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Mlb 2013

I was watching the Dodgers/Giants game when Clayton Kershaw broke the 0-0 tie with his 1st major league HR. He was like a 12 year old kid circling the bases and walking into the dugout. Fun stuff. Dodgers should be really tough this year.
 
www.records said:
I was watching the Dodgers/Giants game when Clayton Kershaw broke the 0-0 tie with his 1st major league HR. He was like a 12 year old kid circling the bases and walking into the dugout. Fun stuff. Dodgers should be really tough this year.
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That was really fun to see happen. He hit that homer in the bottom of the 8th inning after having thrown a 3 hit shutout against the current World Series champs. He pitched the 9th inning for the complete game as well.

I'm going to catch as much of the Cardinals and DBacks as I can this evening. Opening Days is great.
 
I see the Mets beat up the Padres pretty good earlier, so all's not doom & gloom in NYC. ;) No score after 1 full inning, with a sell-out crowd down in Oakland. I'm on the radio thing too, TV coverage is pretty much non-existent anymore, unless you pay for it. :thumbsdn:
 
Yay, my Mariners shut out the As 2-zip! :D It's always nice to win that season opener, no matter what happens the rest of the season. ;) They made it interesting though, they had the bases loaded in the 8th, so it wasn't really a blowout at all. :no:
 
www.records said:
I was watching the Dodgers/Giants game when Clayton Kershaw broke the 0-0 tie with his 1st major league HR. He was like a 12 year old kid circling the bases and walking into the dugout. Fun stuff. Dodgers should be really tough this year.
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Go Blue!
 
Until I heard it on PTI a few minutes ago, I didn't realize that the Nats' Steven Strasburg had, in his seven innings pitched, only allowed 3 hits, and retired 19 hitters in a row. That is a very auspicious start.
 
kneeOhFight said:
Until I heard it on PTI a few minutes ago, I didn't realize that the Nats' Steven Strasburg had, in his seven innings pitched, only allowed 3 hits, and retired 19 hitters in a row. That is a very auspicious start.
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And it's not even clear that he's the best pitcher on their staff (Gio Gonzalez led the majors last year with 21 wins (ERA of 2.89) and had at least 15 wins/year in the past three years). He'll be pitching tomorrow. My buddy and I will get to see Jordan Zimmerman pitch on Thursday. He's damn good as well with 12 wins and a 2.94 ERA last year. The Nats are stacked.
 
slow_jazz said:
A-Rod is making more money than the entire Houston team.
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Yes, had heard that the entire Houston Astros payroll is $25 million. Sounds like a mostly Triple-A type salary level? Or more like everyone is at league minimums.
 
mech986 said:
Yes, had heard that the entire Houston Astros payroll is $25 million. Sounds like a mostly Triple-A type salary level? Or more like everyone is at league minimums.
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I'd rather have a bunch of young, hungry and coachable players than a bunch of decrepit, expensive prima-donnas.
 
finnbow said:
I'd rather have a bunch of young, hungry and coachable players than a bunch of decrepit, expensive prima-donnas.
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While I don't disagree, especially from a cost/value standpoint, once you get them together for a few years, they develop collectively and individually and you see where the talent starts to shine. If they succeed, then the spectre of arbitration salary raises comes into play, or they are lured off by higher paydays by free-er spending teams.

If the Astros are doing this because their market just won't support them (much like the Marlins and Rays), well, they're just hamstrung in terms of revenue. If they management is playing Moneyball to the extreme, good luck, only a few teams have done well consistently with that.

Not that I like or enjoy seeing the 9 figure multiyear contracts - that's just nuts thinking about that much money - but MLB hasn't decided on a salary cap and probably never will as long as there are owners and teams willing to pay (throw away) that much money, my Dodgers included. OTOH, the revenue generated by a winning team and very supportive fan base (nee Yankees and regional sports network TV revenue) can make it a reasonably sound business decision.

But very true, overpaid prima donna's gets old really fast. During the bankruptcy, we were still paying or owed:
Manny Ramirez, $20,992,086
Andruw Jones, $11,075,000
Hiroki Kuroda, $4,483,516
Rafael Furcal, $3,725,275
Chicago White Sox, $3,500,000

Ted Lilly, $3,423,077
Zach Lee, $3,400,000
Kaz Ishii, $3,300,000
Juan Uribe, $3,241,758
Matt Guerrier, $3,090,659


And 150K was owed to Vin Scully, of all people! These debts were all because of the financial shenanigans of previous ownership and the leveraging they were doing to hide it. Bad management.

I'm sure that the Magic / Guggenheim group has cleared that off the books and now has really opened up the pocketbooks, in as much a statement to the league as well as its fans, that it is committed financially to fielding a great team. Same for spending over $100 million to renovate Dodger Stadium and putting the fan experience as number 2 behind having a great and hopefully competitive team.
 
Yu Darvish, one out away from a perfect game. Damn. I guess the Rangers are getting used to being 'one out away'. Remember game 6? :D
 
Mmmmyip, my Mariners are still UNDEFEATED after 2 games, LOL. :D ;) Michael Morse had 2 homers, one being a monster, in the 9th inning. Final score, 7-1 Ms. :thmbsp:
 
spaceman said:
Mmmmyip, my Mariners are still UNDEFEATED after 2 games, LOL. :D ;) Michael Morse had 2 homers, one being a monster, in the 9th inning. Final score, 7-1 Ms. :thmbsp:
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Most folks around here were a bit sad to see The Beast (Morse) traded. He was a fan favorite. He was sometimes a bit tenuous playing the outfield, but he could certainly hit. Once the Nats succeeded in resigning Adam LaRoche, they didn't have a place for him, however. He's a good guy and a solid hitter.
 
I was glad to hear we got him back. We have a few young guys like him, that could easily turn our luck VERY good, as evidenced last night. It's just that most teams don't like taking a chance on too many young guys at once. Our young Justin Smoak is another good example, he hits like crazy, but still needs a bit more experience, for some folks' liking. ;)
 
i'll say this without a shame: we have the best record in the major league! :banana:

hopefully, we can say that again in may.....
 
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