Killeverything's (New)NeverEndingBaseballThread

[Machado]

I guess now is a
good time to display our WS 2015 predictions

I don't have a rooting interest. Both teams are deserving. Each team can make a case why they are the favorite to win.

Usually good pitching beats good hitting. Mets have the pitching.
My guess is Mets win the WS in 6 games.
Tossing a minimum of two shutouts in the process

[killeverything]

I guess now is a
good time to display our WS 2015 predictions

I don't have a rooting interest. Both teams are deserving. Each team can make a case why they are the favorite to win.

Usually good pitching beats good hitting. Mets have the pitching.
My guess is Mets win the WS in 6 games.
Tossing a minimum of two shutouts in the process

I think the Mets got it in 6 too. The problem though is KC struck out less than anyone in baseball this season and their bullpen is elite. Should be a good series. I wanna see Harvey do a Bumgarner on that team and fanbase.

[Gritt]

Royals in 6

[Machado]

I guess now is a
good time to display our WS 2015 predictions

I don't have a rooting interest. Both teams are deserving. Each team can make a case why they are the favorite to win.

Usually good pitching beats good hitting. Mets have the pitching.
My guess is Mets win the WS in 6 games.
Tossing a minimum of two shutouts in the process

I think the Mets got it in 6 too. The problem though is KC struck out less than anyone in baseball this season and their bullpen is elite. Should be a good series. I wanna see Harvey do a Bumgarner on that team and fanbase.

My concern with Harvey is whether or not he will be a big game pitcher
or if he will pull a Kershaw and fail his team when needed the most.
Does KC have the advantage by playing in the WS last season? Experience might count for something.
All good questions and I have not even mentioned which Mets player will carry that team with the bat. Murphy again or does KC neutralize him and make sure someone else beats them at the plate

[killeverything]

I guess now is a
good time to display our WS 2015 predictions

I don't have a rooting interest. Both teams are deserving. Each team can make a case why they are the favorite to win.

Usually good pitching beats good hitting. Mets have the pitching.
My guess is Mets win the WS in 6 games.
Tossing a minimum of two shutouts in the process

I think the Mets got it in 6 too. The problem though is KC struck out less than anyone in baseball this season and their bullpen is elite. Should be a good series. I wanna see Harvey do a Bumgarner on that team and fanbase.

My concern with Harvey is whether or not he will be a big game pitcher
or if he will pull a Kershaw and fail his team when needed the most.
Does KC have the advantage by playing in the WS last season? Experience might count for something.
All good questions and I have not even mentioned which Mets player will carry that team with the bat. Murphy again or does KC neutralize him and make sure someone else beats them at the plate

Vaild, but I really wouldn't be concerned with Harvey's ability to perform on the big stage, he was kinda good in the NLDS & CS. I would worry about his Boras-innings limit first.

The biggest obstacle facing NYM IMO is the layoff. Can Murphy continue his torrid streak and will their hitterz cool off considerably not facing mlb level pitching?

This series is pretty much 50-50 in my eyes.

[Machado]

Looks like the odds makers have the series 50/50.

You are right, the Mets layoff might be their downfall. A lot to be said about playing everyday and staying in rhythm. Then you have other experts who believe a layoff is a positive. TBH, I think the layoff might be a detriment.
We'll see.
Fucking WS games this late in the season is a joke. MLB season should wrap up early to mid Oct, not early November.

[UtahRatt]

Royals in 6.

I hope Harvey loses his ass like Tanaka did. Except the yankees didn't make the post season.
Remember Tanaka couldn't find the strike zone with a GPS and didn't make the post season. His flop didn't give the Yankees a shot in the post season. He couldn't make it out of the 2nd inning before choking. Should just call him Wild Thing.


Ball one.....Ball two.....Ball four......And Tanaka has walked the bases loaded, I don't know how they keep laying off pitches so close. Bob Uecker.

[johnk5150]

Every Cardinal fan were pretty cool fans with knowledge of the game BUT when it came to the CUBS they were pure jerks full of hate. I didn't know if they wanted to with the WS or make fun of the CUBS more.

