2009 MLB Thread

[nec13]

Seven losses in a row for the Cubs. I wonder what Jim Hendry is going to do.

[Gilly]

Play Alfonso Soriano at second for the sake of my fantasy team. I traded for Weeks a few days before the injury after Kelly Johnson was relegated to part time status. Ben Zobrist is now my lone hope unless Johnson turns it around now that Infante is injured or Sweet Lou decides playing Soriano at second is actually more than a passing thought.

[jbissell]

Seven losses in a row for the Cubs. I wonder what Jim Hendry is going to do.

Not much he can do to help the offense right now.  If the big guys aren't hitting, they aren't hitting, just have to hope they break out of it.  This all just proves that Ramirez is the team MVP.  The worst part of this slump is that the pitching has been pretty good the last few games (minus Heilman, of course, I hate him more and more each day).  Hopefully a home series against the Pirates will get the bats going again but then they get the Dodgers so I'm not too optimistic.

Soriano moving back to 2nd would be interesting (especially for fantasy purposes) but it will only happen as an absolute desperation move.

[dave from knoxville]

Seven losses in a row for the Cubs. I wonder what Jim Hendry is going to do.

Not much he can do to help the offense right now.  If the big guys aren't hitting, they aren't hitting, just have to hope they break out of it.  This all just proves that Ramirez is the team MVP.  The worst part of this slump is that the pitching has been pretty good the last few games (minus Heilman, of course, I hate him more and more each day).  Hopefully a home series against the Pirates will get the bats going again but then they get the Dodgers so I'm not too optimistic.

Soriano moving back to 2nd would be interesting (especially for fantasy purposes) but it will only happen as an absolute desperation move.

They are talking about it so that they can get Hoffpaur (sp?) in the line-up everyday. I saw it in USA today so it must be true!

[nec13]

Seven losses in a row for the Cubs. I wonder what Jim Hendry is going to do.

The worst part of this slump is that the pitching has been pretty good the last few games (minus Heilman, of course, I hate him more and more each day).

Now you too can experience the frustration us Mets fans had when we had to watch him in the 7th and 8th innings. Heilman doesn't have great stuff, but I think his problems are more mental than physical. He just hasn't been quite the same since the 2006 NLCS. Plus, I still think he wants to be a starter.

I think the Cubs will be fine once they start to hit. Unfortunately, there will be a lot more competition for the division title as the Cards and Brewers are both legit.

[jbissell]

Seven losses in a row for the Cubs. I wonder what Jim Hendry is going to do.

Not much he can do to help the offense right now.  If the big guys aren't hitting, they aren't hitting, just have to hope they break out of it.  This all just proves that Ramirez is the team MVP.  The worst part of this slump is that the pitching has been pretty good the last few games (minus Heilman, of course, I hate him more and more each day).  Hopefully a home series against the Pirates will get the bats going again but then they get the Dodgers so I'm not too optimistic.

Soriano moving back to 2nd would be interesting (especially for fantasy purposes) but it will only happen as an absolute desperation move.

They are talking about it so that they can get Hoffpaur (sp?) in the line-up everyday. I saw it in USA today so it must be true!

Yeah, but I doubt it will happen because Micah isn't a very good OF.  Apart from Fukudome, that would be a horrible fielding outfield.

[Steve of Bloomington]

I am the worst baseball fan ever. I really half-ass it.

The worst thing is, I've been to 2 World Series games. The second one was pretty good (2006, Cards beat Tigers). The first one (Game 3 of what would be Boston's sweep of the Cards), not so much. Lots of better fans should have had those tickets...

[hugman]

I am the worst baseball fan ever. I really half-ass it.

The worst thing is, I've been to 2 World Series games. The second one was pretty good (2006, Cards beat Tigers). The first one (Game 3 of what would be Boston's sweep of the Cards), not so much. Lots of better fans should have had those tickets...

Yea, like ME.  My pops was at game 5 of the 2006 world series at least.  U in Bloomington, IN? 

[scratchbomb]

I am the worst baseball fan ever. I really half-ass it.

The worst thing is, I've been to 2 World Series games. The second one was pretty good (2006, Cards beat Tigers). The first one (Game 3 of what would be Boston's sweep of the Cards), not so much. Lots of better fans should have had those tickets...

I have a whole pile of playoff tickets for non-existent games that I've purchased over the last three seasons. One day I will stitch them all together and it will serve as my Tapestry of Hubris and Shame.

[nec13]

I don't know how many of you make use of baseball-reference.com, but they just added the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia to their website. This means you can find out details about practically every homerun ever hit. I linked to an example below.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/event_hr.cgi?n1=clemero01&t=b

[jbissell]

Cubs win! Many thanks to the rain that prevented the pen from blowing it.

[yesno]

Hey, if you have an iPhone the 2009 MLB app just added condensed games.  Which is awesome!

[Steve of Bloomington]

I am the worst baseball fan ever. I really half-ass it.

The worst thing is, I've been to 2 World Series games. The second one was pretty good (2006, Cards beat Tigers). The first one (Game 3 of what would be Boston's sweep of the Cards), not so much. Lots of better fans should have had those tickets...

Yea, like ME.  My pops was at game 5 of the 2006 world series at least.  U in Bloomington, IN? 

Yes, IN. Not the Bloomington in IL. That Bloomington's got nothing on ours...

[nec13]

Hey, if you have an iPhone the 2009 MLB app just added condensed games.  Which is awesome!

I like my BlackBerry, but I kind of wish I had an iPhone for that app alone. That's really cool.

[hugman]

I am the worst baseball fan ever. I really half-ass it.

The worst thing is, I've been to 2 World Series games. The second one was pretty good (2006, Cards beat Tigers). The first one (Game 3 of what would be Boston's sweep of the Cards), not so much. Lots of better fans should have had those tickets...

Yea, like ME.  My pops was at game 5 of the 2006 world series at least.  U in Bloomington, IN? 

Yes, IN. Not the Bloomington in IL. That Bloomington's got nothing on ours...

Bloomington IN where the most remote Streetside Records location was.