2009 MLB Thread

[hugman]

I watched Zack Greinke throw literally one pitch so far this eve, and it was the filthiest cutter I've seen in recent memory.  It looked like a whiffle ball pitch.

Also, Cardinals relief pitcher Jason Motte smells his hat when he takes the field, talks to his glove and ocd's out on the baselines as he walks to the dugout.

[nec13]

The Phillies blew another game tonight and are now 13-21 at home. And that back-end of the bullpen is a mess without Brad Lidge. They need to get some starting pitching in order to solidify a pretty anemic rotation (beyond Hamels, of course).

I don't even want to get started on the Mets.

[scratchbomb]

The Phillies blew another game tonight and are now 13-21 at home. And that back-end of the bullpen is a mess without Brad Lidge. They need to get some starting pitching in order to solidify a pretty anemic rotation (beyond Hamels, of course).

I don't even want to get started on the Mets.

The one bright spot about the Mets is that most of their woes are injury-related, and most (if not all) of those guys (Reyes, Delgado, Maine, Ollie Perez) will return, whereas the Phillies will definitely need to make some trades to bolster their rotation and bullpen.

Of course, now Beltran's gonna go for an MRI tomorrow. If he goes on the DL, that pretty much removes any viable power threat they have.

[nec13]

I think the Mets will go on a run at some point, where they reel off, say, 15 of 20 games. They have performed well, given the injuries.

[jbissell]

I'm hoping that the Cubs' offense is starting to turn it around.  Lee's had a sudden burst of power and I really hope it lasts.

[scratchbomb]

I think the Mets will go on a run at some point, where they reel off, say, 15 of 20 games. They have performed well, given the injuries.

I would expect that too. Hopefully, they're not 10 games out by that point.

What's infuriating is that they've lost a ton of games they could easily have won. And even beyond the injuries, they keep finding new ways to lose. Santana has a horrible outing. Then the other starters do well but K-rod melts down. Then Santana rebounds but the bats go silent, and then the rest of the bullpen melts down. They're extremely lucky to be only 2 games back--and at the same time, they could also easily be in first place if they hadn't assed away about five easily winnable games.

[hugman]

Card Vs. Pondscum, er, Mets.  Let's get it on.

[nec13]

As they are currently constituted, the Mets are an 85-88 win team. Mediocre pitching beyond Santana and a mediocre lineup. That being said, the NL is atrocious this year and the Mets are still in it.

And is there any doubt that Pujols is the NL MVP this year? He is carrying them right now.

[hugman]

As they are currently constituted, the Mets are an 85-88 win team. Mediocre pitching beyond Santana and a mediocre lineup. That being said, the NL is atrocious this year and the Mets are still in it.

And is there any doubt that Pujols is the NL MVP this year? He is carrying them right now.

There's no doubt about that, but to say he's carrying them is a little bit of an exaggeration, if a very small one. Offensively, yes ,but for the most part, pitching has been pretty good.  Plus, there's a new slugger in St. Louis, and his name is Khalil Greene.  


(he hit a homer in each of the last three games)

[nec13]

I meant to say that he's been carrying them offensively.

The Cardinals have hit 76 HR this season. Albert Pujols has hit 26 of those, or roughly 34%. He has a 1.169 OPS. That's ridiculous.

[nec13]

Just when things couldn't get any worse, Carlos BEL-TRON is now on the 15 day DL.

If they Mets didn't have bad luck, they wouldn't have any luck at all.

[yesno]

http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-ticketprices.html

[scratchbomb]

As they are currently constituted, the Mets are an 85-88 win team. Mediocre pitching beyond Santana and a mediocre lineup. That being said, the NL is atrocious this year and the Mets are still in it.

And is there any doubt that Pujols is the NL MVP this year? He is carrying them right now.

In the absence of Beltran, calling their lineup mediocre is being kind. And the Phillies ain't gonna keep losing forever. I guess they're still in it, but I wouldn't be shocked to see that change 2 weeks from now.

[hugman]

http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-ticketprices.html

it's criminal to not have any tickets for under 10 bucks. Dodgers tickets went up after acquiring Manny, but they still have $9 tickets. 
For shame, Philadelphia and St. Louis. They won't spend any money but they expect the fans to.  Because they will.
Now, I wanna go to Houston and sit behind home plate.

Anyway, great game tonight between the Mets and Cards.  Favorite moment:  Announcer: (something to the effect of) "I'm not afraid of anything Ludwick's gonna do.  Especially in this ballpark, he's gonna stay in the ballpark."  About one second later, Ludwick hits a two-run homer.  Announcer:"I'm an idiot."

[scratchbomb]

http://www.flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-ticketprices.html

it's criminal to not have any tickets for under 10 bucks. Dodgers tickets went up after acquiring Manny, but they still have $9 tickets. 
For shame, Philadelphia and St. Louis. They won't spend any money but they expect the fans to.  Because they will.
Now, I wanna go to Houston and sit behind home plate.

Anyway, great game tonight between the Mets and Cards.  Favorite moment:  Announcer: (something to the effect of) "I'm not afraid of anything Ludwick's gonna do.  Especially in this ballpark, he's gonna stay in the ballpark."  About one second later, Ludwick hits a two-run homer.  Announcer:"I'm an idiot."

Was that on ESPN? Because the exact opposite happened on SNY, where the announcers kept talking about how you couldn't overlook Ludwick, and then three seconds later he hit that homer.

CitiField's gotta be the hardest ballpark to hit a home run in, other than maybe Petco. Which is fine--I think home runs should be hard to hit.