Major League Baseball: 2012 Season

[Omnis]

Money will win of course.

 

[Ven0m]

Excited to see the 3 Rangers starting for the AL. it may be one of the most potent offenses in ASG history.

 

[Schwartz]

How do you guys like the field? (From yesterday at 7:00 PM)

 

[CodeRedR51]

That's not Kansas City, so where is that?

 

[Schwartz]

Gesa Stadium in Pasco, Washington.

Yesterday I chalked the batters boxes and around the edge of the homeplate cutout, but normally I do the baselines.

 

[Blitz24]

Felix Hernandez, out of All-Star Game.

 

[Patrick]

Verlander doing badly. Ugh...

Weaver or Sale should've started.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Well that was a hell of a start.

 

[Prosthetic]

it may be one of the most potent offenses in ASG history.

2000 NL lineup blows it out of the water.

 

[Patrick]

8-0! The Milk Man with a 2-run blast.

 

[Omnis]

National League! Baseball > Money lol!

 

[a6m5]

Nice double play. NL's kicking butt! watch me jinx'em....

 

[Prosthetic]

Oh man.. I missed the Melk mans HR.. :/

 

[Barra333]

Dont worry, they will put the highlight up on GameDay. Oh, wait, they are too busy tweeting pictures of players tweeting

 

[Omnis]

Wtf, Yu Darvish didn't get to play?

 

[Patrick]

Wtf, Yu Darvish didn't get to play?

Wash said he'll only use him if the game went into extra innings.

 

[Omnis]

Oye Pablo Sandoval, whatchu saye mang?

 

[CodeRedR51]

Was getting worried there that Miley wouldn't get a chance.

 

[Patrick]

The NL bullpen is all 97+.

He got a ZL1!

 

[JohnBM01]

Damn. The AL got owned. The National League won 8-0. Hung five on the AL in the first inning. It was a 10-hit effort for the NL with no errors compared to the 6-hit, no error effort from the American League. Matt Cain (SF, NL) was the winner while Justin Verlander (DET, AL) lost. So the NL representative in the World Series will have Home Field against whomever the AL representative will be.


So now that the All-Star Game is done, it's time for all the teams to go back to beating each other down en route to the postseason. That means my Astros going on their San Francisco - San Diego - Arizona road trip.

As the kids would say ... AL = PWN3D!!!

 

[Prosthetic]

Oye Pablo Sandoval, whatchu saye mang?

Pablo is awesome. "hanging curve and I heeet it. i heet the ball into the wall"

Awesome to see Melky win MVP. Awesome to see the Giants players shut the media up.

 

[Omnis]

Pablo should've been MVP though. Bases-loaded triple? Come on man, that blew the game open.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Pablo should've been MVP though. Bases-loaded triple? Come on man, that blew the game open.

Agreed.

 

[a6m5]

What do you guys think about the All-Star games deciding home-field for the World Series? Personally, I like it, as it gives some meaning to the game. Only sport I follow full-time is the NBA, and from the player selection process to silly (non)officiating, NBA All-Star game is a complete joke. I haven't watched in probably something like ten years.

P.S. It was nice to see LaRussa one more time. 👍
P.P.S. No Darvish. Bummer.

Go NL!

 

[Patrick]

I like that it decides home field. Or it would be like the NFL All Star game.

 

[tfed]

Pablo should've been MVP though. Bases-loaded triple? Come on man, that blew the game open.

Agreed as well,but man Melky was fun to watch. Brought back some great memories,ive noticed he has slimmed down too. Must be cause of the off season training with Cano and his dad in DR. Clearly he has matured,im really happy for him. Its a funny picture with that antagonistic low five Melky is trying to give to Cano.

 

[JohnBM01]

All-Star Break is over or nearing an end. Time to get back into the business of hammering other teams in hopes of making the postseason. So here are the standings and such before the weekend series begin:

--- AMERICAN LEAGUE ---
AL EAST: New York Yankees (52-33), BAL (45-40), TB (45-41), BOS and TOR (both 43-43)
AL CENTRAL: Chicago White Sox (47-38), CLE (44-41), DET (44-42), KC (37-47), MIN (36-49)
AL WEST: Texas (52-34), LAA (48-38), OAK (43-43), SEA (36-51)
AL WILD CARD: Baltimore (45-40), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (48-38), TB (45-41), CLE (44-41), DET (44-42)

--- NATIONAL LEAGUE ---
NL EAST: Washington (49-34), ATL (46-39), NYM (46-40), MIA (41-44), PHI (37-50)
NL CENTRAL: Pittsburgh (48-37), CIN (47-38), STL (46-40), MIL (40-45), CHC (33-52), HOU (33-53)
NL WEST: Los Angeles Dodgers (47-40), SF (46-40), ARI (42-43), SD (34-53), COL (33-52)
NL WILD CARD: Atlanta (46-39), Cincinnati (47-38), STL (46-40), NYM and SF (both 46-40)

--- OTHER NOTES ---
WIN PERCENTAGE... Best: NYY (.612); Worst: HOU (.384)
HOME RECORD... Best: PIT (29-14); Worst: SEA (16-25)
ROAD RECORD... Best: NYY (27-17); Worst: HOU (9-32)
STREAKS... Best: DET (won 5 straight); Worst: PHI (lost 4 straight)


So there you have it. Of the current division leaders, who do you think will stay there? Could any teams challenge for the divisional lead? Are there any playoff sleepers you have in mind? Who (realistically) would surprise you most to see win in any of the divisions or snatch a Wild Card berth?

Let's have a little discussion before the MLB boys go back to pounding each other.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Diamondbacks are not doing as well as I'd like, and there were high expectations going into this season, especially with our off season lineup changes, etc. But we're certainly not out of it yet. Of course we've had some help with SF and LAD running into losing streaks.

 

[Blitz24]

The Mets are doing a bit better than were said to be able to do. The team has gotten A LOT out of Wright, Dickey, Nieuwenhuis, Tejada, and Hairston. If we can just be as efficient in the 2nd half we might be able to make the playoffs.

 

[Patrick]

We'll be better. Albert seems pretty much back to normal. The thing i'm worried about is Vernon Wells. He'll be coming off the DL soon and there's no room for him. Trout, Trumbo, and Torii in the outfield.