The Official MERB 2010 Baseball Thread.
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Papelbon sucked for sure but you can't dig yourself into a 5-0 hole and expect a whole lot of good to come out of it. The Yankees sucked a hellava lot more in blowing that huge lead and to wind up being down 9-7 going into the 9th. What happened to your hero Hughes? His ERA just took a jump, and the Yankee bullpen is as pathetic as the Sox BP. Who the f*ck is Boone Logan, a lifetime mop up guy and Chan Ho Park is still pitching in the major leagues, wow, goes to show there's a lot of holes in that BP!
For those of you who missed it, I absolutely loved Michael Kay's call, nobody calls a HR better than him.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100517&content_id=10108132&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100517&content_id=10108132&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
yea Kay does have a good call on the dramatic plays , but what i am dying to hear is Sterlings call, find that joe
Not going do it, I'm expecting to pass the plumber any day now for the top spot, something that I have worked very hard for.
Hughes had his first bad start all year, and it was not that bad up until he gave up the homer to Drew. He threw too many pitches, because his command was a little off and he was facing a decent lineup that put good at bats on him.
Regarding Park, he was in his first stint after coming off the DL and he was fine the 1st inning and they probably should have only pitched him one inning but they had used up some other guys. He will be fine, as long as he does not eat any more undercooked chicken. Logan throws 95 mph consistently and is lefthanded and is a work in progress who has actually been better than expected so far. He has the talent to be a good backup lefty specialist behind Marte in the bullpen. The Yankees' overall bullpen is fine despite some hiccups the last few days. Until Sunday, Rivera had not been scored upon this year and Joba had been lights out, yet if Teixeira caught a hard line drive hit right at him, the Yankees win that game and Joba and Mariano have no damage done.
Regarding Papelbon, he puts up amazing numbers and dominates weak teams, but so far this year, he has given up a game winning homer to Granderson, a game tying homer to A-Rod, game winning homer to Thames, and the Red Sox have only even played a few close games with the Yankees that they have had a chance to win. Papelbon is directly responsible for 2 of the Red Sox losses to the Yankees so far this year.
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And don't forget the epic performance he put up against the Angels in the playoffs last year, that was classic Johnny Paps at his best.
I just couldn't resist your request Iggy , here are about 5 different calls including Sterlings classic call which is the best one, enjoy.
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8099581
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So every other team in the league is weak except for the Yankees? Another typical Beav yankee blow job response.
He does say some stupid shit, n'est pas? Must be the pride and determination lacking in the other 29 teams.
Are you serious? Hughes was spotted a 5 run lead. He looked like shit out of the gate. Back to reality for the Cy Young
candidate.And I can't even believe you wasted time typing in defense of that wasted piece of crap Park...LOL. Maybe he should get the Fireman of the Year Award
Wow! Do you actually believe some of this shit you write...way too much Kool-aid Beav!? If your guys sucked it up, just say it.
Dice K sucked...period. And Paps...well if someone is too stupid to figure out you need another pitch...then oh well. What will be interesting is gonna be to see how much you guys love him when hes's in pinstripes...lol.
Have fun,
Jman
PS Merlot...lol...I have to share some of the blame. Sox were doing better when I was online in another room. I went in to watch the 9th and oh well...dammit. They have our number right now. We had theirs last year early. Cest la vie...
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Hello all,
Doc, Papi has been hitting .429 (apx) this month and has been very productive. As for the rest of your post, the Red Sox decided during the summer they weren't going to trade away their promising young players of the future to get some major players they were interested in like Halliday, Hanley Ramirez, or Alex Gonzalez. So I doubt they will do it now when they will be dumping a lot of money off of their payrolls at the end of the year as contracts end and they can then put the saved millions into good free agents without losing their young prospects.
So, essentially you are saying the same thing about him as you said about Papelbon. He's fattening up against average and poorer teams with 3 of 5 wins against the Angels, Athletics, and the White Sox. In fact he only beat the Tigers handily and is really 1-1 against the Red Sox who ripped him up the second time. Based on most of the teams he's faced the jury must still be out on whether he's Cy Young quality at all.
Ooops, Joba Chamberlain is blowing up again in the 8th. Face it Yankee fans. Whether it's starting or relief, Joba's record proves he's more of a handicap than an asset, at least against any decent teams. It's now gone from 5-1 to 5-4 Yankees with him pitching...and the Yankees fans are howling like crazy at him.
Ortiz just missed putting it out by a foot or two and the Sox are tied at 5-5. Joba SUCKS!
Hehehehe,
Merlot
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Going to bed with a smile. Just saw two incompetent Yankees FAIL on a shallow fly ball. Two Sox on and two outs in the 9th.
Was just going to bed when Hermida hit Rivera over the head of the left fielder to score two runs. Now Sox 7, Yankees 5.
Damn Scutaro! He just gave that defensive fielding philosophy another black eye. If not for a great glove stab by Papelbon this would have been another blown game. BUT...the Sox come all the way back to win. Now that's how the Yankees choke.
Special thanks to Joba who goes on the international choke sign right behind the Yankees logo.
