8/7/2013 9:48:54 AM

Detroit!

8/7/2013 11:31:59 PM

...is bankrupt


I find it hilariously ironic that the city that is home to the team with the 5th highest payroll in the league is bankrupt

8/8/2013 8:03:46 AM

I find it hilarious that something like that is used in the context of sports to try to get to the players/fans of a team.

Most people could care less that Detroit is bankrupt because it was a long time coming

They have that payroll because we have the best owner in all of baseball. He wants to win a WS for the city before he dies (which unfortunately looks to be sooner than later)

8/8/2013 9:07:44 AM

bah, I just hate the Tigers

8/8/2013 9:11:35 AM

Season ends right now, who is your NL MVP?

Goldschmidt, Molina, Votto, McCutchen, Craig, Freeman, Kershaw, CarGo, Tulo....lot of good candidates.

8/13/2013 10:41:26 AM

Goldschmidt, Tulo, and CarGon are all disqualified since their team is not going to make the playoffs and their stats are not that much greater than the playoff bound MVP contenders. Kershaw isn't winning it since he's a pitcher and he'd need to be having a historic season in order to take the MVP. That mainly leaves Freeman and the NL Central guys.

Craig is a monster RBI guy, but his lack of HRs hurts him. Votto walks too much hurting his overall metrics that MVP voters like (i.e. HRs, RBIs). McCutchen probably deserves it for leading an otherwise meh Pirates team to the best record in MLB while playing in a stout division. Freeman won't win because he is not the best at any of the key stats and doesn't have the sidebar stats like steals to help his case.

Molina since he is a catcher and defensively superior to his peers and he's having a strong offensive year probably is the front runner (especially if he wins the batting title). It'll be close between him and McCutchen unless someone else comes on strong or Molina/McCutchen get hurt/fade.

The NL playoff picture is boring as shit. Hope the Dodgers start losing to atleast create some drama.

[Edited on August 13, 2013 at 10:53 AM. Reason : df]

8/13/2013 10:52:03 AM

it's clear that Molina is the most valuable to his team's success

8/13/2013 10:55:01 AM

Quote :

"Houston Chronicle reports Astros payroll less than $13 million and P Erik Bedard only player on 25-man roster earning more than $1 million."

8/13/2013 8:33:00 PM

^^Long stints on the DL can pretty much kill an MVP bid. With Molina's injury I think it's probably McCutchen's to lose.

8/13/2013 8:39:01 PM

That's pretty impressive

8/14/2013 8:02:05 PM

I'm a little surprised that more people aren't making the Puig/Myers to Trout/Harper comparisons. It's not often that you have a pair of rookies obliterating the league in back to back years.

A lot of people were very dismissive of Puig during the whole all-star or not all-star debate last month, but he's maintained his performance now through 63 games. His offensive numbers are pretty incredible. Myers looks like he's legit as well, he may not be as flashy as Puig, but he's also batting north of .300 and showing legit power. As a KC fan I really wish he wasn't quite this good quite this fast, but minus this little mini-slump recently he's been pretty beastly as well.

8/15/2013 10:25:51 AM

They're both having fine seasons, but, to be fair, 22 year olds posting those number are historically much more commonplace than 19 and 20 year olds doing the same thing.

8/15/2013 10:51:43 AM

That's very true, actually. Mostly though I blame Miggy, Chris Davis, and Biogenesis.

Hmm, just checked and Trout just turned 22 and is 8 months younger than Puig and Myers.

[Edited on August 15, 2013 at 11:06 AM. Reason : sdfsdf]

8/15/2013 11:02:22 AM

"haha, yeah bro, I did, lol"

8/26/2013 11:40:07 AM

9/18/2013 1:12:00 PM

Matt Harvey talks about Qualcomm:

http://www.nbcsports.com/baseball/mlb/harvey-delivers-different-kind-pitch

9/18/2013 2:04:04 PM

Mariano Rivera has had a great career, but fucking let it go already. When did announcing your retirement mean that we'd have to endure a year of standing ovations and stupid gifts? Christ, I don't even want to think about what it's going to be like when Jeter retires.

9/19/2013 4:36:37 PM

Quote :

"When did announcing your retirement mean that we'd have to endure a year of standing ovations and stupid gifts? "

Simpsons Chipper Jones did it

9/20/2013 8:17:24 AM

9/20/2013 8:22:37 AM

9/21/2013 1:32:28 AM

Hey lookie, 1st base ump just ejected a guy for throwing his helmet after the ump blew the safe/out call.

I get the ejection, guy threw a little shit fit and threw his helmet, but god damnit baseball, will you just fucking admit that replay could improve the game.

9/22/2013 12:25:22 AM

AHAHA. CB Buckner at it again.

9/26/2013 5:29:52 PM

There's no crying in baseball.

JK there's a ton of crying in this pussy sport.

