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Official 2011 MLB Thread

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Anathema
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only a week until the regular season kicks off. GET STOKED!

holy shit philly has the most epic starting rotation of all time. can't wait. such a relaxing way to spend an evening, not to mention the atmosphere at big games is unreal. loves me a night at the ball diamond.

p.s, go jays.
Mar 24 2011 9:12PM
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soulskier
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and a new first round derby record?!?
Jul 7 2011 9:08PM
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1337
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at the red sox game right now! sox are up 5-3
Jul 7 2011 9:12PM
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sugarloaf
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Make that 7-3. Yaaa buddy. Laser show tonight
Jul 7 2011 9:20PM
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1337
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that home run was 20 rows behind me, im sitting first row back from the field near the pesky pole
Jul 7 2011 9:25PM
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1337
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two more home runs, fyeah
Jul 7 2011 9:39PM
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sugarloaf
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Back to back to back homers. Haha guess
Jul 7 2011 9:42PM
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sugarloaf
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...we won't be needing pap tonight
Jul 7 2011 9:43PM
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_Jeffrey_
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Fuck this. The Giants are losing it!
Aug 3 2011 12:39AM
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jimmer
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yea dude for real. i was at the game last night and it was rough to watch. they're gonna have to change the squad up more if they want another world series shot.
Aug 3 2011 1:09AM
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fujarome
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red sox need to stop having ridiculous rain delays, and start speeding up the games.


Got released after 2:30am last week, and had a 12:45 release tonight.

Big weekend against new york though. No doubt will bring a shit load of problems as well as 5 hour games.
Aug 3 2011 1:53AM
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DERS.
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ORIOLES YEEEEEE... 5th straight season in the cellar
Aug 3 2011 1:58AM
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_Jeffrey_
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No kidding. Did they really have to pick up Orlando Cabrera?
Aug 3 2011 2:14AM
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Snowgoner
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just droppin in to post this

http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?c_id=bos&content_id=17782089&topic_id=9781914
Aug 8 2011 9:15AM
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sugarloaf
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^ Josh reddick has arrived. This team is starting to feel pretty special
Aug 8 2011 9:28AM
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fujarome
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last night's game was crazy, even though i lost all sense of hope as soon as we hit extra innings. 8pm espn games are the absolute worst to work.
Aug 8 2011 11:39AM
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_Jeffrey_
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FUCK ESPN ALL THEY PLAY ARE YANKEES AND REDSOX. THOSE TEAMS NEED TO STOP SUCKING ESPN'S DICK
Aug 8 2011 4:21PM
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fujarome
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...espn has a different match up every sunday. its the biggest rivalry in baseball, and people want to see it so of course its gonna be on espn. its
Aug 8 2011 4:44PM
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DockEllis
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braves need to get the consistency back, kinda cooled off lately and are 8.5 back of the phils...still 3.5 up in the wild card though yeahhh, stoked they picked up michael bourne good move right there
Aug 8 2011 5:07PM
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sugarloaf
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this. whether you wanna see it or not, last night's ratings were double what espn usually gets on a sunday night. i guess the sox/twins is on espn tonight too but also going to be broadcasted on nesn here in new england. don, rem dawg and heidi ftw
Aug 8 2011 5:10PM
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.Natty.
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it was a big series, espn plays the cardinals, cubs, phillies and a few other national league teams SO much... unless the sox and yankees are playing
Aug 8 2011 5:23PM
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.Natty.
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and that rivalry has the biggest following in baseball, people care about sox yanks games
Aug 8 2011 5:24PM
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tralberda
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Im a yankees fan but i would have to agree that espn should play some other teams. Last nights game was sorry as hell. I am incredibly happy to see the pirates doing so well. TGOD
Aug 8 2011 9:15PM
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_Jeffrey_
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they need to stop playing the "popular" teams. they should be playing more Giants games.
Aug 9 2011 1:09AM
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fujarome
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so basically what you're saying is that espn should play games that they know will get lower ratings, fewer viewers, and won't bring in as much money?

I hope you're not planning on running a successful business one day with that mentality.


That said, everything about working an espn or fox game absolutely sucks. Just the 8 05pm start time on a sunday night is awful.
Aug 9 2011 1:13AM
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_Jeffrey_
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no i'm saying that they should play more west coast teams.
Aug 9 2011 1:43AM
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Funnel
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ESPN loves Northeastern teams and it drives me fucking crazy. Giants 'till the day I die!
Aug 9 2011 2:52AM
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_Jeffrey_
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Jonathan Sanchez. What are the Giants going to do with him.
Aug 10 2011 6:08PM
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jimmer
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let him pitch his next start and hope to god he doesn't blow it. his backup is zito, and i'd rather stick with sanchez.

i was for trading him coming off last season when his value was pretty high (we could have gotten a lot for a world series champion starter with a no hitter)but now he got injured and is sucking so we probably couldn't get as much. hopefully he remembers how to throw strikes soon and we can go back to loving him.
Aug 10 2011 8:50PM
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Bar_Down
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brett lawrie, good Canadian boy, gets a nice slammer first week in the majors like a boss
Aug 10 2011 9:37PM
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Snowgoner
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red sox take 2 out of 3. hell yea
Aug 10 2011 9:38PM
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_Jeffrey_
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he is one hell of a good ball player
Aug 11 2011 2:09AM
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daskis
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Bump because I'm going to the Sox game tomorrow! Anyone else?
Aug 15 2011 10:20PM
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_Jeffrey_
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Fuck you Brian Wilson. Shave that damn beard.
Aug 16 2011 1:21AM
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fujarome
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well i work there...so i'll be around. Hopefully going to be a quiet day for us. Yankees were no fun walk in the park. I was sweating my ass off going up and down the stairs with those issues.


