2013 MLB Thread

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

I am going to be very upset of the conference series will be between, Detroit, Boston, St. Louis and LA. Those four teams are my least favorite teams in the entire league and to know that one of them has to win would be sickening.

[MerrittsMustache]

I am going to be very upset of the conference series will be between, Detroit, Boston, St. Louis and LA. Those four teams are my least favorite teams in the entire league and to know that one of them has to win would be sickening.

I'd LOVE to see a Pittsburgh-Oakland World Series...especially if the teams both wear 70s-style uniforms.

I'd HATE to see a Boston-St. Louis World Series. So naturally, I'm predicting a Boston-St. Louis World Series.

[reinko]

I'd LOVE to see a Pittsburgh-Oakland World Series...especially if the teams both wear 70s-style uniforms.

I'd HATE to see a Boston-St. Louis World Series. So naturally, I'm predicting a Boston-St. Louis World Series.

Mount rushmore of 70s throwbacks.

Pittsburgh



San Diego Dads



Stros



Phils

[ChicosBailBonds]

Might have a ridiculous  payroll but are missing kemp and ethier on the field. $8 billion dollar tv deal goes a long way. Helps to have 55K in attendance as well

That TV deal doesn't start until next season and it's going to be fun to see who actually decides to carry it and who tells the Doyers to pound sand.

[NavinRJohnson]

I'd LOVE to see a Pittsburgh-Oakland World Series...especially if the teams both wear 70s-style uniforms.

I'd HATE to see a Boston-St. Louis World Series. So naturally, I'm predicting a Boston-St. Louis World Series.

The Cardinal's win tonight makes it extremely likely that I have watched my last baseball game for this year. With the possible exception of Detroit, I find the remaining teams/series quite uncompelling. Good teams, and maybe even quality series, but I'm falling asleep just thinking about it.

[wadesworld]

The Cardinal's win tonight makes it extremely likely that I have watched my last baseball game for this year. With the possible exception of Detroit, I find the remaining teams/series quite uncompelling. Good teams, and maybe even quality series, but I'm falling asleep just thinking about it.

How can you not root for the A's?

[ChicosBailBonds]

How can you not root for the A's?

Balfour

[tower912]

How can you not root for the A's?

Tiger fan.   

[WI inferiority Complexes]

How can you not root for the A's?

I like the A's, but I would understand why someone would have trouble with a team that had Bartolo Colon win 18 games for them this season.

[MerrittsMustache]

I like the A's, but I would understand why someone would have trouble with a team that had Bartolo Colon win 18 games for them this season.

Much like it's understandable if someone had trouble with a team that had David Ortiz hit 30 HR for them this season.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Much like it's understandable if someone had trouble with a team that had David Ortiz hit 30 HR for them this season.

Perhaps, but Ortiz has never been caught of anything.  Colon has.

[MerrittsMustache]

Perhaps, but Ortiz has never been caught of anything.  Colon has.

Ortiz tested positive in 2003.

[MU B2002]

Colon looks like a circus clown.

[Benny B]

Colon looks like a circus clown.

The guy is full of s#!t, if you ask me.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Ortiz tested positive in 2003.

Fair point...I should have said caught and suspended.  I don't believe he has tested positive since the new rules were put in place, but Colon has and was suspended as a result.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

As a White Sox and Rays fan I hope to god its not a Tigers, Red Sox ALCS. Im pulling for the As like no other or else im gonna have to settle for cheering for the Dodgers...

[MU B2002]

The guy is full of s#!t, if you ask me.

That right there is pretty funny, if you ask me.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

As a White Sox and Rays fan I hope to god its not a Tigers, Red Sox ALCS. Im pulling for the As like no other or else im gonna have to settle for cheering for the Dodgers...

ABB - Anyone but Boston.  But this could just be my Yankee fandom talking.  And Mattingly is a Yankee.

[NYWarrior]

Fair point...I should have said caught and suspended.  I don't believe he has tested positive since the new rules were put in place, but Colon has and was suspended as a result.

How about a showdown tonight between Colon (ERA+ 113) & Peralta (OPS+ 119)! MustSeeTV.... Who got the better juice from Biogenesis? Maybe we'll find out.

[MU B2002]

How about a showdown tonight between Colon (ERA+ 113) & Peralta (OPS+ 119)! MustSeeTV.... Who got the better juice from Biogenesis? Maybe we'll find out.

Colon isn't pitching.

[CTWarrior]

Fair point...I should have said caught and suspended.  I don't believe he has tested positive since the new rules were put in place, but Colon has and was suspended as a result.

I would wager that every single team had at least 5-10 guys using something illegal in 2003.  Seems odd to pick on one guy because his name was leaked and who hasn't tested positive since.

The Sox are one of the richest (though not in the same ballpark as the Yankees or Dodgers) and one of the smartest (along with the A's, the Rays, the Braves and the Cardinals), which is a tough combo to beat. 

I'll be the first to admit that the fanbase was insufferable before we finally won.  Even though they hadn't won a World Series for a long time before 2004, they were in the thick of things just about every summer, so they were still fun to follow until late September.  It's not like we were the Cubs or something.

[MerrittsMustache]

I would wager that every single team had at least 5-10 guys using something illegal in 2003.  Seems odd to pick on one guy because his name was leaked and who hasn't tested positive since.

The Sox are one of the richest (though not in the same ballpark as the Yankees or Dodgers) and one of the smartest (along with the A's, the Rays, the Braves and the Cardinals), which is a tough combo to beat. 

I'll be the first to admit that the fanbase was insufferable before we finally won.  Even though they hadn't won a World Series for a long time before 2004, they were in the thick of things just about every summer, so they were still fun to follow until late September.  It's not like we were the Cubs or something.

And the fanbase is even more insufferable now.

Legit question: Do Red Sox fans admit that their team has won by doing things the "Yankee way" (i.e. throw money at their issues) or do they refuse to accept that and still view the Yanks as the Evil Empire?

[ChicosBailBonds]

I would wager that every single team had at least 5-10 guys using something illegal in 2003.  Seems odd to pick on one guy because his name was leaked and who hasn't tested positive since.

The Sox are one of the richest (though not in the same ballpark as the Yankees or Dodgers) and one of the smartest (along with the A's, the Rays, the Braves and the Cardinals), which is a tough combo to beat. 

I'll be the first to admit that the fanbase was insufferable before we finally won.  Even though they hadn't won a World Series for a long time before 2004, they were in the thick of things just about every summer, so they were still fun to follow until late September.  It's not like we were the Cubs or something.

I wouldn't disagree with your wager.  I left the Angels in 2000 and my guess is your number is probably fairly accurate based on what I heard retroactively.  I also agree that as far as we know, he's been clean since.

Sox fans are more insufferable now then they were then, IMO. 

[MU B2002]

And the fanbase is even more insufferable now.

I believe the late arrivals to the bandwagon are what make the fanbase insufferable.

[wadesworld]

I would wager that every single team had at least 5-10 guys using something illegal in 2003.  Seems odd to pick on one guy because his name was leaked and who hasn't tested positive since.

The Sox are one of the richest (though not in the same ballpark as the Yankees or Dodgers) and one of the smartest (along with the A's, the Rays, the Braves and the Cardinals), which is a tough combo to beat. 

I'll be the first to admit that the fanbase was insufferable before we finally won.  Even though they hadn't won a World Series for a long time before 2004, they were in the thick of things just about every summer, so they were still fun to follow until late September.  It's not like we were the Cubs or something.

Agreed.  It baffles me that fans actually think there are teams out there who are without someone on their team who has used/is using PEDs.