9/26/2013 11:07:19 PM

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/9725806/robinson-cano-seeking-10-year-305-million-deal


he's out of his damned mind

9/26/2013 11:16:09 PM

I'm all for the players making all the money they can, but the really long deals to 30+ year old players haven't gone so well recently. I gotta think nobody will do that. It'd probably be better to look for 4-5 and when he's still good look for another 4-5. If you go for like 7 you might already be slipping and not get that next one

9/27/2013 7:02:33 AM

you know,I might actually try to watch one of these last Yankee games if they let Rivera play centerfield.

9/27/2013 8:04:08 AM

Quote :

"ALW - Angels ALE - Rays ALC - Tigers WC1 - A's WC2 - Blue Jays NLE - Nats NLC - Cardinals NLW - Giants WC1 - Braves WC2 - Reds"

Lol at some of our preseason playoff team picks. Too many of us bought the Blue Jays and Angels hype. I got 6/10. Giants, Blue Jays, and Angels were awful.

[Edited on September 27, 2013 at 10:18 AM. Reason : Rays consistently prove people wrong]

9/27/2013 10:18:01 AM

the Red Sox surprised the hell out of me

9/27/2013 10:25:55 AM

Quote :

"AL East - Blue Jays AL Central - Tigers AL West - Angels Wildcard #1 - Yanks Wildcard #2 - Rangers NL East - Natspos NL Central - Reds NL West - Giants Wildcard #1 - Braves Wildcard #2 - Cards "

My picks were fucking awful. 3/5 in the NL, 2/5 in the AL if the Rangers make it I need to stop doubting the As and Rays. Also LOL at the Giants this year.

Also the idea that Rivera might play CF is great. I want to see that.

And glad to hear Selig is finally retiring. Need some young blood in the upper management of MLB.

9/27/2013 1:43:55 PM

Glad that awful call last night when Martin trapped it in center did not cost the Rays. Terrible call.

Be interesting to see which Liriano shows up tonight for Pitt in the first playoff game for them in 21 years.

[Edited on October 1, 2013 at 6:15 PM. Reason : Leonys Martin]

10/1/2013 6:14:23 PM

Lets go Pirates!!!

10/1/2013 11:08:00 PM

^

10/2/2013 8:16:24 AM

Don Mattingly's decision to go with Kershaw on short rest while leading the series should be more than enough of a reason to fire him before the game

10/7/2013 5:12:41 PM

Yeah, it's pretty inexplicable. Pitch your ace on short rest, which he's never done in his career, when you're up 2-1. I could see it if you were down 2-1 and staving off elimination, but you're up and the braves are throwing Freddy Garcia.

I don't get it.

10/7/2013 5:19:01 PM

Balfour

10/7/2013 5:55:08 PM

Well I am almost ready to stop watching these playoffs now that the Pirates are out and we are left with the Cards and LA. Rooting for the As because if it's Tigers-Red Sox, then I officially don't give a shit who wins at that point. Definitely do not want the Cards or LA to win.

10/10/2013 4:23:50 PM

my dad is a lifelong Cardinals fan. as a Braves fan I have a hard time with that, but I enjoy watching the red birds with him. I'm also hoping the A's stay in it to keep my interest.

I really just don't want an A's/Dodgers WS because i'll never be able to stay up past the 4th inning

10/10/2013 5:19:41 PM

obviously hoping for an A's WS appearance. I'd like for it to be against LA, that way Giants fans feel the burn no matter who wins it

10/10/2013 5:51:14 PM

I would love to see LA vs Boston, hoping it works out that way.

10/10/2013 6:29:05 PM

FUCK LA unless the A's make it

10/10/2013 6:39:32 PM

That Mattingly-Colletti press conference yesterday was lolerific. Talk about awkward. I can't blame the Dodgers though as Mattingly was routinely out-managed this season and in the post season. He needs to grow his mustache back and maybe that'll help him make better in-game decisions.

If the Dodgers want to fire him, just go ahead and do it and get it over with.

10/22/2013 7:51:51 AM

That is an absolutely terrible call by the second base umpire.

Whew at least the umps got the call right

[Edited on October 23, 2013 at 8:32 PM. Reason : .]

10/23/2013 8:30:21 PM

terrible call but i'm guessing he had his eye more on the feet of Kozma than the glove. But the crew got it right.

Terrible game by the Cards. they looked shaky from the start.

10/24/2013 10:11:00 AM

I am glad they got the call right, but last night was one fucking weird time to start doing something like that in MLB. Honestly that should be what they do on any obvious blown call though. Wish they would have done that last year when the Braves got shitted on in their 1 game playoff against the Cards with the blown infield fly call.

10/24/2013 3:40:35 PM

nah, the call last year was correct

10/24/2013 3:56:01 PM

^ lol yeah right. To a Cards fan maybe. It's not worth arguing about at this point, but it was the wrong call.

10/24/2013 3:58:40 PM

There are key differences between this instance and soooooo many other calls that a lot of people are forgetting. This wasn't a judgement call on a close play at a bag, or a line call, etc... This was a call that was an obvious blown call. Infield fly call? Judgement call. Fan interference? Judgement call. This? Missed call

10/24/2013 4:42:49 PM

10/24/2013 9:49:11 PM

Man, does nobody give a shit about the World Series anymore?

10/26/2013 9:17:29 PM