Non-Pirates Baseball Thread

[columbia]

That's kind of like wishing your friend good luck, after you marry his GF.

[MWB]

Well, yeah.
I'd much rather see them contend than the Red Sox though.

[Kraftster]

I thought when the Nats removed Clippard as the closer that it was too late in the season to be making a move like that. Although I see Clippard gave up a run in the 8th.

[shafnutz05]

I think Dejan is 100% right here:

There were nine teams in Major League Baseball with payrolls of $100 million-plus. Four of those -- Yankees, Tigers, Cardinals, Giants -- are the ones left in the League Championship Series.

And from the national (New York/Boston) baseball media, you will neither read nor hear a peep about this.

It's completely acceptable to them. It's the norm. It's the natural order of things, that the Yankees and Red Sox and others start out with an incredible financial advantage. It means their owners care. It means their fans care. It means they're doing their best, unlike those freeloading bottom-feeders awaiting welfare checks.

Not even from a Pirates perspective, but the lack of a salary cap in baseball just sucks.

[MWB]

Everyone is making money, so no one is going to complain.

[shafnutz05]

Everyone is making money, so no one is going to complain.

yup...and it sucks

[MWB]

Yanks not catching any breaks in the first couple innings.

Ib4 "they always get the breaks"

[shafnutz05]

Just from my eyeball I thought Cano was safe easily at first there.

[MWB]

Everyone is making money, so no one is going to complain.

yup...and it sucks

If there's ever going to be a change (and I don't think there will be) the small and mid market teams need to push it. They won't. They also wouldn't want a floor, which would come with a cap.

[MWB]

Just from my eyeball I thought Cano was safe easily at first there.

I thought he was out before I saw the replay. The umps almost always get that one right.

[MWB]

Home plate ump is woefully inconsistent tonight.

[shafnutz05]

Just from my eyeball I thought Cano was safe easily at first there.

I thought he was out before I saw the replay. The umps almost always get that one right.

You're feeling really confrontational tonight, aren't you?

[MWB]

Problem with that?
:pop:

[shafnutz05]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/wrong-call-hurts-yankees-second-inning-014849616--mlb.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Yup...it wasn't even close

[MWB]

Yeah, it cost them a run for sure. They have had plenty of other chances they should have capitalized on though.

[shafnutz05]

wtfwtfwtfwtfwtf RAUL IBANEZ?!?!?!?!?! wowoowwoowowowoowoowowoow

[MWB]

Raul f'n Ibanez

[ulf]

I love baseball

[DudeMan2766]

Watching Pens- Caps 24/7 (comming up on 2 years old mind you) and I'm now twice as glad the Nationals lost.

[DudeMan2766]

Watching Pens- Caps 24/7 (comming up on 2 years old mind you) and I'm now twice as glad the Nationals lost.

I also miss Mike Rupp

[FreeCandy44]

Jeter is injured...hoping the Yankees go down like the Titanic.

[DudeMan2766]

what happend to him?

[llipgh2]

Reports are Jeter's ankle is fractured. He's done for the playoffs

[FreeCandy44]

Yep..broke ankle. Out for 3 months.

[offsides]

I sure am not cheering this or any other injury, but I hate the Yankees so much this does not make me sad.