2007 MLB Thread

I mean come on, how can you get swept by the Houston Astros and hope to get a pennant?

The worst was the game against Woody Williams..........this has been a hellish week for Cub fans. Soriano goes down, A Ram is getting an MRI on his wrist today. I'm still believing they can take the NL Central though.
 
Well I would say my Reds but they are pretty much down and out of the race for the NL central. I say the Brew Crew will get it back together to win it.
 
Predictions for the NL Centeral? The Brewers are loosing whatever hot they had, and the Cubbies are missing something they had that won them games. I mean come on, how can you get swept by the Houston Astros and hope to get a pennant?

The Cubs on a late season slide?...I haven't heard those words used in the same sentence since...uhh yesterday. :(:1orglaugh
 
Eh. Whatever my Brewers do, I'll be happy...or resigned. Although it WOULD be nice to honor my pledge to pee my pants when they make the playoffs. :D
 
Eh. Whatever my Brewers do, I'll be happy...or resigned. Although it WOULD be nice to honor my pledge to pee my pants when they make the playoffs. :D

Be careful, you don't want to become superstitious and have to do that every time because you think it's become a good luck charm. :1orglaugh
 
I am getting really concerned fro the Red Sox lately. The Yankees are coming up on them way too fast. Oh well, we still play Tampa Bay 3 more times I think :).
 
As much as I love my Yankees, and as much as I despise the damn Red Sox. I just don't think we can do it this year, now hopefully I'm wrong. But I'm feeling good about the wild card. Hell with the season theyve had I'mm be thrilled with the card. But I'll be a man about it and give the Sox credit where credit is due, if they do win the division, then they do deserve it. As much as it pains me to say that.
 
Welcome back Rick Ankiel. :D

He had 32 home runs, 89 RBI in 389 at-bats at Triple-A Memphis. He started 0-3, then hit a three-run homer in the seventh. (< rather harsh headline to the AP story :mad: )

As a Cardinals fan I'm especially happy about it. We haven't had much to be happy about this year. Although we are only 5.5 games out of first place in the pathetic NL central. It's 2006 all over again. :1orglaugh

Rick Ankiel, reason #122,723 of why there is no such thing as a pitching prospect. :1orglaugh
 
I think I'll take a page out your playbook.
truthful headline. he failed ....after going 11-7 in 30 starts, 175 IP, 194 strikouts, 3.50 ERA, finishing #2 in ROY balloting to rafael furcal, as a 21-year old rookie
^corrected

Perhaps if Larussa hadn't started a 21 year old rookie in game one of the playoffs, things might have been different. Oh, and I clearly didn't say the headline wasn't correct (technicallly), I said it was harsh. Instead of pointing out how astonishing this comeback was and taking a more positive spin on it, they chose a negative headline. To me, this has to be the feel-good baseball story of the year.
 
I think I'll take a page out your playbook.

^corrected

Perhaps if Larussa hadn't started a 21 year old rookie in game one of the playoffs, things might have been different. Oh, and I clearly didn't say the headline wasn't correct (technicallly), I said it was harsh. Instead of pointing out how astonishing this comeback was and taking a more positive spin on it, they chose a negative headline. To me, this has to be the feel-good baseball story of the year.

feel good story? yep. but he did fail. larussa is not to blame. he went with the best available, and the best available choked. he then lost his mind and couldnt throw another strike. that is failure at its worst. but, yes it is a great story. i do hope he makes it, but he wont. :2 cents:
 
he then lost his mind and couldnt throw another strike. that is failure at its worst.

I remember it. You don't often see a meltdown like that. It's really sad because his piching stuff was electric when he could get it going. I remember for much of the year in the minors his ERA was near 1.00. The only thing I think you could compare it to is what happened to Steve Blass or maybe Mark Wohlers to some extent.
 
I wasn't blaming larussa completely. But I do think putting the pressure of starting Game 1 of the playoffs on a 21-year old helped contribute to the meltdown. And I also think that they left him in that game way too long. I think Larussa does hold a lot of guilt over what happened. Did you see him react to Ankiel's homer? I've never seen him react that much, over anything ever (you could say he was drunk with enthusiasm ;) ). Not even the World Series win.

As far as making it? I don't think he'll be an all-star, but he'll definitley be a solid #3 or 4 OF for some MLB team somewhere, for many more years to come. He was leading the minor leagues in HR and he's still only 28. :2 cents:
 
And so begins the Red Sox August choke fest. Disregard my last post about me thinkin the Yankees still wouldnt catch them for the division.

If Gange gets in shape and Ortiz takes time to get over his injury instead of staying in the line-up uselessly, they may be able to hold off the Yankees.
 
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