Official 2011 MLB Thread - Part 1

[steintym]

White Sox looked pretty good this weekend ... Granted it was against the Indians but I'll take it.

BTW - It was embarrasing to see such an empty stadium in Cleveland this early in the season. On Saturday, they set a record for their lowest attendance ... only to be surpassed by even lower attendance on Sunday.

 

[jacobed]

First 2 weeks in the season is always the Royals winning days it seems like and then everything falls back into place with Minnesota, Detroit, and Chicago battling for first.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Hello Win Column.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

Brilliant

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

wow

cruz is a straight up beast this year...not a surprise....rangers win

 

[Spidey-Bat]

wow

cruz is a straight up beast this week...not a surprise....rangers win

Fixed

 

[Franklin Richards]

What's the old saw?


"You can't win it in April but you can sure as Hell lose it."


So far we ain't losin' it.

 

[bored]

First 2 weeks in the season is always the Royals winning days it seems like and then everything falls back into place with Minnesota, Detroit, and Chicago battling for first.

Dammit, rain, what did my parade ever do to you?

 

[enterthemadness]

Dammit, rain, what did my parade ever do to you?

Hey now....you got the Chiefs...

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

What's the old saw?


"You can't win it in April but you can sure as Hell lose it."


So far we ain't losin' it.

Pretty sure those repeated Cap shields can go in your sig


jag


on a final note venom

 

[Avengers-Report]

Yankees Yankees Yankees!!!

 

[jacobed]

Damn Baker made 2 bad pitches and paid dearly for it. That's the thing with the Yankees you can't get away with making too many mistakes.

 

[Franklin Richards]

So why are the Yankees at number one in ESPN's Power Rankings? Did they get younger and somehow retcon the fact that the Rangers beat their ass in the ALCS?


Didn't the reigning ALCS Champions just sweep the preseason favorite Boston Red Sox?


Jesus, ESPN! Is Brett Favre in the top 10 as well?

 

[Immortalfire]

Brett is always #1.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

So why are the Yankees at number one in ESPN's Power Rankings? Did they get younger and somehow retcon the fact that the Rangers beat their ass in the ALCS?


Didn't the reigning ALCS Champions just sweep the preseason favorite Boston Red Sox?


Jesus, ESPN! Is Brett Favre in the top 10 as well?

Power rankings are pretty useless, don't pay attention to them. And they wouldn't factor events that happened last season.

 

[Franklin Richards]

If they don't factor last season then how do they come up with them before the season starts?

 

[Spidey-Bat]

They don't factor last year because rosters change. Power rankings are basically "Who had the best week?"

 

[Erzengel]

They have 0-3 teams over 2-1 teams. I wouldn't get too excited if your team was #1 or wasn't #1.

 

[Avengers-Report]

They have 0-3 teams over 2-1 teams. I wouldn't get too excited if your team was #1 or wasn't #1.

Pretty sure the Red Socks should still be ranked higher than the O's.

 

[Erzengel]

In terms of the first 3 games? No.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

If they don't factor last season then how do they come up with them before the season starts?

Essentially they do preseason rankings by judging teams on paper, like everyone does. If you have the biggest acquisition of talent you're superficially looking better than a team like the Rangers who didn't retain Cliff Lee but kept the core of players that somewhat overachieved last season.

Also, what Spidey said. It's inconsequential fluff based on small sample sizes of play thus far.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

Pretty sure the Red Socks should still be ranked higher than the O's.

Over a whole season, yes. Probably not on a week-to-week basis due to constant performance fluctuations. The O's have a good crop of talent (especially pitching), while the Red Sox have the reputation of success and Adrian ****ing Gonzalez.

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

Ogando is pitching brilliantly tonight...Looks like a starter to me!

 

[steintym]

Damn Royals are hanging tough with the Sox. Sox put up four in the first and the Royals came right back. Things have settled down a bit now.

 

[WalkingDeadMike]

The Mets rocked Hammels for 6 in the 3rd. At the end of the night they may be in 1st place in the NL East. Who knows how often I'll be able to say that, so I'm going to enjoy it while I can.