Official 2011 MLB Thread: Playoffs??

[Kingfish]

Yeah, thanks for the Curt Schilling reference again. Nice job recycling that gem.

Gosh, I'm sorry. In the future, I'll try to reduce myself to your "Aybar *****er" level of humor.

 

[Erzengel]

Ayo Kingfish, did you mention the Shilling metaphor?

 

[Kingfish]

Yeah, thanks for the Curt Schilling reference again. Nice job recycling that gem.

Indeed, but only where apropos.

 

[John McGuirk]

Haha, wow. Nice job insulting me there, like that. Classy.

Glad to see Weaver got six games. Avila showed more class there than Weaver has most of his career.

 

[John McGuirk]

I don't think he was showboating, at least not in any way that appeared flagrant.

Exactly...

Okay Kingfish, if you hit a HR and it was looking to possibly go foul, you're telling me you'd trot the bases instantly. And if it went foul, would you really like to look dumb going back home?

EVEN IN THE MLB THE SHOW GAMES THEY WAIT TO SEE IF IT'S FOUL

God

 

[Darthphere]

Well if a video game does it.

 

[John McGuirk]

Hey brah, just sayin'. When I crack those homers in slow-pitch church league I wait to see if it stays fair

 

[Darthphere]

Don't ever call me brah again.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

D-Backs I can't believe they beat Cain and Lincecum on back-to-back days.

 

[John McGuirk]

But seriously, Kingfish. I don't hate you or anything, I'm just frustrated trying to explain why Mags isn't in the wrong... but since you're an Angels fan and I'm a Tigers fan we won't get along.

I read a lot of your posts in here (since I kinda go all over the place in SHH) and very much enjoy what you type out.

 

[The Riddler]

D-Backs I can't believe they beat Cain and Lincecum on back-to-back days.

in sf, no less. the dbacks are playing impressively right now.

besides sandoval, and maybe beltran now, the sf offense is seriously embarrassing right now. i have faith this team will wake up soon enough.

 

[Kingfish]

Okay Kingfish, if you hit a HR and it was looking to possibly go foul, you're telling me you'd trot the bases instantly. And if it went foul, would you really like to look dumb going back home?

You don't have to start trotting but move. Don't just stand there and watch the damn ball. And don't egg on the situation with your "I'm old" lines.

EVEN IN THE MLB THE SHOW GAMES THEY WAIT TO SEE IF IT'S FOUL

God

You're right. I concede the argument.

God

I don't hate you or anything, I'm just frustrated trying to explain why Mags isn't in the wrong... but since you're an Angels fan and I'm a Tigers fan we won't get along.

Everyone's in the wrong. Except Aybar. Magglio and especially Guillen for egging on the situation, Weaver for head-hunting, and Verlander for being a whiner.

 

[Poeman]

No Weaver is definitely in the wrong here...He crossed the line and started whining over Magglio's HR.

Someone must be going through some drama away from the game. Guillen just rubbed some salt to the wound after Weaver's shenanigans...Which I found to be hilarious, as expected Weaver threw the ball high and got himself tossed.

In the end, the only person who looks bad here is Weaver.

Kingfish just trying to back up his team here. lol

 

[War Party]

Ever since Pence has been in the lineup, Ryan Howard is 7-18. He's been seeing a ton more fastballs having that protection behind him. Such a great move to get that guy here.

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/tom_verducci/08/05/deer.antlers.arod/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t12_a2
Deer antler spray?

 

[John McGuirk]

Jackson just made the #1 play for SportsCenter tonight.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Whiny, ******* fan gets rewarded for being a whiny *******.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...=AipDEZnqyhkrXOl._QunBVgRvLYF?urn=mlb-wp15224

If you don't feel like reading, the guy drove 200 miles to go to a Tigers game. It was a Sunday game and no BP, so his kids didn't get to meet any players or try to get autographs. After the game they let kids run the bases, they chose to not wait in the long line and go to a souvenir shop. When they got back, they weren't allowed to run the bases. So he writes a profanity-laden letter to Jim Leyland and a profanity-free one to the assistant GM. Leyland talked to him on the phone and gave him free tickets.

 

[John McGuirk]

Ugh, I would've said "You're a whiner" and that's it. What a crybaby.

 

[Immortalfire]

Looks like America's new pastime is entitlement. What a brat

 

[The Incredible Hulk]

Looks like America's new pastime is entitlement. What a brat

New? Have you ever met anyone 25 and younger?

 

[John McGuirk]

Hey, I'm 24. And I resent that

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

Immortalfire is right, we've become a nation of *****es.

 

[Kingfish]

Immortalfire is right, we've become a nation of *****es.

On that note:

http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-code-of-baseball.html#more

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

On that note:

http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2011/08/new-code-of-baseball.html#more

Hey, I read that. I also like what he says here.

There was something else about Guillen's amateur hour act and the people who wanted to explain it away that bugged me … they said he was doing it to stand up for a teammate. Fine. But by doing it he had to KNOW that the next batter was going to get plunked. I mean there was never even a second of doubt that Weaver was going to throw at Alex Avila. The umpire knew it, which is why he walked out to warn Weaver and then warned both benches. The fans knew it. The announcers knew it. Everyone knew it. He was absolutely going to throw at Avila. How about what Guillen did for THAT teammate?

 

[cyborg ninja 14]

But I still think everyone was in the wrong.

Weaver overreacts to what he perceives to be showboating by Mags.

Guillen overreacts and trolls Weaver for his overreacting to Mags

Weaver overreacts to Guillen trolling in response to his initial overreacting.

Then you had the Verlander staring down Aybar, which isn't the first time a pitcher got mad at a hitter for bunting in the late stages of a no-no.