2025 Major League Baseball Thread

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Orioles will win another one before the twins BANK on it

I doubt it but perpetual hope is the right of a fan. Twins on a 9-1 run and should be on a 7 game winning streak after Pavano beats the Sox tonight. Twins have a 10-4 edge on the Sox this year, kind of makes you wonder why some people think the division will be close.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

I doubt it but perpetual hope is the right of a fan.

lol what else do loser teams have

[Batman1980]

Dang the Padres are owning the Cubs.

[Navster]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Dang the Padres are owning the Cubs.

great...

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by NavsterKing

great...

Dang it looks like the Padres have been almost as good since the All Star Break as the Twins.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Orioles will win another one before the twins BANK on it

Win what first? The overall #1 pick in the draft? Come on now, the Twins are one of the best run franchises in MLB and the Orioles possibly the worst.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Win what first? The overall #1 pick in the draft? Come on now, the Twins are one of the best run franchises in MLB and the Orioles possibly the worst.

There is always the chance that Angelos gets in a plane crash lol.

We'll be back we won't be held down forever



*unless that guy pulls an Al Davis and lives forever

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

Win what first? The overall #1 pick in the draft? Come on now, the Twins are one of the best run franchises in MLB and the Orioles possibly the worst.

Twins need to have Pavano and Thome's replacements ready for the near future but other than that we should be one of the best teams in the Central for a long time to come with the current roster. Hope we're good enough this year to get past old foes like the Yankees.

[Dexter Morgan]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Twins need to have Pavano and Thome's replacements ready for the near future but other than that we should be one of the best teams in the Central for a long time to come with the current roster. Hope we're good enough this year to get past old foes like the Yankees.

Maybe, with Joe Nathan out for the season.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by Dexter Morgan

Maybe, with Joe Nathan out for the season.

That loss hurt the Twins. But they did pickup Capps from the Nats for basically nothing. I'm just not convinced their starting pitching is good enough to beat the Yankees or Rays in a 5 or 7 game series and maybe not the Rangers either. Liriano and Pavano are a nice 1-2 but they have very poor starters at the 3 and 4 spots. If I were the Twins I'd go with a 3-man rotation in the playoffs and hope for the best.

[Clark Kent]

The Twins have the same problem they always do, their top starters do not match up against the aces of the other playoff teams. I would probably name 7 or 8 of the best starters in the playoffs before getting to Liriano or Pavano. Cliff Lee, Sabathia, David Price, etc. would all be favored against whoever the Twins start for game 1 of a series.

[QuasidodoJr]

The Reds 9 - 1 lead over the Diamondbacks has shrunk to a 9 - 5 lead, in the bottom of the 8th.

[Batman1980]

11-0 whupping at home? It's like they didn't even try.

[Dexter Morgan]

Originally Posted by ChadFL

That loss hurt the Twins. But they did pickup Capps from the Nats for basically nothing. I'm just not convinced their starting pitching is good enough to beat the Yankees or Rays in a 5 or 7 game series and maybe not the Rangers either. Liriano and Pavano are a nice 1-2 but they have very poor starters at the 3 and 4 spots. If I were the Twins I'd go with a 3-man rotation in the playoffs and hope for the best.

The three man rotation is very common in the MLB playoffs anyway, especially in the first round where it's a five game series.

Who is the Twins' number three starter?

[Jellybeans]

CLEMENS CHARGED WITH PERJURY OVER TESTIMONY TO U.S. CONGRESS

WASHINGTON -- Roger Clemens was vehement: "Let me be clear. I have never taken steroids or HGH," he told a House committee in 2008. Now, instead of the Hall of Fame, baseball's seven-time Cy Young winner could go to prison after being indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday for allegedly lying to Congress.

The case writes a new chapter in one of baseball's worst scandals, the rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs in the 1990s and early 2000s, and leaves Clemens' legacy in jeopardy.

The six-count indictment alleges that Clemens obstructed a congressional inquiry with 15 different statements made under oath, including denials that he had ever used steroids or human growth hormone.

Former Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, the top Republican on the House panel at the time of Clemens' testimony, called it "a self-inflicted wound."

Clemens had been prominently mentioned in the Mitchell Report, Major League Baseball's own accounting of its steroid problem, and he went to Capitol Hill on his own to clear his name.

"Clemens was not under subpoena. He came voluntarily," Davis said. "And I sat there in the office with (committee chairman) Henry Waxman and said, 'Whatever you do, don't lie."'

More on : http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=331015

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Dexter Morgan

The three man rotation is very common in the MLB playoffs anyway, especially in the first round where it's a five game series.

Who is the Twins' number three starter?

Brian Duensing, a 6-1 pitcher who's starting off our series against the Angels tonight,.

[Navster]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

11-0 whupping at home? It's like they didn't even try.

Giants won 5-2

[Dexter Morgan]

Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

Brian Duensing, a 6-1 pitcher who's starting off our series against the Angels tonight,.

Oh, right. He's been impressive thus far after being converted into a SP. I see he threw a three-hit shutout in his last start.

[ChadFL]

I'll bet the Phillies are regretting dealing Cliff Lee more than ever after this. This Gillies kid was supposedly a top prospect.

http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/08/20/p...usspor00000002

Phillies Prospect Tyson Gillies Charged With Cocaine Possession

Tyson Gillies, a top prospect who came to the Phillies in the Cliff Lee trade last winter, was arrested Friday morning and charged with cocaine possession.

The St. Petersburg Times reports the 21-year-old Gillies was arrested by Pinellas County (Fla.) Sheriff's officers at 1:10 a.m. Friday and released at 10:52 a.m. on $2,000 bond. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Gillies was arrested at a hotel about a mile from the Phillies' complex in Clearwater, Fla.

The team issued the following statement Friday morning:

"The Phillies have confirmed that Tyson Gillies was charged today on a drug possession charge arising out of an incident that was alleged to have occurred in June. Because this is an open case, we will not comment further at this time."

The Phillies acquired Gillies from the Mariners along with Phillippe Aumont and J.C. Ramirez last December in exchange for Lee, who has since been dealt to the Rangers.

[Batman1980]

Not sure how they handle drug charges in MLB but