Also…we’re all of the consensus that Joe Mauer should have been the AL MVP last year over Jeter and Morneau right?
Dude was the MLB batting champ and had a .936 OPS…AND HE’S A FUCKING CATCHER. And a GOOD catcher too - threw out 38% of baserunners, and will no doubt win a string of Gold Gloves once Ivan Rodriguez gets old.
Once again…HE IS A CATCHER.
AL catchers averaged .271/.332/.417 in the MLB last year. Mauer hit .347/.429/.507…70 points higher in BA, 100 points higher in OBP, 100 points higher in SLG. His OPS was 187 points higher than average at that position. And he was also well above average (at least top five in the league) defensively as well, in the most crucial defensive position in baseball.
Average AL first basemen hit .280/.352/.467…Morneau hit .321/.375/.559. +40 BA, +20 OBP, +100 SLG (okay, that’s a lot), and played below average defense, in a corner infield spot. He beat the average first baseman by 115 points.
Morneau’s OPS was actually lower than Mauer’s - Mauer actually out hit the average AL first baseman, but HE IS A CATCHER.
Again…baseball’s awards mean absolutely nothing. I know I mentioned Mauer being a Gold Glove candidate…but even that means nothing. I mean last year, Torii Hunter won again even though he’s a shell of what he once was, and Jeter won his third straight. DEREK JETER.
(Also, somewhat unrelated, but Greg Maddux has won an NL Gold Glove in 14 out of the last 15 years. That is ridiculous.)
Baseball awards (with the exception of when Roy Halladay won a Cy Young in 2003, GO JAYS!) are absolutely meaningless. ESPECIALLY the MVP award.
Thank you, Lint. I love baseball, but it’s so ass backwards that it’s ridiculous.
And yeah, Morneau was great last year, but he had no business winning the MVP.
He was about the fifth best option.
I hope you cherish '05, because the Sox have dumbed their way out of opportunities. I can’t believe the manager actuallyl thinks the difference between 2005 and 2006 was not bunting more. Think maybe it had something to do with not having five starting pitchers all have career years at the same time? You scored 150 more runs bunting less last year; I’m a little disinclined to think that was the problem.
i don’t understand how this fantasy league works? how do u win it? is it based on weekly stats or day by day stats? right now it says im losing to team yankees 6 to 5.
and I doubt jeter is going to win a gold glove this year. he already has 1 error. I really hate jeter and thinks he is the most overrated player in history. Let the hate roll
every day your players accumulate stats for you in the categories hits, rbis, hrs etc. at the end of the week. whoever does better in that stat category gets a “win” for that category. so say team yankees guys gets 13 hrs for him while your guys get you 10. that counts as a win for team yankees in that category. there are a total of 14 stats so if you win every stat category you win 14-0. so right now team yankees is leading in 6 categories and you’re leading in 5. sunday night is the last day to add up your totals for the categories. so if you kept the same stats right now on sunday, you would have lost 6-5. that score goes to your record and then the stats are reset and you will play a new manager starting monday.
so be sure to set your lineups for every day of the week so that you get stats for that player.
thanks for the explaination^. that answerd all my questions.
And anyone see daisuke pitch today? he looked good but it was against the royals. so i’ll wait to see him pitch against a good team, to decide if he’s the real deal or not.
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Damn you Mike Piazza. And K-Rod for giving up the homerun. The angels better come back in the bottom of the 9th. We need the Fucking RalLY MONKEY!!!
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damn you mike sciossia for trying to steal 2nd base with 2 outs bottom of the ninth. i hate losing the game being thrown out tyring to steal. just let the guy hit the ball
its hard to hate on him when hes always smiling and bowing down to his teammates…just a likable guy…and did you guys see him do jumping jacks after a KC batter stepped out of the box, and the KC fans boo’ed his ass? funny shit
that A’s offense looks so weak outside of piazza swisher and sometimes milton…
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no substance rubbing for k-rod no unhittable pitches!!! jk jk
You cant say that about him at all. I bet that if he pitched bad against them then you and the rest of the media will be blasting him saying that he is overratted.
JEEZ!!! im afraid the O’s may go 0-10 b4 they get there first win!!! FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!! Why the fuck we picked up the yankees scraps!!!
Gotta give Dice-K at least a season to pass judgment even if he does well this season. No hitters have really seen his stuff yet so after a while when hitters have gotten used to seeing him, namely the AL East teams since they’ll see him the most, they’ll adjust to him, and then we’ll see how he’ll readjust to that to truly see how he turns out.
