MLB Baseball Thread

[Moneyy]

That Cardinals/Brewers game was kind of weird. Im still not sure if the pitch against Braun was intentional or not.

[Spookz]

I'm flabbergasted that the Cubs were able to play so well last night. Granted, I was only able to keep up with MLB Gameday since WGN didn't pick up the game, I could be completely skimming over some awkward plays without knowing.

The Pirates aren't having a stellar year though, not a lot of room to gloat about.. we'll see about tonight. I mean, they're sitting at .500, but at least they're not at .409 like the Cubs. The only team doing worse than we are: the Astros.

[TheBluePorygon]

Lol Weaver suspended 6 games for whipping it at Avila xD

[Vern]

Are those 6 of his starts or just 6 regular games?

[TheWatersGreatGuardian]

Are those 6 of his starts or just 6 regular games?

I would imagine its just 6 games. I don't think they do it per start. If this is the case, not exactly much of a suspension

[TheBattleFrontierAsh1]

I don't watch Major League Baseball that much.
But i usually go for either the Rangers or the Astros.

..... although they haven't done too hot in recent years.....

Well they were better last year.

[TheWatersGreatGuardian]

Well they were better last year.

and they are a good team this year. (rangers)

[sceptile33]

The Rangers are the leaders in a division in which half the teams are under .500.

I'm not saying they're a horrible team this year, but compared to the rest of the division leaders (and some 2nd place teams) they're not very impressive.

[TheWatersGreatGuardian]

The Rangers are the leaders in a division in which half the teams are under .500.

I'm not saying they're a horrible team this year, but compared to the rest of the division leaders (and some 2nd place teams) they're not very impressive.

Wish the Rays had an offense like the Rangers to go along with their pitching :P

[Moneyy]

Are those 6 of his starts or just 6 regular games?

lol being suspended for 6 starts would suck

[sceptile33]

Well the Rays won tonight with a game-winning hit from a rookie.

Feels like the first time the Rays are on the winning end of a one-run game.

[Spookz]

Waiting anxiously to see how the Cubs finish up the series with the Pirates.. 3 for 3 is pretty damn good for the way we've played this year. But 4 for 4 would obviously be better.

[TheWatersGreatGuardian]

Well the Rays won tonight with a game-winning hit from a rookie.

Feels like the first time the Rays are on the winning end of a one-run game.

and an extra inning game at home on top of that. Come to think of it, that is the first time the Rays have ever come back twice in extra innings

[PsychicPsycho]

Today I heard an analyst predict that Verlander will win the AL Cy Young and Halladay will take the NL award. Does anyone agree/disagree?

I'm inclined to agree, just off the top of my head. I can't really think of anyone better then Halladay in the NL. However, Sabathia seems like he could be pretty close to Verlander. I'd be more inclined to lean towards Verlander, sinces he's thrown a no-hitter and had at least 2 other times this year with a no-hitter through 7 (I think).

[Vern]

I agree that Verlander will probably win the AL CY Young this year. Sabathia has more wins than him right now but Hernandez winning the AL Cy Young last year shows that the voters aren't going to hold wins "as highly". Not that that matters though since Verlander is just one or two wins behind Sabathia at this point.

[sceptile33]

What about Jered Weaver for the AL? he currently has a 1.88 ERA, which is very impressive. Nobody else has an ERA under 2.00.

[Vern]

What about Jered Weaver for the AL? he currently has a 1.88 ERA, which is very impressive. Nobody else has an ERA under 2.00.

That's true but I feel that Verlander's season, for the reason's mentioned above, would seem pretty good in the eyes of the voters. I don't think Weaver's recent suspension would help him though since he misses a game and stuff though.

[BCVM22]

Missing one start isn't - or shouldn't, at least - have any effect on voting. He could have just as easily have missed a start due to a minor injury or a rainout or whatever.

[sceptile33]

I think the point was that he was suspended, not so much that he missed a start. The voters probably wouldn't like that.

[BCVM22]

Which still shouldn't have any effect on the voting. Watch Verlander pitch some time; he barks at the ump every four or five pitches. He's the home plate ump's tolerance away from being warned or tossed at any given time.