MLB (Baseball)

[Raw Toast]

Must be time for a thread on this, or a new thread if an old one exists somewhere.

Probably still going to be a horrible season for my Padres (bloody cousins in San Diego, so I follow them and the chargers). But their start to the season has been a ripper, with two come-from-behind wins against the Phillies.

BTW I reckon the MLB site has the best game-day coverage of any major sport.

[GVGjr]

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BTW I reckon the MLB site has the best game-day coverage of any major sport.

The most professional sports callers around. They really have to know their stuff.

[Scraggers]

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I'm a Boston Red Sox fan myself (since visiting the fair city in 2002 during the world series loss to New York Yankees)

Speaking of the Yankees ... did you see the top of the second innings routing Cleavland gave the Yankees ... 14 runs scored in one innings, and eventually winning 22 - 4 ... now that makes me smile

Betcha Derek Jeter's nachos don't taste so good now

[Remi Moses]

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New York Mets fan. Love the game

[The Underdog]

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Must be time for a thread on this, or a new thread if an old one exists somewhere.

Probably still going to be a horrible season for my Padres (bloody cousins in San Diego, so I follow them and the chargers). But their start to the season has been a ripper, with two come-from-behind wins against the Phillies.

BTW I reckon the MLB site has the best game-day coverage of any major sport.

Thanks to One HD there's been more MLB on than I can possibly fit into my life (just ask my wife). I'm a massive Cubs fan which just adds to the pattern of the sad sad supporting history I have. Cubs are big favourites to win the NL Central but have some weaknesses that will keep them close to the pack. St Louis are looking ok too, which is a shame.
Padres have had a great start to the season RT but the big surprise so far has to be the Marlins. These guys spend less on their team than the Yanks spend on a free agent pitcher and they've started 11-1.

[Remi Moses]

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Thanks to One HD there's been more MLB on than I can possibly fit into my life (just ask my wife). I'm a massive Cubs fan which just adds to the pattern of the sad sad supporting history I have. Cubs are big favourites to win the NL Central but have some weaknesses that will keep them close to the pack. St Louis are looking ok too, which is a shame.
Padres have had a great start to the season RT but the big surprise so far has to be the Marlins. These guys spend less on their team than the Yanks spend on a free agent pitcher and they've started 11-1.

No great surprise with the Marlins,as they do this every 5 or 6 years. They load up win a world series then conduct a fire sale.Finally the mets have fixed that deplorable pen from previous seasons.Hope like most sports fans that the Cubs can break that 101 year old drought.I love the diplomatic answer a cubs fan when asked ''How the Cubs haven't won a world series in 100 years'' reply was Anybody can have a bad century

[LostDoggy]

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Never really been able to get into baseball, if i had to choose a team it would be the Chicago Cubs.

[Missing Dog]

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Is an Indians supporter missed the game and could not believe the result when I saw it we are now 4-9 but it is still early in the year it really must be a bulldog thing the indians last won the world series in 48

[LostDoggy]

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Slow start for the tribe....will come good though!! Still very cold in Cleveland once it warms up the results will get better!!

[The Underdog]

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Is an Indians supporter missed the game and could not believe the result when I saw it we are now 4-9 but it is still early in the year it really must be a bulldog thing the Indians last won the world series in 48

Indians should be alright. Reasonably good pitching and some excellent hitters. I really like Sizemore & DeRosa was a great utility guy for the Cubs who goes all out. They're also 5-9 but only 2 and a half back, so it's not like they have huge ground to make up. Cliff Lee also had a slow start but he'll win 15+. That division will be tight all year I reckon.
A few other surprising starts are Pittsburgh at 9-6 and Seattle leading the West, although I think once the Angels get back to full strength and the shock of the Nick Adenhart tragedy is a bit further off they should take the West comfortably.

[Missing Dog]

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Indians should be alright. Reasonably good pitching and some excellent hitters. I really like Sizemore & DeRosa was a great utility guy for the Cubs who goes all out. They're also 5-9 but only 2 and a half back, so it's not like they have huge ground to make up. Cliff Lee also had a slow start but he'll win 15+. That division will be tight all year I reckon.
A few other surprising starts are Pittsburgh at 9-6 and Seattle leading the West, although I think once the Angels get back to full strength and the shock of the Nick Adenhart tragedy is a bit further off they should take the West comfortably.

Have always been a Sizemore fan don't know much about DeRosa but am looking forward to catching him this year i need a set top box so I can can ten 1

[The Underdog]

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Well the Cubs are in the middle of sucking and have dropped from 8-4 to 9-9 including losing 2 out of 3 to the Cards. The Red Sox swept the Yanks which I think gladdens the hearts of all non Yankee fans and the Marlins have dropped pretty much every game since I commented on their amazing start to the season. I've tried keeping up with the games on OneHD including watching the Padres-Giants game which was scoreless until Bengie Molina hit a game winning double in the bottom of the 10th and that was with Barry Zito pitching 7 scoreless innings for the Giants. Two small ball teams who might just go alright if their pitching holds up.

[The Underdog]

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Big news with Manny Ramirez being suspended for 50 games for breaking the MLB drug policy. Big hit to the Dodgers. Fortunately for them they only need to play .500 baseball until he comes back to still be leading what is a fairly weak division. They've had a great start to the year (13-0 at home) although some would argue they've beaten up on some weak teams thus far.

[Remi Moses]

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Another blackeye for the sport,I'm sure some will fob it off as Manny being Manny. Baseball has to get toughter with drug cheats.

[LostDoggy]

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Can anyone recommend any books or DVD's, which highlight the history of baseball in America?

With the addition of the new ABL, i have really started getting into the sport of baseball. Would like to read up on the history of the sport in America, to get a better understanding of the game.