The thread where baseball lovers lament wintertime
"What do I do when there's no baseball? I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
-Rogers Hornsby Here we will discuss picks for next year, any interesting trades or signings or what-have-you, and what-not. This is for baseball and baseball only, because all other sports, especially basketball, should be burned down. |
uh, thats how i feel after football is over.
but we had a local semi-pro team this year: THE SOUTHERN MARYLAND BLUE CRABS!!!! i never carried out a plan to become the most awesome superfan ever, and instead missed every game. :( but i know that people loved having a team and stadium to go watch games, and the high school teams held the county championship there. and this year i am looking forward to ball season. so i can sympathize buddy. |
Yeah, i'm already itching for baseball season to roll around again. The Twins were so close to winning the division (and they got hosed by that bullshit coin flip) that the taste of the playoffs is still in my mouth.
Rumor on the street is that the Twins are close to signing Casey Blake. Also, it's been said that Delmon Young can be expected to be traded as we are absolutely loaded in the outfield and he doesn't mesh well with the clubhouse. |
We can talk about how my city's minor league team renamed themselves from the Wizards to the Tin Caps after the native Johnny Appleseed (for which we also have an annual festival - it's actually quite popular).
http://www.tincaps.com/ They're already being referenced as the Potheads. |
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I love baseball, but football season is where it's at.
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Well said.
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Twins unviel new throwback jerseys to comemmorate the last year playing in the Metrodome:
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It's kind of hard to get nostalgic about a park which only has a 28-year history with the team.
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Well, we did win 2 World Series in that piece of shit.
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Hahaha, true enough. The hefty bag in right and the plexiglass in left (before they took it down) did give it as much personality as you can give a staduim like that.
I was bummed that they tore down Busch Stadium. They put a lot of work into changing it from a faceless, cookie-cutter stadium, and made it look like a real ballpark. Before too long, it was the only "cookie-cutter" stadium left. Then they tore it down, and built a new ballpark that looks just like all the other new ballparks. |
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Mets sign K-Rod.
Does it mean there is something wrong with me if I happen to be sure this is a bad signing? His K/BB ratio is worse than Fuentes and Woods. He has ankle problems, His motion puts too much stress on his arm. And "closer" is a bullshit concept anyway. Also, Woods wouldn't have cost them a draft pick. |
I hear "Woods" and all I see are Band-Aids.
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I think has more to do with the Cubs that Woods himself. His isn't the only pitching career they've shortened.
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Yankees drop a shit ton of money in CC Sabathia's lap.
Fuck the Yankees. |
Yankees apparently ready to drop a shit ton of money in AJ Burnett's lap.
Fuck the Yankees. |
Yankees dropped about $245,000,000 on TWO players!
:lol If CC doesn't win a championship this season New Yorkers will crucify him. Unjustly too I might add. |
If they get Manny or another high profile free agent I'm going to boycott next season.
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Not me. I'd love to see them spend a half a billion just because when they lose in the playoffs again it will be so much sweeter.
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Spending a shit-ton of money has sure helped them in the last ten years; I'm certain it will work this year.
On the flip side, we have the Cardinals, who signed Trever Miller and Khalil Greene, and then proceeded to do absolutely fuck-all during the winter meetings. The Yankees may have just thrown money down a hole again, but at least they did SOMETHING. Fucking cheap-ass Cardinals front office. >: |
Cheap ass Orioles aren't going to pony up the cash to land Mark Teixeira it seems. One of the best players available, a Baltimore native, and he wants to play there, and these jackasses won't pay him. Fortunately for him, he'll be able to make plenty of road trips to Camden Yards when the Red Sox get him. >:
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Cheap ass Twins don't want to pony up any money for anyone. Small markets are the best I tell ya!>:
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