Going to be a long double header.
Aug 16 2011 1:28AM
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_Jeffrey_
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this is not the Giants year. but props to the D-Backs
Aug 30 2011 1:07AM
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PacificRimJob
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Hehehe Lets go D'Backs.

I LOVE seein that whoreshow of a bandwagon get punched in the nose back down to where they belong... Overachievers one year, does not a great team make.

Suck it Giants... You can't even win in Oakland when you take over the stadium with bandwagon orange...
Aug 30 2011 1:13AM
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_Jeffrey_
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Are you calling me a bandwagon fan? i was a Giants fan since i was pretty much born.
Aug 30 2011 1:16AM
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PacificRimJob
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1989.

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Aug 30 2011 1:22AM
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_Jeffrey_
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i've got nothing. against the A's. They have the most loyal fans in baseball. Yes the Giants do have a lot of bandwagon fans.
Aug 30 2011 1:27AM
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PacificRimJob
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I used to have nothing against the Giants... I still wouldn't if your team would stop being douchebags and repay the favour we gave you so you didn't have to become the Devil Rays in 1992...

Give us Santa Clara Co. back, so WE can build a stadium there. Oakland didn't pan out because theres not really any good place to put it unless we build it on land that would sink in a quake, or be too far from Bart. Fremont didn't pan out, because their city council is a bunch of idiots. We have a great option down there in San Jose, and it's even further from you guys than Oakland. Stop being cunts, give us back our land.

[img]http://www.ciscofieldstadium.com/images/territory.jpg[img]

^this is why I hate the Giants. Fuck territorial rights.
Aug 30 2011 1:32AM
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PacificRimJob
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Aug 30 2011 1:33AM
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_Jeffrey_
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as long as it's not in San Francisco. i don't think there would be a problem. but thats just me. but i thought there the "Oakland A's"
Aug 30 2011 1:38AM
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Jamestown
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Sean you need to let people like a sports team sometimes. No need to convince everyone not to like their team every time it's mentioned.
Aug 30 2011 1:48AM
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PacificRimJob
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They are currently the Oakland A's, yes... but like I just said... there's not much land available in the East Bay for building a stadium close enough to Bart. Building a stadium in San Jose would coincide with Bart extending through to San Jose, right to the stadium.

The only reason the Giants are doing this is to be total fuckwad assholes and try to kick the A's out of the Bay Area so they could lay claim to the entire area - making them the only ticket in the bay area all summer long for the largest metro area of any one team in the country...

History lesson:

The A's gave San Jose to the Giants in 1992 so they didn't have to move to Florida... The Dodgers even pleaded the A's to keep them in town...

The Giants were thisclose to moving to San Jose on their own (Actually Sunnyvale or Mountainview - right by where the Googleplex and Shoreline ampetheatre are, but close enough lol), until they were able to garner enough votes for the Phonebooth Palace...

I wish the A's could stay in Oakland, but if San Jose is where they need to go, then fuck off, SF... give us our land back...
Aug 30 2011 1:49AM
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PacificRimJob
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Haha oh, and I'm not allowed to poke jabs? =)

Poke back, beeeyotch!
Aug 30 2011 1:50AM
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Proletariat.
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Vancouver Canadians on course to regaining their Triple-A status
Aug 30 2011 1:51AM
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PacificRimJob
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Sorry Sacramento stole your team... It made more sense though lol.
Aug 30 2011 1:52AM
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Proletariat.
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If it wasn't for you meddling Californians... But in all seriousness now with the Blue Jays being their parent instead of the Athletics attendance has risen to consecutive sell outs. The Jays also want to play a few exhibition games at BC Place and the Nat has a lot of room to be expanded. The owner has also said that his ultimate goal is for them to gt back their AAA status, in fact their is rumour that it all could happen by 2014. All the gears are in motion
Aug 30 2011 1:57AM
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PacificRimJob
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That would be freaking SWEET.

Vancouver really should have an MLB team though... we need another team in the West anyways, right? and Seattle needs a real Northwest rival... Oakland - Seattle isn't that big of a deal... They end up just hating the Yankees and Sox up there... haha.
Aug 30 2011 2:04AM
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Proletariat.
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While I would love an MLB team in Vancouver, I would think that there would be other American cities that would be more deserving. I agree though, the PNW is in bad need of another team but that only leaves two possible cities, Vancouver or Portland.
Aug 30 2011 2:07AM
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