Joba Chamberlain was nasty last night.

97-99 with a NASTY slider.

8/8/2007 9:00:14 AM

Hopefully Brackman can get his stuff going and make it up to the big time soon.

8/8/2007 9:02:46 AM

Brackman hasnt even signed yet.

8/8/2007 9:26:13 AM

Well, not much you can do about tonight except laugh it off and say it wasn't our night.

8/8/2007 9:59:52 PM

pretty much. you knew however Halladay was gonna regulate. I just thought Wang could alteast hold them, to i dunno, 7 runs?

8/8/2007 11:40:40 PM

Phil Hughes so far tonight:

4ip 2 hits (both Peralta) 1 walk 5 K's 0 runs

he's a very sharp young pitcher.

8/10/2007 8:38:11 PM

The writing is on the wall... it's less a matter of IF then WHEN at this point...

I can't believe the Sox are collapsing so feebly... I guess when your payroll is $230M (after lux. tax) you'll start playing better eventually...



[Edited on August 12, 2007 at 10:40 PM. Reason : c]

8/12/2007 10:39:25 PM

Well we have Balt, and the sox have TB......I would like to come out of this series no more than the 4 games we are out now.....

8/13/2007 3:26:58 PM

Well to be honest, TB gives Boston fits.

And the Yankees are tough to beat at home lately....I bet they sweep....again.

8/13/2007 5:33:01 PM

i have all my money on boston winning this game today. literally.

8/13/2007 5:34:51 PM

time wakefield ftmtfw

I increased my funds by 33% off this game.

[Edited on August 13, 2007 at 11:12 PM. Reason : 25% of my funds are now on the orioles tuesday for a possible 35% increase]

8/13/2007 11:07:10 PM

Putting a lot of $$$ on a knuckleballer is beyond retarded. No offense, but you never know what kind of game Wakefield will throw. His pitch is the most dependent on conditions from day to day that it is really a crapshoot... not to mention Shields was throwing against him.

Don't confuse a win with knowledge. That was lucky...

8/13/2007 11:17:51 PM

All bets are lucky to some degree. The knowledge is already put into the lines. You have to go against what knowledge would tell you to win. This is why females always win bracket pools.

8/14/2007 12:14:20 AM

BUD LIGHT IS THE GREATEST BEER ON THE PLANET

MCDONALDS FOOD IS THE GREATEST FOOD MONEY CAN BUY

MYRTLE BEACH IS THE #1 BEACH IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD

KNOWLEDGE IS ALREADY PUT INTO THE LINES, YOU HAVE TO GO AGAINST WHAT KNOWLEDGE WOULD TELL YOU TO WIN

THIS IS WHY FEMALES ALWAYS WIN BRACKET POOLS

will it ever end?

8/14/2007 12:30:39 AM

SERIOUSLY, EVERYBODY KNOWS HARDEES IS THE BEST FOOD ON THE PLANET

8/14/2007 12:32:32 AM

^^^ look, you made a bad bet and got lucky. Period.

You made a bet for a guy who needs certain conditions to pitch well, against a team that plays well against the team you picked and against their ace.

^^ huh? Please tell me this guy doesn't say all those things. I've never even noticed him before tonight but anyone who would feel confident in Wakefield in August against TB in Fenway with Shields pitching is obviously going to lose a lot more bets than they win.

[Edited on August 14, 2007 at 12:36 AM. Reason : x]

8/14/2007 12:34:55 AM

shields hasn't been as dominant as you think. he had a pretty awful july and august and has only semi-rebounded in august going 1-1, winning against detroit and losing to baltimore (??)

in his one other start against boston he went 5, gave up 3 ER and had a ND. just because he was playing doesn't mean the odds were stacked in TB's favor

8/14/2007 12:41:59 AM

^^

it'll take a while to read the whole thread, but trust me, its well worth it

message_topic.aspx?topic=480670

8/14/2007 12:44:41 AM

His July wasn't really that bad. It was skewed by the 10 earned he gave up to the Yanks... overall the last month and a half he has still been the most consistent, though Kazmir has picked it up a bit. Still, Wakefield in August is never a safe bet. The knuckleball just doesn't dance as much in the still, humid summer air as it does in spring or fall.

I'm just saying that bet bucked a lot of trends and he was trying to pass it off as a great play.

8/14/2007 12:49:09 AM

yeah it was fucking retarded to bet on wakefield

[Edited on August 14, 2007 at 12:50 AM. Reason : .]

8/14/2007 12:50:25 AM

you guys are missing the whole point. the fact that it seemed retarded and none of you would have done it AND THEY WON BECAUSE OF WAKEFIELD are exactly the reasons why it was a genius call.

but in presight just ignore the whole fact that boston with their hitting is much better than tampa bay with their ace even if wakefield stunk

I never said anything about bud lite or mcdonalds tree twister brought that in because i pointed out the fact that yahoo users thought myrtle was the best beach in the world and all of tww thinks it sucks and I said it may not be the best but how does it suck when so many people love it then here comes the bud lite and mcdonalds stuff.

8/14/2007 3:48:24 AM

Now that the yankees are close, the sox are all about business. They'll kick it up a notch.

8/14/2007 3:50:27 AM

i love this guy.

8/14/2007 10:11:07 AM

Breaking news on CNN.com

Phil Rizzuto died.

8/14/2007 11:29:01 AM

RIP Scooter!

8/14/2007 11:44:35 AM

Quote :

"is obviously going to lose a lot more bets than they win. "

hey you can basically suck it. Face it. I'm a genius.