I've been to over 100 Cubs/Cardinals games and have never had a problem with STL fans. The Cardinals aren't even the main rivalry. That would be the Sox.

[killeverything]

Torii Hunter announces retirement.

[Machado]

Royals in 6.

I hope Harvey loses his ass like Tanaka did. Except the yankees didn't make the post season.
Remember Tanaka couldn't find the strike zone with a GPS and didn't make the post season. His flop didn't give the Yankees a shot in the post season. He couldn't make it out of the 2nd inning before choking. Should just call him Wild Thing.


Ball one.....Ball two.....Ball four......And Tanaka has walked the bases loaded, I don't know how they keep laying off pitches so close. Bob Uecker.

Are you sure the Yankees did not make the post-season? I think you might be incorrect about that. Unless your definition of the post-season is unlike everybody else's. You should double check those details Utah.

[UtahRatt]

The yankees got spanked in the Wild Card round. A one game breaker where the winner get's to go on to the post season.

No one considers the WC as the post season, it's one fucking game. A consolation prize.

The Yankees lost. You calling a one game WC the post season? One game is not a post season series. It's a one game to see if you can get into the post season and the Yankees got shut the fuck out. W: Keuchel, Loser: Tanaka

Fine, call it whatever you want, The yankees played all year just so they could lose a one game chance to go onto the post season.
Have it your way, the yankees lost and got the LAST PLACE PRECIPITATION POST SEASON TROPHY!

The Ousted

Yankees

What went wrong: On the heels of a September well-hit percentage that was their lowest of any month of the season and some general late-season struggles against lefties, the bats were silent against Dallas Keuchel in the Wild Card Game.

What lies ahead: One more year of the Carlos Beltran and Mark Teixeira contracts. Two more years of the Brett Gardner, CC Sabathia and Alex Rodriguez contracts.

Because of those punitive (and not so puny) contractual concerns, the Yankees will probably have another winter of (relative) austerity. Between locked-in commitments and arbitration estimates for seven players, they already have a 2016 payroll north of $200 million without doing a darn thing.

First and foremost, the Yankees need versatility. They need somebody who can help them against lefties and at multiple positions (Ben Zobrist is a perfect fit at second base for this very reason). Probably multiple somebodies, because age and/or injury concerns abound for Chase Headley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Beltran, A-Rod and Tex. There's also a need for more certainty in the rotation, though the Yanks can take Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda, Luis Severino, Sabathia, Nate Eovaldi, Ivan Nova and Adam Warren to camp and feel they have enough bodies, at the very least.

Bottom line is that Brian Cashman is going to have to be creative, because, much like the way they approached this year's in-season trade market, the Yanks aren't expected to go after any of the open market's big fish.

[johnk5150]

Theo was on Chicago local radio yesterday. He basically admitted they didn't move one of the kids for another arm because he and Jed had no idea they'd finish this strong or make it this far.

Sigh. At least they have 3 guys that can play shortstop.

[Machado]

The yankees got spanked in the Wild Card round. A one game breaker where the winner get's to go on to the post season.

No one considers the WC as the post season, it's one fucking game. A consolation prize.

The Yankees lost. You calling a one game WC the post season? One game is not a post season series. It's a one game to see if you can get into the post season and the Yankees got shut the fuck out. W: Keuchel, Loser: Tanaka

Fine, call it whatever you want, The yankees played all year just so they could lose a one game chance to go onto the post season.
Have it your way, the yankees lost and got the LAST PLACE PRECIPITATION POST SEASON TROPHY!

You have a hard on for the Yankees. At least you should apologize for getting it wrong. Listen, I don't make the rules. Getting to the WC game is actually making the post-season. Have fun wiping the egg off your face.

[Machado]

On this date in 85 the Royals won the WS

On this date in 86 the Mets won the WS


Why are these games being played so late in the calendar year?

[Machado]

Former MLB star Lenny Dykstra went on Colin Cowherd's show "The Herd" and made a startling admission Tuesday: As a professional baseball player, he hired private investigators to follow umpires in their private lives, gathering information to blackmail those umps for better calls at the plate.

