Baseball discussion thread

[BOZ]

i'll be honest and tell you i'll be happy just to not see the yankees in the world series this year. i'd prefer the cubs to beat the marlins though, but as long as the red sox do their job i'll be happy.

 

[Morpheus]

No, the rule is that good pitching beats good hitting, and vice versa.

And if you think the Yankees have "good defense" you haven't been watching the collection of immobile zombies the Yankees have been running out there all year. Jeter is slow, Williams should be in left field, he can't cover center any more. Matsui and the various guys they run out the right are adequate fielders at best, and Giambi has become a slow, poor fielder even by standards applied to first basemen. The only player on the team who is actually fast is Soriano, and he can't cover the whole field by himself.

And Yankees pitching is no great shakes either. Both Pettite and Wells have ERAs over 4.00, and Clemens isn't that much better.

I agree-the Yankees defense isn't that good. Please remind me again how many gold gloves the Red Sox have won? Oh, that's right-their defense is even worse.

 

[Zerakon]

Can't we root for our respective teams without belittling others'? The Red Sox and Yankees both have great teams. And heck, they paid enough for them, didn't they? I'm a Red Sox fan and rooting for the Sox but I think the Yankees definitely have the edge going into this series -- pitchers more rested, Johnny Damon is injured and out for 2 games -- so the Sox are going to have to do something magical to win. Go BoSox!

 

[Krug]

That was a thrilling Cubs-Marlins game.. Cubs up 2-1! But a really tight, exciting series. should do wonders for baseball.

 

[Sirius_Black]

Can't we root for our respective teams without belittling others'?

That's just crazy talk! But, what else to expect from a Sox fan?

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

That's just crazy talk! But, what else to expect from a Sox fan?

Bill Buckner hate mail…

 

[BOZ]

That was a thrilling Cubs-Marlins game.. Cubs up 2-1! But a really tight, exciting series. should do wonders for baseball.

especially in my town.

 

[Zerakon]

That was a thrilling Cubs-Marlins game.. Cubs up 2-1! But a really tight, exciting series. should do wonders for baseball.

Jayson Stark wrote an interesting article (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2003/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&id=1634561) the other day about how good this post-season has been in terms of close games, and how baseball has perennially been really good in that closeness way over the last 8 or so years, especially compared with the NFL. However, considering baseball's popularity has steadily been declining while the NFL's has been rising, even with baseball having more exciting (statistically speaking, anyway) games, I'm pretty sure nothing will "do wonders for baseball" at this point. We baseball fans -- with the patience to watch a "slow" game like baseball -- are a slowly dying breed.

Anyhoo, I'm psyched for today's game... Pedro vs Roger at Fenway, series tied 1-1. Doesn't get much better than this...

 

[Krug]

Close game, though marred by that brawl. Too bad Pedro was slightly shaky and the Sox bats are stll asleep...

As for baseball's decline, part of it has to do with not having a good revenue-sharing plan. In NFL, any team has a fair chance of winning the Super Bowl due to parity. In baseball, the gap between the rich and poor teams is too wide.

 

[Silver Moon]

On the subject of the Red Sox, could somebody please answer a question. What is with the new "Cowboy Up" mantra? I understand that it is a rodeo expression for "get your act together", but why is it now associated with a team from Boston, Massachusetts? The last time that a real rodeo actually came to Boston it was headlined by Wild Bill Hickok.