^ yeah i think it’s gonna be kinda like hideo nomo. his first year, the players didn’t know what to expect but then they later found out. cuz he did real good his first years
So like, A-Rod came through in the clutch big time yesterday. I’m just gonna go on a limb and say it was for personal stats, but it accidentally won the game. And damn, Igawa is blowing up in my face. Yeesh. I’m gonna say it again: Japanese pitching is overrated.
yeah sux for lidge. i wonder if he’s gonna end up like Rick Ankiel(Pitcher for the Cardinals) He was really good, hit somone… then he couldn’t find the plate, and just walked everyone so he’s in the minors somewhere now.
I read reports that Lidge was stumbling even before the 2005 NLCS, it’s just that the Pujols homerun probably iced it. No idea what happened to that guy… I really liked him too. He had sick stuff, but now he’s demoted and Dan Wheeler is the Houston closer.
And wow, what a turnaround for A/K/E-Rod. I guess he’s back to being just A-Rod for now! What sucks for players and their outlook to the fans is that they’re only as good as their last at-bat pretty much. People are probably forgetting that A-Rod once had 3 homers and 10 RBIs in one game in 2005! Heh, that was marked by some as “The day A-Rod became a Yankee” lol. If he can keep up this pace it’s good, but when he starts to slump, then it all gets in his head, the fans get in his head and he’ll be mess again when it REALLY counts in the playoffs… gotta hope that won’t happen THIS time…!!!
K so it’s been years since I’ve watched my beloved Orioles. I decided that it would be good fun see a game again for oldtimes sake. So I find the time of next game and set aside some time to kick back and watch. All set to go (drinks & food) I tune in to find… Sports Center?! :annoy: WTF is this! So I’m pissed now because these assholes wasted my time. I’m on a mission to find out why I can’t see my goddamn game.
Finally I find out that it’s because the area I live is BLACKLISTED :annoy: :annoy: I’m thinking WHAT THE FUCK does that mean? I’ve never heard of a blacklist for sports before. So they say that this shit is to stop the local fans from watching it on TV instead of going to the ballpark, which is like alright… coo
EXCEPT I LIVE IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW FUCKING FAR THAT IS FROM BALTIMORE??? THERE IS NO GODDAMN HOPE FOR ME TO WATCH MY TEAM. WHAT KIND OF SHIT IS THE MLB SMOKING!!! :annoy: :annoy: :annoy: I CAN’T EVEN WATCH MY SHITTY TEAM :annoy: :annoy: :annoy: NOT EVEN ON THE GODDAMN COMPUTER
did I use enough angry emoticons and caps to CONVEY MY FUCKING ANGER
edit: This has me pissed off. What kind of logic does the MLB have for having North Carolina blacklisted?! I’m trying to get back into baseball and I want to watch my team, but the MLB is fucking me over. I checked up on an Orioles message board and it turns out that I’m screwed unless I buy Dish TV…
damn cleveland. It’s so cold in ohio right now that the indians have to play thier home games in the Brewers stadium.(not like california, where i walk by the pool today and theres a bunch of hot women tanning). WHat crap… and the indians mascot is going down the slide… like when one of the brewers hit a homerun…
damn angels and Ervin Santana is pitching like he got wasted the night before… Come on California Angels… u can do it!!! RALLY MONKEY
Haha, the Indians mascot going down the slide, that’s some funny shit. Brewers stadium is really fucking nice, but then again Jacobs field isn’t too bad either. Ervin Santana is so inconsistent, fuck I need the Indians to lose!!! Can’t blame Santana too much the Indians lineup is deadlier than I thought.
But on the very bright side, it looks lke the White Sox pitching staff is getting back on track, a nice game by Contreras yesterday and now a gem by Garland today, good shit. Danks and Vasquez looked really good too, and I have a lot of faith in Buerhle to step up after that small injury. Yup, things are looking good…
Go White Sox!!!
Edit: As for A-rod, I bet he wins the MVP this year, though I hope not. It’s stupid how much some Yankee fans hate on this guy.
OMFG did sciossia not learn anything… Again he tries to steal second base with 2 out in the bottom of the ninth… and the angels lose again on being thrown out trying to steal a base… guy on first and the guy at bat is hitting 4 for 4… trying to get him into scoring position but fuck… let the guy hit the ball damn you mike scioossa or however you spell you name and your small ball.