Yes, there's quite a bit to unpack here. Not only is that a stunning revelation, but the casual nature with which Dykstra describes his behavior is perhaps even more shocking. When Cowherd expresses shock, Dykstra shrugs as if it shouldn't be news to him.

"It wasn't a coincidence, do you think, that I led the league in walks the next two years, was it?" Dykstra asks Cowherd. "Fear does a lot to a man."

Message received, Lenny, and we've all made a mental note to never cross paths with you. Clearly, those umpires who did have to deal with him were forced to handle far more than we all realized. Dykstra doesn't mince words about how that blackmail took place.

"I said, 'I need these umpires [to help me at the plate],' so what do I do? I just pulled a half-million bucks out and hired a private investigation team," Dykstra says. "Their blood is just as red as ours. Some of them like women, some of them like men, some of them gamble."

If this is true, it's hard to figure out where we go from here. Dykstra did lead MLB in walks in 1993, but it's not entirely how rampant this blackmail behavior was.

If there was a former player to admit to blackmailing umps, though, Dykstra would probably wind up on many people's short lists. The three-time All-Star has had a rocky life post-baseball, becoming a convicted felon for a grand theft auto conviction. He was also charged for bankruptcy fraud.

In total, he spent more than half a year in prison. Now he considers himself reformed and told Cowherd he is writing a book about his post-baseball life.

After his utter lack of remorse in the radio interview -- Dykstra seemed completely comfortable with his behavior and didn't give any indication he looked down on his past blackmailing -- he might want to take a second look at his life. Reformed criminals tend to see the error in mass blackmailing.

[Gritt]

On this date in 85 the Royals won the WS

On this date in 86 the Mets won the WS


Why are these games being played so late in the calendar year?

Extra round of games. It's a miracle they get it done this early.

[UtahRatt]

You have a hard on for the Yankees. At least you should apologize for getting it wrong. Listen, I don't make the rules. Getting to the WC game is actually making the post-season. Have fun wiping the egg off your face.

You should apologize for being a daft idiot.
What's funny is you have a hard on for the CUBS and SKINS and make fun of other teams but when someone laughs at the Yankees or Cowboys you defend them like a fanatical toddler till you're blue in the face and cry like a bitch.

With their loser Tanaka on the mound The Yankees got shut out in a one game playoff. The winner goes onto the post season and the loser goes home. Playoff, post season or not, watching you argue about it is more hilarious because their season ended in one game. Shut the fuck out!
In one game, The yankees season went down the toilet without a plunger. Not that you or the team would know how to use a plunger. Have fun wiping the shit off your face.


Typical Machadoisum.

I grew up rooting against all the local teams. I figure why root for the teams everybody else is. Makes sense yes?

So you grew up rooting against teams everyone roots for and your favorite teams are the most popular teams everyone roots for? Makes perfect Cents.

[Machado]

You have a hard on for the Yankees. At least you should apologize for getting it wrong. Listen, I don't make the rules. Getting to the WC game is actually making the post-season. Have fun wiping the egg off your face.

You should apologize for being a daft idiot.
What's funny is you have a hard on for the CUBS and SKINS and make fun of other teams but when someone laughs at the Yankees or Cowboys you defend them like a fanatical toddler till you're blue in the face and cry like a bitch.

With their loser Tanaka on the mound The Yankees got shut out in a one game playoff. The winner goes onto the post season and the loser goes home. Playoff, post season or not, watching you argue about it is more hilarious because their season ended in one game. Shut the fuck out!
In one game, The yankees season went down the toilet without a plunger. Not that you or the team would know how to use a plunger. Have fun wiping the shit off your face.


Typical Machadoisum.

I grew up rooting against all the local teams. I figure why root for the teams everybody else is. Makes sense yes?

So you grew up rooting against teams everyone roots for and your favorite teams are the most popular teams everyone roots for? Makes perfect Cents.

Utah-
What you omit is that my favorite teams did have a lot of success back in the day, but they each had very, very lean years in the 80's and parts of the 90's and the 2000's, yet I continue to be a fan.
Unlike some here who choose to root for a different team based on how well they are doing at the moment.
STFU!

