[Tournament] 2007 MLB Discussion Thread

It would be nice if Arod hit more homers than the Yankees won games, but that is just wishful thinking on my {and Scott Boras'} part.

In other news, the Braves and Mets have been going back and forth with first and second place in the NL East for just about the entire season, but with Smoltz dislocating the last joint on his pinky finger on his pitching hand last night, I am not sure that the Braves will continue to keep pace.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

It's all about supply and demand. The Yankees needed a starting pitcher {or 3}, and Clemens is the only premier starter available right now. I'm sure that if Houston offered to give them Oswalt in exchange for cash, he would fetch a similar amount. Same could be said for guys like Brandon Webb, Felix Hernandez, Jake Peavy. Of course, if the Twins wanted to, they could probably have said to the Yankees "pay our entire team's salary this season and we will give you Johan Santana" and the Yankees would have said "who do we make the check out to".

Also, if given the choice of having Crawford, Baldelli, Delmon Young, BJ Upton, Jamie Shields, Scott Kazmir, and Elijah Dukes OR Roger Clemens, I would take the Rays. Clemens has no class; at least the Rays' problem children are trying to better themselves. Why would I want a guy who threw a broken bat at Mike Piazza during the World Series on my team? I guess the Yankees don't care about character these days.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by The Dopefish

Considering that using steroids wasn't illegal in Major League Baseball until a few years ago, I think the point is mostly moot.

That argument is stupid. The non-medical use of steroids is illegal in the United States.

They're never going to gain any hard evidence that Bonds did or did not use any performance enhancers, because there was not a test available at the time that would detect the designer steroids that he allegedly used, and because MLB does not save blood samples for use at a later date, when a reliable test may become available.

While I think that he did use performance enhancers, based on the changes in his body from say 97/98 to 2000/2001, it doesn't really matter. You can't take his homeruns away. You don't see anyone trying to strike Palmeiro's 3000+ hits and 500+ homers off the books, and he was actually caught and suspended for steroids.

I mean if it really and truly bothers you guys, keep in mind that there is a fair chance that Arod will pass him in about 7 years.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

That pissed me off more than anything, to be honest. ESPN cut away from the Auburn - K State game to show it. And then they showed the damn celebration afterwards. I'm trying to watch a damn football game involving Auburn, and I am from the south. Statistically speaking, does ESPN think I give a shit about something related to the Red Sox?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

You do realize that Steve Avery basically never did anything productive after the Braves traded him right?

So the Braves have two season in a row that they haven't been a dominant force, get over it. When was the last time Pittsburg even won more games than they lost? When was the last time Toronto made the playoffs? The fact is that the Braves are in a bit of a transitional period right now. Ten years ago, they had one of the highest payrolls in the game, while now they are somewhere closer to the middle of the pack, so that means that they have to make tough personnel choices every year, like most other teams in the game.

Part of the problem has been that they haven't really produced any top tier young pitchers in a while. The closest thing to that has been Wainwright, but they of course traded him to St. Louis in the JD Drew trade, which by the way, helped Atlanta win their division that year. I think that Braves are going in the right direction, and they have some young players in their farm system who will be able to help them over the next couple of years, so while I doubt they will ever run off another streak of even four or five consecutive division titles, much less 14, it isn't like this is the end of the franchise as a competitive team for ever and ever. You won't see them go 15 years without making the postseason like Pittsburg.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I think that Cleveland will beat the Rockies. Assuming Cleveland finishes off Boston.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?