers. Maybe the fand can vote for 3 slots or something.

The NHL All-Star starting line-ups are voted on by the fans but everyone else is decided by the coaches. If they could port that to baseball it'd be a decent solution.

The Cubs follow suit on the Brewers move for Sabathia by obtaining pitchers Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin from the A's for next to nothing. Wonder if this means second-place Oakland's throwing the towel.

Sabathia is a free agent next year and I guess the word is that the Yankees will throw crates on cash at him. They didn't want to trade prospects for part of this season, though.

Rat Boy wrote:

The Cubs follow suit on the Brewers move for Sabathia by obtaining pitchers Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin from the A's for next to nothing. Wonder if this means second-place Oakland's throwing the towel.

I think Beane thought the A's couldn't keep it up for the rest of the season. I am a little unhappy about it, I would have rather they make a play to try to make a run. The A's are constantly building for the future, so we never get to go anywhere, now.

Ulairi wrote:
Rat Boy wrote:

The Cubs follow suit on the Brewers move for Sabathia by obtaining pitchers Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin from the A's for next to nothing. Wonder if this means second-place Oakland's throwing the towel.

I think Beane thought the A's couldn't keep it up for the rest of the season. I am a little unhappy about it, I would have rather they make a play to try to make a run. The A's are constantly building for the future, so we never get to go anywhere, now.

Well, on the other hand, the deal's not that great for the Cubs, either. The Cubs' injury prone pitching staff now has another injury prone pitcher, plus on top of the fact that he's switching leagues, AND the not so great recent records of former Oakland pitchers going to the NL.

Rat Boy wrote:
Ulairi wrote:
Rat Boy wrote:

The Cubs follow suit on the Brewers move for Sabathia by obtaining pitchers Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin from the A's for next to nothing. Wonder if this means second-place Oakland's throwing the towel.

I think Beane thought the A's couldn't keep it up for the rest of the season. I am a little unhappy about it, I would have rather they make a play to try to make a run. The A's are constantly building for the future, so we never get to go anywhere, now.

Well, on the other hand, the deal's not that great for the Cubs, either. The Cubs' injury prone pitching staff now has another injury prone pitcher, plus on top of the fact that he's switching leagues, AND the not so great recent records of former Oakland pitchers going to the NL.

Isn't Haren still a god? I thought he was doing pretty well a couple months ago. Or are we talking about He Who Shall Not Be Named?

It'll be fun watching Sabbathia try and swing a bat, but it'll also be fun if he can stymie the Cubs.

28 homers in a single round of the Derby by Josh Hamilton?

Crazy.

Strange thing is I can remember exactly where I was when I saw then-Phillies slugger Bobby Abreu setting the last record in the Derby. I was on vacation in Kauai and since the Home Run Derby was on so much earlier in the day that it was in the rest of the US, I was thinking of working in an afternoon swim in the pool or the ocean, but I decided to stay to watch Abreu's round. Needless to say, I never made it to the water that day. This was just as riveting if not more, but I have to say the weather in Hawaii was a tad bit warmer than here in NorCal three years later.

At the rate the All Star Game is going, Tim Lincecum should heal up from his flu-like symptoms in time to pitch the end of this thing.

Edit: This actually reminds me of Celebrity Jeopardy...

"I'll take 'Famous Titties' for five hundred."

I don't usually like to rub it in, but wow. Billy Wagner blows the lead, and Scott Kazmir gets credit for the win.

Even at the All-Star Game, the place is filled with Douchebag Yankee fans. The Post took Papelbon's statements totally out of context, and whipped all the Yanke Yokels into a frenzy.

That's what the New York Post is. It's not even a real newspaper.

Youk needs to punch that fat f*cking piece of sh*t Chamberlain in the mouth.

Since we are on a Yankees tangent, the Yanks picked up Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte from the Pirates for a few Triple-A and Double-A prospects plus a couple of gumballs.

The Pirates re-building continues. Kind of like playing the lottery. One of these days we'll hit the jackpot.

Angels trade for Mark Teixeira. Considering how they're running away with the AL West unopposed, they're clearly going for winning home field for the whole magilla.

They're kicking the shot out of the Sox so far. I'm thinking this Angels team will go all the way. The Sox have too many waknesses, and Manny's a distraction they don't need right now. The Yankees don't have the right stuff either, and the Rays won't be able to hold up to the Angels in the playoffs.

Ken Griffey, Jr. on the verge of going to the Chi-Sox.

Will Manny be a Red Sox before the end of the day? Rumor has it Jason Bay and John Grabow may be Fenway bound.

Rat Boy wrote:

Ken Griffey, Jr. on the verge of going to the Chi-Sox.

For Danny Richar (minor league 2B) and reliever Nick Masset.

I want to know what we plan on doing with Griffey. He's a nice guy and all, but we're full up on guys that can hit but can't play 2B, SS, or CF.

*Ahem.*

Ken Griffey Jr. does not belong in center field.