Quote :

"Games Above 0.500 for Top 2 Teams in Each Division (Combined) AL WEST - 18 AL CENTRAL - 28 AL EAST - 54 NL WEST - 39 NL CENTRAL - 25 NL EAST - 24 Games Below 0.500 for Bottom 2 Teams in Each Division (Combined) AL WEST - 27 AL CENTRAL - 32 AL EAST - 37 NL WEST - 26 NL CENTRAL - 47 NL EAST - 12"

That really tells nothing.

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 5:05 PM. Reason : f]

8/3/2010 5:04:37 PM

yeah, it kind of does. for example, you can probably guess that the al east has been beating the shit out of their crappy teams (their bad teams-namely baltimore-are BAD). the NL east seems pretty evenly matched. to say it "tells nothing" is kind of dickish

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 5:17 PM. Reason : .]

8/3/2010 5:14:06 PM

Extremely dickish, but why not just post the full standings?

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 5:24 PM. Reason : f]

8/3/2010 5:22:15 PM

Yeah I don't get what's going on with Dr. Madman's analysis

8/3/2010 5:23:24 PM

fair enough.

AL EAST = +31
AL CENTRAL = -6
AL WEST = -9
NL EAST = +13
NL CENTRAL = -44
NL WEST = +15

RANKINGS ACCORDING TO DR. MADMAN:
1) AL EAST
2) NL WEST
3) NL EAST
4) AL CENTRAL
5) AL WEST
6) NL CENTRAL

the al east is as good as the nl central is bad. and the nl central is probably more bad than the al east is good. and I know how much I sound like tim mccarver right now

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 5:25 PM. Reason : lol]

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 5:27 PM. Reason : .]

8/3/2010 5:24:57 PM

Basically the Yankees and Rays are really good, the ALCS is the World Series, I don't trust the Padres or Giants, most everyone else is average, the AL Central has three really really bad teams, and fuck the Mets

8/3/2010 5:29:27 PM

baltimore should be relagated to AAA

8/3/2010 5:31:28 PM

And lets replace them with a team from the booming metropolis of either Columbus, Gwinnet, or Scranton Wilks Barre

Your Choice!

8/3/2010 5:34:36 PM

Or not replace them at all! Move Pittsburgh to the AL East and guarantee that the Yankees and Red Sox will continue to feast for years.

8/3/2010 5:35:44 PM

The Wire was nearly based in Gwinnett County

8/3/2010 5:35:47 PM

Quote :

"I don't trust the Padres"

I was skeptical of them for awhile too...but after awhile you just have to realize that they are a great team, or at least they are great at winning and have arguably the best pen in the bigs...you can only go off past performance for so long when it comes to current evaulations

I mean, the only team I really have faith in to win it all is the Yankees, but San Diego is legit this year

also dude at Citi in the Twins hat looks kinda like saps

Quote :

"the AL Central has three really really bad teams"

I wouldn't call the Tigers "really really bad"

They are however, a really really bad road team

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 5:51 PM. Reason : .]

8/3/2010 5:45:52 PM

That was supposed to be the NL Central, my bad

Padres are great, lost both series to the Braves

8/3/2010 5:55:26 PM

The Lakers have been great the last 2 years, they are 1-3 against the Bobcats over that time

8/3/2010 5:56:24 PM

Six games over the last three months says a lot ok

And even if I weren't a Braves fan, I wouldn't argue that the Padres have a team more capable of winning it all

8/3/2010 5:58:45 PM

I'm still 'meh' on the Padres. I like ATL, Philly, and STL over them in a seven game series.

8/3/2010 5:59:36 PM

I'd actually take the Braves to come out of the NL over San Diego

But the Padres are still playing their best ball in probably the last decade, maybe even longer than that

I can't really explain it...their only stud is Adrian Gonzalez...none of their starting pitchers made the AS game...yet they have the best record in the NL...its weird

8/3/2010 6:00:38 PM

if stl or cincinatti went on a 6 or 7 game tear they could probably lock up the division. they keep dicking around with each other.

Quote :

"I can't really explain it...their only stud is Adrian Gonzalez...none of their starting pitchers made the AS game...yet they have the best record in the NL...its weird"

this is why I overlooked them earlier

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 6:01 PM. Reason : .]

8/3/2010 6:01:06 PM

my preseason pick for that division winner was Colorado though, so I'm stickin to ma guns

8/3/2010 6:03:32 PM

Other than Gonzalez, they have two guys batting over .270, one guy with an OBP over .330 and two guys slugging over .400

Latos is having one of the best seasons in the league and Garland, LeBlanc and Richard are all pitching like #2s. They also haven't had anyone miss a single start.

I want to say they can't keep it up, but who knows. They'll probably win the west, but I don't like them against anyone in a seven game series.

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 6:06 PM. Reason : Plus their pen is probably only second to Atlanta's]

8/3/2010 6:04:26 PM

best bullpen in the bigs though...if their starter can go 6 decent innings, they have a good chance of winning every game

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 6:07 PM. Reason : and don't forget they got Ludwick]

8/3/2010 6:06:41 PM

A-ROD IS AT BAT

strikeout

SO THE WAIT CONTINUES

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 7:24 PM. Reason : .]

anybody just see that Mike Lowell homer? wow, that thing got out in a hurry...1st pitch fastball homer

[Edited on August 3, 2010 at 7:42 PM. Reason : .]

8/3/2010 7:24:03 PM

congrats to Arod

8/4/2010 1:27:21 PM

Oh, thank God. I was really starting to get tired watching him feebly fly out to shallow right field... about a week ago.

