Baseball

[alex3686]

Will the Astros ever be good. I wait for them every year, and yet they disappoint me again and again like the Marlins. Just want to see what everybody thinks.

 

[Milkman]

I used to be a Pirates fan...

 

[alex3686]

Originally Posted By: Milkman
I used to be a Pirates fan...


The Pirates are great this year, McCutchen is a solid hitter and is worth his weight in gold.

 

[Spazdog]

I'm a longtime Rangers fan.

I know what it's like to have your favorite team at the bottom of the A.L. West.

At least Minute Maid Park is air-conditioned. Rangers Ballpark is not. It's not as bad as sitting in the sun on aluminum bleachers in the old stadium (Arlington Stadium...recorded a 134° game temperature) but you still get cooked pretty good. I think the Marlins are the only team to have a home field that is nearly as hot.

 

[ChrisW]

Oooooooakland!

Let's go A's! Oakland all day every day!

 

[morepwr]

At least with the Astros, nobody expected much this year with them changing to the American league.

As a Dodger fan, a lot was expected with all the money they spent and all they are getting is the basement!

 

[synthetic_crazy]

Go Boston Red Sox!

 

[brave sir robin]

Buster Posey is lord.

That is all.

 

[dave1251]

I am a Cubs fan. So Astros fans once you reach a century of not reeking of awesomeness you can complain.

 

[Shannow]

Opener for next year is going to be in Sydney...

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/ns...2-1226662783768

Would it be an OK game to get tickets to ?

 

[Spazdog]

For me personally, that would be awesome.

But it's baseball. It can be kind of a slow game if you are not an enthusiast.

I was led to believe that Australia has a growing Japanese population. Surprised they didn't pick Yankees vs Rangers (Ichiro Suzuki/ Yu Darvish)

 

[yucca]

When I was a kid I enjoyed going to the Astrodome to watch J.R.Richard, Ken Forsh, Joe Niekro, Nolan Ryan and Dave Smith.

I moved to the desert of AZ and followed the Cubs (spring training)until the D-Backs came to be.

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted By: Spazdog
But it's baseball. It can be kind of a slow game if you are not an enthusiast.

Baseball (along with curling, of course) desperately needs a shot clock.

Perhaps the mound and the batter's box could be fitted with electric shock devices to punish time wasting.

Oddly enough, I much more enjoy reading about baseball history than watching a slow game!

 

[dwcopple]

seems to me that baseball players wait to get a huge $$$ deal, then stink up the rest of their career. Cue Pujols, A-Rod, Verlander, Andruw Jones, etc.

 

[Palut]

It's called the aging curve. By the time a player reaches free agency, they're often at or just past the peak production years of their late twenties. Sign somebody to a contract that ends after they're 35 or older and your likely to get bad production, at least toward the end.

 

[dwcopple]

Originally Posted By: Palut
at least toward the end.
right, but when it's immediately, it makes the player and the organization look bad...