2014 MLB Regular Season General Thread

RIPskaterdude · Post #581 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 5:50 pm

If Giants sweep the dbags today, they'll be 2 behind the Dodgers with the weekend series against them at home starting tomorrow

RoyalMajesty · Post #582 » by **RoyalMajesty** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:35 pm

Quake Griffin wrote:
RoyalMajesty wrote:
TheMidnightSun wrote:damn the angels are really running away with their division, could be the first time the franchise gets 100 wins

It's pretty pathetic with their payroll they can't win 100 games

I would love to see what Billy Beane can do with some of their money.

Sarcasm on the 100 wins comment?

They're 90 - 55.
They need to go 10-7 for 100 wins.

I'm saying for a team with a high payroll and all their big name players, they should be getting 100 wins or close to it every year. This year, they will probably get it unless Mike Trout smacks some woman and was caught on tape and will be suspended for the rest of the year. Then the bandwagon Angels fans falls apart.

Post #583 » by **TyCobb** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:36 pm

Need some pepper with that salt?

Quake Griffin · Post #584 » by **Quake Griffin** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:38 pm

RoyalMajesty wrote:
Quake Griffin wrote:
RoyalMajesty wrote:
It's pretty pathetic with their payroll they can't win 100 games

I would love to see what Billy Beane can do with some of their money.

Sarcasm on the 100 wins comment?

They're 90 - 55.
They need to go 10-7 for 100 wins.

I'm saying for a team with a high payroll and all their big name players, they should be getting 100 wins or close to it every year. This year, they will probably get it unless Mike Trout smacks some woman and was caught on tape and will be suspended for the rest of the year. Then the bandwagon Angels fans falls apart.

I don't get people's big occupation with money. Is it your money? Are they taxing the people to pay for the team?

They overpaid for Albert and Hamilton. Cool. In no way did they "buy" a team that is just a slam dunk 100 game winner every year. So I don't get the relevance of the money. You're laughing at their financial situation?

Last expensive super team that [should have] won was the 2011 Phillies.

RIPskaterdude · Post #585 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:47 pm

If anything in that argument, the Dodgers should be expected to win 100+ every year, not the Angels. At the beginning of the season, the Angels weren't even in the top 5 of highest payrolls.

Post #586 » by **TyCobb** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:55 pm

That argument should only exist when discussing teams who are in the luxury tax bracket. It's in the name.

Quake Griffin · Post #587 » by **Quake Griffin** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:21 pm

RIPskaterdude wrote:If anything in that argument, the Dodgers should be expected to win 100+ every year, not the Angels. At the beginning of the season, the Angels weren't even in the top 5 of highest payrolls.

Typical Bay Area fan.

Pump up the other teams, so my team can have underdog/ "us against the world" status.
2 World Series in and still playing this pathetic card.

RIPskaterdude · Post #588 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:39 pm

You had a payroll of $235 million before the season started, which was almost $30M more than the 2nd place team (Yankees).

Quake Griffin · Post #589 » by **Quake Griffin** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:49 pm

The Dodgers clearly overspent to patchup holes on their team because the new ownership didn't want to open up their regime with trash on the field.

Sure the number is high. But nobody looks at that team as if it's leaps and bounds above other elite teams. The money was never spent to make us the 98 Yankees.

So...again...I guess...LOL at how someone else spends their money.

RIPskaterdude · Post #590 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:53 pm

No reason to get your panties in a bunch, I'm saying if he was going to make an argument about top paying teams, the Dodgers would be a better example than the Angels.

Post #591 » by **Da Schwab** » Thu Sep 11, 2014 10:46 pm

I love it when there's all this talk of buying a team and no one talks about the Yankees.

Feels good.

Well, not really. They're not getting anywhere near 100 wins. Or the postseason. Or youth.

Quake Griffin · Post #592 » by **Quake Griffin** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:21 am

fireworks in SF tomorrow.

Playoff atmosphere.
Intensity. Passion. Wouldn't be surprised if a brawl broke out tbh.

Schwab. Me no care about east coast bias. All [MLB] eyes need to be on SF this weekend.

Mamba Mentality · Post #593 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:19 am

I love that you guys are investing so much time on the Giants/Dodgers series this weekend....but how is there not one mention of the Stanton injury? I hope he makes a speedy recovery, it's a shame to see his MVP season come to an end.

JTwiggy · Post #594 » by **JTwiggy** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:26 pm

That series in SF this weekend will be a dandy for sure.

Higga · Post #595 » by **Higga** » Fri Sep 12, 2014 6:24 pm

The Regime wrote:I love that you guys are investing so much time on the Giants/Dodgers series this weekend....but how is there not one mention of the Stanton injury? I hope he makes a speedy recovery, it's a shame to see his MVP season come to an end.

Yeah, brutal injury. Stanton is a monster. He KILLS the Nats(well he kills everyone in fairness)but I don't wish injury on anyone and actually like watching him play. I feel bad for him. Dude is having an MVP team and in some ways was carrying the Marlins to a near Wild Card birth and now he gets hurt.

Nats win their 12th in a row at Citi Field. I love that park. It's like a second home field for us.

Quake Griffin · Post #596 » by **Quake Griffin** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 1:06 am

Higga wrote:
The Regime wrote:I love that you guys are investing so much time on the Giants/Dodgers series this weekend....but how is there not one mention of the Stanton injury? I hope he makes a speedy recovery, it's a shame to see his MVP season come to an end.

Yeah, brutal injury. Stanton is a monster. He KILLS the Nats(well he kills everyone in fairness)but I don't wish injury on anyone and actually like watching him play. I feel bad for him. Dude is having an MVP team and in some ways was carrying the Marlins to a near Wild Card birth and now he gets hurt.

Nats win their 12th in a row at Citi Field. I love that park. It's like a second home field for us.

Leave the home field advantage alone. Shoot for 2nd. Then you see the Cardinals.

1) you get retribution for 2012.
2) you don't play the Dodgers or Giants in the NLDS.

El Turco · Post #597 » by **El Turco** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:56 am

couldnt ask for a better start

RIPskaterdude · Post #598 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 4:18 am

6 to 0

RIPskaterdude · Post #599 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 4:33 am

RIP A's

Post #600 » by **dockingsched** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:02 am

The collapse of the a's is astonishing. To think they might not even make the wild card game...