8/4/2010 1:29:15 PM

Of course

After I unintentionally saw about 20 of his at bats over the past two weeks, due to live cut ins by EPSN, MLB Network, FOX, and every other sports outlet know to man, he finally hits it on a Wednesday afternoon when hardly anyone is watching.

Not exactly a prime time performer...but then again, he never has been.

8/4/2010 1:40:55 PM

Except for last year, but that was probably an anomaly.

8/4/2010 1:43:50 PM

What a hollow 600th. When Junior hit it, I remember being really excited and happy for him. A-Rod is just a cocksucker and a cheater. I'm just glad I don't have to suffer through watching his ABs anymore.

8/4/2010 2:18:09 PM

^ you'd be giving him a handjob if he were with the mets.

8/4/2010 2:21:39 PM

600*

8/4/2010 2:36:51 PM

Reason 3,584 why baseball should only be played outdoors in Twins/Rays game... awful.

8/5/2010 2:35:18 PM

What happened?

8/5/2010 2:36:06 PM

do tell

8/5/2010 2:36:09 PM

Oh, 6-6 game in the top of the 9th. Runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs. Pop up on the infield hits the catwalk, bounces around up there and falls ten feet behind the mound with no one near it. 8-6 Twins now.

8/5/2010 2:37:35 PM

Even if it's outdoor, it doesn't mean retarded shit like this gets prevented:


(and yes I view retractable roof parks to be outdoors)

[Edited on August 5, 2010 at 2:46 PM. Reason : .]

8/5/2010 2:44:21 PM

that is the dumbest thing i have ever seen

8/5/2010 2:48:15 PM

can't blame the Twins...we built a whole new outdoor park

and who is the genius who designed center field in Minute Maid Park

"hey, i know what would be cool...when you get about 400 feet into center...lets put a big hill...and a pole"

8/5/2010 3:02:41 PM

It was a homage to the old Fenway which used to have a hill in front of the Monster

8/5/2010 3:09:37 PM

"hey, i know what would be cool...when you get about 400 feet into center...lets put a big hill...and a pole"

"but, why?"

"I don't know"

"okay, let's do it"

8/5/2010 3:16:58 PM

Quote :

"It was a homage to the old Fenway which used to have a hill in front of the Monster "

Crosley Field in Cincinnati, but I don't think you were being serious

8/5/2010 3:23:02 PM

CEILING CAT IS STEALING YOUR POPUPS.

8/5/2010 4:57:39 PM

1 less out and it wouldnt been a simple infield fly rule call

8/5/2010 5:11:35 PM

Go twins! Off the rafters is awesome...

on a side note, I've been to Trop. field, and its nice and all...its just weird being indoors for baseball

8/5/2010 10:03:24 PM

top of the 9th in the phils/marlins game

h. ramirez throwing error leads to man on base, then a single puts men on 1st and 2nd, damn near hr double off the wall, only one score. single to left, another score, tie game. ground ball, ibanez out in a pickle between 3rd and home, in a terrible attempt. werth tries to steal 3rd, nunez turned for the pickoff. dom brown caught stealing on a pitch out.

during this, allegedly the same fan caught two back to back fly balls.

horrid pitching, horrid defense, horrid baserunning, but yet, blown lead.

baseball.

[Edited on August 5, 2010 at 10:19 PM. Reason : then the marlins get straight screwed in the bottom of the 9th.]

8/5/2010 10:14:58 PM

lol marlins announcers

8/5/2010 10:25:49 PM

lol Bob Davidson failed physics

8/6/2010 6:15:44 AM

Quote :

"the same fan caught two back to back fly balls"

Damn he got on the field twice in a row? Or was he just a Marlins player?





[Edited on August 6, 2010 at 7:47 AM. Reason : s]

8/6/2010 7:46:53 AM

Speaking of the Marlins/Phils call, anyone watch MLB tonight's analysis of it?

Millar and Reynolds were hilarious


and Ernie, Crosley Field may be the direct inspiration, but Fenway had an incline as well

Quote :

"From 1912 to 1933, there was a 10-foot (3.0 m)-high mound that formed an incline in front of the Green Monster, extending from the left-field foul pole to the center field flag pole. This earthwork formed a "terrace", a common feature of ballparks of the day, whose purpose was to make up the difference in grade between street level and field level, as with Cincinnati's Crosley Field. And likewise, to double as a seating area to handle overflow crowds, another common practice of that era. As a result of the terrace, a left fielder in Fenway Park had to play the territory running uphill. Boston's first star left fielder, Duffy Lewis, mastered the skill so well that the area became known as Duffy's Cliff. In contrast, rotund outfielder Bob Fothergill, known by the indelicate nicknames of "Fats" or "Fatty", reportedly once chased a ball up the terrace, slipped and fell, and literally rolled downhill. In 1934, Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey arranged to flatten the ground in left field so that Duffy's Cliff no longer existed and became part of the lore of Fenway Park."

[Edited on August 6, 2010 at 9:13 AM. Reason : x]

8/6/2010 9:11:48 AM

Quote :

"Damn he got on the field twice in a row? Or was he just a Marlins player?"

blergh.

i was typing that out while on a phone call and obviously meant foul balls.

that inning was pretty lol

8/6/2010 9:40:52 AM

i didn't see it posted anywhere -- Carlos Delgado is a Red Sock

8/7/2010 6:46:49 PM

I think I've seen this Red Sox opening day/injury graphic a jabillion times now

8/8/2010 10:08:16 PM

Joe Morgan on batter v. pitcher stats: "Remember, those stats only work some of the time. In any one at bat, you can throw them out the window."

8/8/2010 10:40:07 PM