[UtahRatt]

Utah-
What you omit is that my favorite teams did have a lot of success back in the day, but they each had very, very lean years in the 80's and parts of the 90's and the 2000's, yet I continue to be a fan.
Unlike some here who choose to root for a different team based on how well they are doing at the moment.
STFU!

That's your excuse? Ya, Dallas and Yankee's sure have had a lot of lean years. You mean lean by finishing in 2nd place? I bet it's on the front page of Bandwagon Fans for dummy's. We've bought a ton of rings but we've had some lean years where we didn't win the World Series.


You support the two most popular and successful teams like a teenage girl and have said to CUBS fans "how many rings have you won" then you say this......

I grew up rooting against all the local teams. I figure why root for the teams everybody else is. Makes sense yes?

hungry hungry hippocrite much?

[Machado]

Utah-
What you omit is that my favorite teams did have a lot of success back in the day, but they each had very, very lean years in the 80's and parts of the 90's and the 2000's, yet I continue to be a fan.
Unlike some here who choose to root for a different team based on how well they are doing at the moment.
STFU!

That's your excuse? Ya, Dallas and Yankee's sure have had a lot of lean years. You mean lean by finishing in 2nd place? I bet it's on the front page of Bandwagon Fans for dummy's. We've bought a ton of rings but we've had some lean years where we didn't win the World Series.


You support the two most popular and successful teams like a teenage girl and have said to CUBS fans "how many rings have you won" then you say this......

I grew up rooting against all the local teams. I figure why root for the teams everybody else is. Makes sense yes?

hungry hungry hippocrite much?

Earth to Utah
The Yankees made the postseason in 2015
So did the Pirates. Get over it. You were wrong. Own it!

Educated yourself on the history of both franchises.
In 89 Dallas was 1-15. First year under Jimmy Johnson. Without looking do you think 1-15 was good enough for 2nd place in the NFC East? Just asking.
Matting played on the Yankees for how many years, while only making the playoffs once. Did they finish in 2nd place every other year Mattingly played? Do your homework Utah. Get a clue. You are out of your depth.

[Machado]

David Wright makes an error in the 14th and that is all the Royals
needed to get the W.
Great job Wright. That's why you are not great because when it is time
to be clutch and play well, you boot a grounder to start the inning and that run eventually scores.

[Gritt]

David Wright makes an error in the 14th and that is all the Royals
needed to get the W.
Great job Wright. That's why you are not great because when it is time
to be clutch and play well, you boot a grounder to start the inning and that run eventually scores.

Somebody who loves A-roid calling someone out for not being clutch is rich.

[killeverything]

David Wright makes an error in the 14th and that is all the Royals
needed to get the W.
Great job Wright. That's why you are not great because when it is time
to be clutch and play well, you boot a grounder to start the inning and that run eventually scores.

Somebody who loves A-roid calling someone out for not being clutch is rich.

Check and mate.

[Machado]

David Wright makes an error in the 14th and that is all the Royals
needed to get the W.
Great job Wright. That's why you are not great because when it is time
to be clutch and play well, you boot a grounder to start the inning and that run eventually scores.

Somebody who loves A-roid calling someone out for not being clutch is rich.

ARod has 1 WS win. You can't take that away from him. To date Wright has none. Wright is not good enough to carry Jeter's jock.

[killeverything]

David Wright makes an error in the 14th and that is all the Royals
needed to get the W.
Great job Wright. That's why you are not great because when it is time
to be clutch and play well, you boot a grounder to start the inning and that run eventually scores.

Somebody who loves A-roid calling someone out for not being clutch is rich.

ARod has 1 WS win. You can't take that away from him. To date Wright has none. Wright is not good enough to carry Jeter's jock.

Jeter has also played on some of the most loaded teams in baseball history. The biggest difference between Wright and Jeter is Jeter has never even been the best player on his team, Wright has. In fact the Captain has never finished in the top 10 for MVP voting. Guess who has.