Quote :

"25% of my funds are now on the orioles tuesday for a possible 35% increase"

another night, another genius play as your beloved yankees are being MAULED 11-0

I OWN YOUR ASS

i mean, whats going on? The yankees are on fire and nobody in their right mind would be against them, right?

8/14/2007 9:21:17 PM

2/2!?!? this kid is on FIYAH!!!!!

8/14/2007 9:36:24 PM

ya its crazy. call of the year right there. 12-0.

and the bosox rally to beat the drays again. They've kicked it up a notch. 5 game lead.

Quote :

"'m just saying that bet bucked a lot of trends and he was trying to pass it off as a great play. "

great plays buck trends thats what makes them great. And its not like I am barely sliding out of these bets. Wakefield and the Orioles DOMINATED these games.

8/15/2007 1:26:16 AM

did you bet for them to dominate or did you bet for them to win

everyone's a fucking gambling genius in retrospect

8/15/2007 2:42:50 AM

i bet them to win because I had STRONG confidence that they would easily win and boy did they dominate. So ya, I kind of did bet them to dominate.

8/15/2007 3:03:04 AM

Went to Saturday & Sunday's games in Cleveland. Yanks looked good .... but Cleveland wasn't playing well at all. (check out the seats)

8/15/2007 7:51:35 AM

Quote :

"another night, another genius play as your beloved yankees are being MAULED 11-0"

Yeah, I'm a huge Yankees fan

Congratulations on placing a bet against the Yankees with Karstens pitching. Just quit playing it off like you are some sort of genius. You made a bad bet and got lucky and then made a bet on one of the safest games of the night.

8/15/2007 1:30:59 PM

Quote :

"then made a bet on one of the safest games of the night."

which is exactly why it was +153

Quote :

"with Karstens pitching"

Wouldn't have mattered if the yankees had Phillip Rivers pitching seeing as they didn't score.

8/15/2007 1:50:28 PM

Oh come on. People will bet on the Yankees and since the $$$ was going that way of course it was going to be +150 or so.. That doesn't mean anyone with a clue about the game would have put $$$ down on the Yankees. Cabrera, even with his struggles, is still a much safer pick than fucking Karstens...

I don't bet baseball since I let too much emotion into it since I'm a HUGE baseball fan but you are definitely only a hero in your own mind.

8/15/2007 1:55:09 PM

Karstens sucks.....all he has done for the Yanks this year is get lit up !!

8/15/2007 2:17:01 PM

^^thats like if i say the tigers are going to beat the indians tonight and then they win convincingly then you'll come say it was a safe pick when everybody in their "right minds" would call indians.

Quote :

"you are definitely only a hero in your own mind."

and my pocket

8/15/2007 4:39:30 PM

The Tribe should win but I wouldn't risk too much on any game a rook making his major league debut starts. Too much can happen. A lot of times rookies can really baffle a team that has no scouting report at this level on them. A lot of times they completely flame out.

I'd stay away from any game that has a comlplete unknown starting. Even the top pitching prospects won't dominate right away. Look at Homer Bailey and Phil Hughes..

I would lean towards CLE with Carmona on the hill but then again he is at the point in the year where a guy who has never thrown as many innings will get the dead arm period..

[Edited on August 15, 2007 at 4:46 PM. Reason : x]

8/15/2007 4:45:29 PM

man I got filthy rich on today's game. I actually bet that the Yanks would come from behind and tie in the 9th with a home run only to lose in the 10th anyway. People thought I was nuts, but with my superior baseball intellect, combined with a gut feeling about today's game, I couldn't resist.

[Edited on August 15, 2007 at 4:54 PM. Reason : I figured A-Rod would go 4-4 with 4 singles too! Should've turned that into more cash]

8/15/2007 4:52:38 PM

Going to the game tonight. PLEASE don't rain and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE WIN!

Also, the Yanks finally signed Brackman. Phew!

[Edited on August 16, 2007 at 1:56 PM. Reason : k]

8/16/2007 1:52:28 PM

3 game L streak. Not what we need, but if this and Mo's meltdown is going to happen, it rather be now than in September.

However we have to right the ship before we play ANA.

8/16/2007 11:22:57 PM

F-that.....we have to right the ship right now....the dog days of August are when a team is either made or broken. Now is the time !!!

8/17/2007 4:22:55 PM

detroit ftw

8/17/2007 5:00:39 PM

wtf moose....that is the best you got.....un-fucking-believable !!!!

8/22/2007 11:23:09 AM

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2995554

Mussina's next slot in the rotation will go to rookie Ian Kennedy, who's 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA in AAA. Kennedy was a first-round draft pick last year.

8/29/2007 10:28:41 AM

I like the fact the Yankees are trying to get their Farm system guys to play instead of trying to buy older pitchers. Muss will probably not get a new contract after next year unless he can comback strong next year. Hopefully he can get some rest and be ready for the playoffs this year.

8/29/2007 10:31:27 AM

Stick a fork in Moose.....he is done !!

8/29/2007 11:09:17 AM

Way to take the serious from the Mariners last night, nice 10-2 whipping. Good outings for Hughes and Chamberlain, not to mention ARod's 2 homers.

Could be the last reg season game I go to this year...

9/6/2007 1:17:54 PM

That is the one thing I miss about being in NYC.....going to Yankee Stadium. Gotta bring my son next year....it will be gone after that !!

9/7/2007 12:23:50 PM

Kennedy makes his second career start tonight in KC.

9/7/2007 2:13:02 PM

Yanks just took a 3-2 lead in the seventh. Joba's coming in. They just showed his dad with tears coming down his face seeing his son pitch in the majors in person for the first time.

Great stuff.

9/7/2007 10:43:33 PM