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I decided to only buy tickets to two Red Sox games this year. My ritual Patriots Day game appearance, and against the Braves in June for interleague fun.
I would usually get tickets for games in September also, but lately that's just been disappointing.
Baseball Tonight is back, looks like it's time to gear up for baseball.
You missing Harold Reynolds, glenn?
Hah, no, just hating on Baseball Tonight and ESPN in general. A few years ago John Kruk said Randy Johnson would win 30 games for his "bold prediction" before the season. It's obviously completely asinine considering at best he'd start 34 games in a year. On some radio interview he gave later he said something about how they basically make people come up with ridiculous predictions like that. The entire thing is just dumb.
Also, you get hard-hitting analysis from guys like Fernando Vina. Every time he talks it's something like "Pujols put a good swing on it, hits it into the gap. Boom. Double. Nice piece of hitting."
Watch out for the Mets this year guys. Don't underestimate them just because Jose Reyes left. Lucas Duda, Daniel Murphy, and Ike Davis would all probably have huge seasons, and David Wright and Jason Bay could bounce back now that Citi Field isn't a huge valley anymore. Look at the moves we made at the bullpen. Oh, and I almost forgot, Johan Santana is back... Just sayin'
Watch out for the Mets this year guys. Don't underestimate them just because Jose Reyes left. Lucas Duda, Daniel Murphy, and Ike Davis would all probably have huge seasons, and David Wright and Jason Bay could bounce back now that Citi Field isn't a huge valley anymore. Look at the moves we made at the bullpen. Oh, and I almost forgot, Johan Santana is back... Just sayin'
As a Mets fan for over 26 years.....the fuck you smokin', son!?
Seriously, the opening day lineup will look like this:
Torres (or Tejada) Murphy Wright Davis Duda Bay Tejada (or Torres) Thole Dickey
They may score some runs, if all of the 6 billion variables in play fall in the Mets favor, but that is an atrocious team defensively. And outside of Dickey, you have Niese to be mildly excited about....and then a truckload of elephant sh!t after that. The bullpen is good, but they'll crumble under the immense workload they'll have, just like last year.
This team is a complete and utter embarrassment. I'll root for the players because it's not their fault, and Terry Collins because he's been doing a good job while being equipped with a Quadruple-A team in the biggest market in the country (and probably the world).
Did you know the Mets' 2012 payroll is projected to be $93 million? That's 15th in the MLB, behind the Twins. If you take away Johan's $23.5 mil salary (I have as much faith in him pitching more than 3 starts as I do that I'll pick up a guitar tomorrow and play Little Wing note for note), then you have an active team payroll around $70. That'd be the 8th lowest in baseball.
I can't help but feel extremely excited about the Braves this year. Not saying they win the WS or anything but anxious to see how Pastornicky pans out and if Beachy/Minor strengthen the bottom of the rotation. I'm not too upset Braves didn't make any moves because they have flown under the radar.
I will try not to black out at this year's home opener.
Having Bourne for a full season and a more consistent Uggla will help a ton day-in and day-out. Those two give the team so much hard work and hustle. The x factor's will be Heyward (of course) and Hanson (still waiting on that complete season from him). Should also see Teheran a bit more this year.
But really, I just wanna watch my main man Beachy strike a bunch of fools out.
-When I Hear My Name -Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground -Blue Orchid -Passive Manipulation -Red Rain -Death Letter -My Doorbell -Hotel Yorba -Same Boy You've Always Known -Lovesick -Little Ghost -We're Going to Be Friends -The Hardest Button to Button -Black Math -The Nurse -I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
Encore: -Ball and Biscuit -Seven Nation Army -Screwdriver
So glad there are some mets fans on here. I live in the philly area so i have to put up with that all the time. I try to avoid the area and the fans at all costs.
Now i'm gonna have to agree with omar (then again who wouldn't after the wire). But realistically, the mets are not gonna be anything Grand this year, which is sad. But they definitely don't have the pitching and although they may have offense, knowing them it'll show up mid season and go away by september. I just hope they do something to upset the phillies season. Like a line drive that fracture's cole hamels skull then utley tears an ACL trying to field the ball and Howard tears his achillies trying to stretch and make the play.... yeah something along those lines and this season won't be disappointing
I actually think the Mets' offense will be alright - I think Wright bounces back, I think Davis has a monster year (I'm calling 30+ HR), Duda can hit, I have to imagine Bay is at least an average player this year...but their pitching is garbage. Just terrible.
I think the Braves take the NL East - I like their pitching a ton, the Phillies haven't gotten any better, the Marlins made some moves but I don't know how they'll work out. Meanwhile, the Braves are returning a young, talented team. I think Freddie Freeman continues to improve, Hayward bounces back, McCann is his usual self, Bourn creates a ton of runs, Chipper Jones' leg falls off...should be a fun season.
Jason Bay said, with a straight face, that he'll hit 30 this year.
I will give him 15, and that's only because they moved the wall in right where he hits 90% of his fly balls.
Wright is overrated, people think he is capable of carrying a team, but he really isn't. He's a windmill whose speed/power combo makes people blur the line between fantasy beast and real life superstar.
I love Ike though. I just worry that he's been permanently ruined by the crack medical staff the Mets employ. How many players need a walking boot for 6 months after spraining an ankle? But no surgery was needed!? sounds like a win!
Duda-Paper is a good hitter, yes, but he is the starting right fielder on a professional baseball team that I could handily beat in a foot race.
They will be probably close to the league average in runs, which would be great if they had the Braves' pitching staff and defense from the 90s. But they don't. Their defense will be the worst in baseball most likely.
I agree that Bravos win the East. Miami is too volatile and Philly is too old.
But I can't post in this thread without a Freddy and Jeffy Coupon rant. The Silverspoons are at it again and this time they have no sense of the hatred the fan base has for them, apparently.
3 examples from the past few days to show how clueless they are.
1. The financially-strapped organization that has gutted a National League franchise, takes a helicopter ride from Port St Lucie to Miami to watch Knicks-Heat. Hey d!ckbags! Does the organization employ a PR man? Do they realize how bad this looks?
2. Silver Spoon Jeffy is now in charge of motivation, practical jokes and the like. Uh, what??? WTF is he thinking unveiling his U t-shirt? For those that don't know, he handed out Underdog shirts to the team - like the cartoon super hero Underdog. I love that Wright slapped that right down. You would almost like to see the players pull Jeffy into the locker room and give him a noogie, mussing up his hair.
3. Freddy responding to money questions by pulling a roll of bills out of his pocket. Then during his discourse, says the Coupons will own the team for a long time and questions whether the fans like that news or not. Again, does he have any sense of the hatred the fan base has for him for ruining this team?
Please, please can the Madoff victims win a big judgement against these arrogant, ignorant, clueless assholes?
Post by Longtime and Frequent Poster on Mar 1, 2012 0:16:37 GMT -5
Washington's going to surprise this year. Not that they'll win the division, but there shouldn't be all these posts about the NL East without even mentioning them.
The Nats will finish fourth above the Mets? Sounds about right.
Miami is a wild card (not the playoff spot, just who knows what they'll do). Philly got tons of experience and should contend. Braves are solid. The NL East looks like the best division in baseball, except for the Mutts.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.