I'll bet that putting Wright on some of those MFY teams the Captain was on and he'd have a couple rings. Maybe even more than Jeter won since he was a better all-around player.

As for Asteriskrod and his ring, the one time he fucking did anything in the postseason. We can take it away from him.



At least he can chat with Rose about what it's like to not be in the Hall.

[killeverything]

Former MLB star Lenny Dykstra went on Colin Cowherd's show "The Herd" and made a startling admission Tuesday: As a professional baseball player, he hired private investigators to follow umpires in their private lives, gathering information to blackmail those umps for better calls at the plate.

Yes, there's quite a bit to unpack here. Not only is that a stunning revelation, but the casual nature with which Dykstra describes his behavior is perhaps even more shocking. When Cowherd expresses shock, Dykstra shrugs as if it shouldn't be news to him.

"It wasn't a coincidence, do you think, that I led the league in walks the next two years, was it?" Dykstra asks Cowherd. "Fear does a lot to a man."

Message received, Lenny, and we've all made a mental note to never cross paths with you. Clearly, those umpires who did have to deal with him were forced to handle far more than we all realized. Dykstra doesn't mince words about how that blackmail took place.

"I said, 'I need these umpires [to help me at the plate],' so what do I do? I just pulled a half-million bucks out and hired a private investigation team," Dykstra says. "Their blood is just as red as ours. Some of them like women, some of them like men, some of them gamble."

If this is true, it's hard to figure out where we go from here. Dykstra did lead MLB in walks in 1993, but it's not entirely how rampant this blackmail behavior was.

If there was a former player to admit to blackmailing umps, though, Dykstra would probably wind up on many people's short lists. The three-time All-Star has had a rocky life post-baseball, becoming a convicted felon for a grand theft auto conviction. He was also charged for bankruptcy fraud.

In total, he spent more than half a year in prison. Now he considers himself reformed and told Cowherd he is writing a book about his post-baseball life.

After his utter lack of remorse in the radio interview -- Dykstra seemed completely comfortable with his behavior and didn't give any indication he looked down on his past blackmailing -- he might want to take a second look at his life. Reformed criminals tend to see the error in mass blackmailing.

The more that comes out about this the less I believe it. Dykstra is a piece of shit on the level of Arod or Rose, except he has way worse financial problems. There's your motivation.

We're supposed to believe a player whom only led the league in walks once not only had 500K, he also actually paid someone? Get the fuck outta here.

*sniff, sniff, sniff* I smell someone huntin' for a book deal.

[killeverything]

MFY's Andrew Miller and Pittsburgh's Marc Melanon win reliever of the year awards. I knew Miller was good and having a good season, but I had no idea the level. That's impressive considering who he is replacing, who is actually whom the award is named after

Marlins and Mattingly supposedly nearing deal.

D'backs announce former LAAAA pitching coach Mike Butcher signed on. Butcher's track record isn't bad and Dave Stewart is their GM so you would think, "Dave Stewart? Roger Clemens' daddy Dave Stewart?" Yes, that one. Should be good, that dude could pitch.

You would think. Stewart's reign as GM disbelieves in advanced scouting, Moneyball, etc. He's already come under fire for letting some of AZ's top prospects go. I believed that AZ was on the verge of becoming a serious division threat again. I also felt adding Stewart strengthened that. I also thought Seattle was going to be the team to beat. Shut the fuck up, Machado.

*ETA

Nats expected to add Bud Black. That's scary. I bet their predicted to win the whole thing in 2016.

**ETA II

Fuck you, Mets. Pitching and defense! Pitching and defense! Pitching and defense! Let the fly-over state win. That's what I get for pulling for an NY team. Willie finished his career there, but fuck the Mets.

[Gritt]

The Royals doing what they do. Single. Single. Single. Single. Death.

[killeverything]

The Royals doing what they do. Single. Single. Single. Single. Death.

This shit is over. Fuck the Mets. You had ONE job.

[Gritt]

The Royals doing what they do. Single. Single. Single. Single. Death.

This shit is over. Fuck the Mets. You had ONE job.

Yeah it is over. The Royals getting all that rest for their bullpen tonight is huge.