Doc, Papi has been hitting .429 (apx) this month and has been very productive. As for the rest of your post, the Red Sox decided during the summer they weren't going to trade away their promising young players of the future to get some major players they were interested in like Halliday, Hanley Ramirez, or Alex Gonzalez. So I doubt they will do it now when they will be dumping a lot of money off of their payrolls at the end of the year as contracts end and they can then put the saved millions into good free agents without losing their young prospects.
So, essentially you are saying the same thing about him as you said about Papelbon. He's fattening up against average and poorer teams with 3 of 5 wins against the Angels, Athletics, and the White Sox. In fact he only beat the Tigers handily and is really 1-1 against the Red Sox who ripped him up the second time. Based on most of the teams he's faced the jury must still be out on whether he's Cy Young quality at all.
Ooops, Joba Chamberlain is blowing up again in the 8th. Face it Yankee fans. Whether it's starting or relief, Joba's record proves he's more of a handicap than an asset, at least against any decent teams. It's now gone from 5-1 to 5-4 Yankees with him pitching...and the Yankees fans are howling like crazy at him.
Ortiz just missed putting it out by a foot or two and the Sox are tied at 5-5. Joba SUCKS!
Hehehehe,
Merlot
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Going to bed with a smile. Just saw two incompetent Yankees FAIL on a shallow fly ball. Two Sox on and two outs in the 9th.
Was just going to bed when Hermida hit Rivera over the head of the left fielder to score two runs. Now Sox 7, Yankees 5.
Damn Scutaro! He just gave that defensive fielding philosophy another black eye. If not for a great glove stab by Papelbon this would have been another blown game. BUT...the Sox come all the way back to win. Now that's how the Yankees choke.
Special thanks to Joba who goes on the international choke sign right behind the Yankees logo.
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Hahaha Merlot, so true! Couldn't have said it better myself! Joba blows big time! Now let's see if Mo can get them to the bottom 9 tied? Unfortunately Papelbon will probably come in for the bottom 9th. Lol.
1st up ARod, easy ground ball to Scuataro and E6! Assface!
Cano double, ARod in and 7-6.
Cano double, ARod in and 7-6.
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Paps does it!! What an amazing inning for him. Up by a run with runners on 1st & 3rd and 1 out, he fired to the plate and Thames (last nights here but tonights goat following a 9th inning error) took off from first, Miranda rocketed the ball up the middle but the gold glove deserving Papelbon stabbed the laser that was headed for the outfield, looked at 2nd, no play, looked at the plate and Cano was going nowhere he then threw to first for the out, could be play of the year on ESPN Baseball Tonight!! Two out and he fans Randy Winn to preserve the save for the Good Guys!! Unbelieveable job by Papelbon, even the umps were in shock at the way he carved up that laser that was heading up the middle and made the play to retain that 1 run lead. Long live the Pap!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Joba blows!!!!!
Hey Iggy, Beav, Joe.t, where are ya's? Didn't think you could all fit under that rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Iggy, Beav, Joe.t, where are ya's? Didn't think you could all fit under that rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Red Sox did it!!!
Man, did i ever speak too fast! I wasn't aware that the game had started late & thought the game was final when i saw the score earlier. And i didn't even bother to check if the game was still on & missed that great ending!!!
That big fat Joba blew it!!! Unbelievable!! (Even though Papelbon nearly blew it again). It seems that the Red Sox really have Mariano Rivera's number, who once again choked against the Red Sox.
Glad to see the Red Sox beat the hated Yankees, baseball's biggest payroll. The Sox showed they had grit, something the Yankees don't show on a regular basis. Big paycheques, big egos....you know the rest.
(Question: are there any other sports teams that have as big a payroll as the Yankees?)
p.s. On another note, terrible outing once again by Josh Beckett, who barely lasted more than 4 innings & threw over 100 pitches.....his E.R.A. now stands over 7.00. Is he hurt?
Man, did i ever speak too fast! I wasn't aware that the game had started late & thought the game was final when i saw the score earlier. And i didn't even bother to check if the game was still on & missed that great ending!!!
That big fat Joba blew it!!! Unbelievable!! (Even though Papelbon nearly blew it again). It seems that the Red Sox really have Mariano Rivera's number, who once again choked against the Red Sox.
Glad to see the Red Sox beat the hated Yankees, baseball's biggest payroll. The Sox showed they had grit, something the Yankees don't show on a regular basis. Big paycheques, big egos....you know the rest.
(Question: are there any other sports teams that have as big a payroll as the Yankees?)
p.s. On another note, terrible outing once again by Josh Beckett, who barely lasted more than 4 innings & threw over 100 pitches.....his E.R.A. now stands over 7.00. Is he hurt?
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Hello SK,
Funny how damn quiet it gets around here after a Yankees loss. I guess EB won't be extolling the genius or omnipotence of the Yankees tonight.
If not for the only walk off against Papelbon last night in his entire career the Sox would be 4-4 against the Yankees so far. Not bad for a team that was supposed to be miles beneath another team already anointed as 2010 champions by certain pinstripe drunk Merb prognosticators...lol.
Cheers,
Merlot
I believe he did leave the game injured Doc.
Merlot, you are 100% correct again, right on the money!!!
Y'know, K. If it had been Paps doing that for the Yankees, we'd be seeing the Beav here giving him a Cy Young, a Gold Glove, 2 Nobel Prizes, and a smoked meat sandwich with cheese.
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