Official 2011 MLB Thread - Part 1

[steintym]

The Cubs looked dead in the water and have now exploded for 8 runs in the 8th. Some really crazy plays in this one.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

D-Back to .500

 

[Duke]

SF Giants sweep A's!!!!

 

[The Riddler]

D-Back to .500

second place may be in reach.

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Lost 2 out of 3 to the Pirates



And the freaking Indians are an unstoppable force.....

 

[Poeman]

Love the way the Indians are playing...Doesnt mean much if they dont make it to the playoffs...But with Indians playing well and two top 5 picks in the NBA draft.

The city of Cleveland has some revived hope again...only for a short time though

 

[Duke]

Love the way the Indians are playing...Doesnt mean much if they dont make it to the playoffs...But with Indians playing well and two top 5 picks in the NBA draft.

The city of Cleveland has some revived hope again...only for a short time though

It really need the sense of some hope.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

The Mets owner Fred Wilpon said some stupid **** in an interview...

“(Jose Reyes) thinks he’s going to get Carl Crawford money. … He’s had everything wrong with him. He won’t get it.”

“We had some schmuck in New York who paid (Carlos Beltran) based on that one series. He’s sixty-five to seventy percent of what he was.”

“(David Wright is a) really good kid. A very good player. Not a superstar.”

“(Ike Davis is a) Good hitter. … ****** team – good hitter.”

 

[Avengers-Report]

The Mets owner Fred Wilpon said some stupid **** in an interview...

“(Jose Reyes) thinks he’s going to get Carl Crawford money. … He’s had everything wrong with him. He won’t get it.”

“We had some schmuck in New York who paid (Carlos Beltran) based on that one series. He’s sixty-five to seventy percent of what he was.”

“(David Wright is a) really good kid. A very good player. Not a superstar.”

“(Ike Davis is a) Good hitter. … ****** team – good hitter.”

Lmao the Mets...

 

[Erzengel]

Smells like scorched Earth coming to a Citifield near you.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

second place may be in reach.

Better than last at least, I would say they have potential to finish above San Diego and LA.

.But with Indians playing well and two top 5 picks in the NBA draft.

Oh man, Kyrie Irving and Derrick Williams are going to fit nicely in that Indians lineup.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

The Mets owner Fred Wilpon said some stupid **** in an interview...

“(Jose Reyes) thinks he’s going to get Carl Crawford money. … He’s had everything wrong with him. He won’t get it.”

“We had some schmuck in New York who paid (Carlos Beltran) based on that one series. He’s sixty-five to seventy percent of what he was.”

“(David Wright is a) really good kid. A very good player. Not a superstar.”

“(Ike Davis is a) Good hitter. … ****** team – good hitter.”

Fred please sell your team, now.

 

[Poeman]

Lmao the Mets...

 

[Poeman]

Better than last at least, I would say they have potential to finish above San Diego and LA.



Oh man, Kyrie Irving and Derrick Williams are going to fit nicely in that Indians lineup.

They certainly can fit in the amazing Diamondbacks lineup, to bad they have are going to take their talents potentially to OHIO.

 

[BlackLantern]

Fred please sell your team, now.

seriously

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

They certainly can fit in the amazing Diamondbacks lineup, to bad they have are going to take their talents potentially to OHIO.

I can live with that

 

[FCEEVIPER]

More From Fred Wilpon: The Mets Are ‘Bleeding Cash’
5/24/11 at 11:40 AM

Fred Wilpon's public comments this week aren't limited to his ill-advised "disses" in the pages of The New Yorker. Sports Illustrated also has a piece on Wilpon in its issue out this week and details have already leaked out. You might want to sit down for this: The Mets aren't in great shape financially.

Among the highlights in the SI article:

• Wilpon says the Mets are "bleeding cash" and could lose as much as $70 million this year.

• Wilpon is willing to discuss a settlement with Irving Picard regarding the fictitious profits that the Madoff trustee has valued at $295 million, but not regarding the $700 million in principal that he and his partners had invested with Madoff.

• Wilpon says that he could reach an agreement to sell a minority interest in the team within three weeks, and the magazine reports that one of the leading contenders has not been mentioned in press reports.

• And Wilpon also tells the magazine that he fears the $1 billion lawsuit filed by Picard could cost him ownership of the team, if Picard prevails.

That last one isn't much of a surprise: He might need more than a $200 million infusion from a minority owner if Picard gets his way. (The Wilpons had maintained that they would not be selling a majority interest in the team, but now, it seems, even Fred has some doubts as to whether they'd be able to maintain control, depending on the Picard lawsuit.) The takeaway here: If Picard gets his way, so might those calling for Wilpon to sell the team. In the meantime, we know roughly how much money the team will be losing. Some week of publicity, huh?

Fred, do the city, Baseball, Mets fans and yourself a favor and please sell this team.

 

[Poeman]

Fred talking hurt Beltran's value for sure...But the David Wright comment is the worst of them all...He probably doesnt want to be here now

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Fred talking hurt Beltran's value for sure...But the David Wright comment is the worst of them all...He probably doesnt want to be here now

Didn't think what he said about Wright was all that inaccurate. He's a good player, not great. He's aided a lot by playing in NY and having the hype machine behind him. Put Wright on the Padres, Brewers or some other mid to small market team and he's likely viewed in a completely different light.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

There was no need disparage your team's best player who does every single thing you ask of him.

 

[FCEEVIPER]

There was no need disparage your team's best player who does every single thing you ask of him.

Totally agreed.

Didn't think what he said about Wright was all that inaccurate. He's a good player, not great. He's aided a lot by playing in NY and having the hype machine behind him. Put Wright on the Padres, Brewers or some other mid to small market team and he's likely viewed in a completely different light.

But yeah nothing of what Fred said isn't the truth about the Mets and I'm a die hard Mets fan and I understand his frustrations about the players in question, but as a owner he should keep those comments in-house and instead of saying those comments at all he should deal with his feeling about the team by changing/improving his team and not despairing them.

He should have never put down the face of the team, Wright may not be a "superstar" as he would like him to be but Wright IS the face of the franchise and like SpideyB said Wright has done nothing but do what has been asked of him on and off the field.

Fred is not Steinbrenner, he shouldn't try to be him.

 

[John McGuirk]

Miguel Effing Cabrera

Three-run shot just now

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Miguel Effing Cabrera

Three-run shot just now

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Nice to see the team pick up Verlander last night, who looked human for the first time in a while.

 

[bored]

As if the last two weeks haven't been rough enough for Royals fans, we've just lost Paul Splittorf, one of the team's all-time great pitchers, and its top television announcer basically since he retired.

 

[steintym]

Huge game for Quentin last night, three HRs. That guy is definitely all or nothing.