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Sox up by 2 bottom of the 6th ... That broom getting closer and closer

Wonder how the Indians feel... they'd be thinking they'd do a better job methinks.

There's a run in it now (Sox) bottom of the eighth. Still in clean sweep position.

Much prefer an AFL Grand Final presentation, to what they do for MLB. Admittedly they are visiting an opposition park, but done entirely for tv and excludes supporters altogether.

just got back from the cas where i watched it...you beauty!

How about the news A-Rod has quit the Yankees!

Geez..that 86 years went quick!

REDSOX WOOOOOOO two titles in Four Years

Good to see one of our former major leaguer's get a mention on sportscentre this morning in the run up to Alex Rodriguez' 600th career home run.
Apparently his 250th came off Luke Prokopec.

Just thought I'd bring up this old thread to say - Did anyone see a few days ago when Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton threw a ball that had already been declared foul, up in to the stands for a fan to catch and then he (the fan) overbalanced once he'd caught the ball, flipped over the railing and fell six metres head first onto concrete and died!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hamilton is said to be distraught.

yeah i saw that

that followed on from a few weeks ago a father dropping his child to catch the ball

ORDoubleBlues wrote:Just thought I'd bring up this old thread to say - Did anyone see a few days ago when Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton threw a ball that had already been declared foul, up in to the stands for a fan to catch and then he (the fan) overbalanced once he'd caught the ball, flipped over the railing and fell six metres head first onto concrete and died!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hamilton is said to be distraught.

All happened in front of his 6yo son too... http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/ne ... BHeadlines

Apparently there's been a surprisingly high number of deaths at baseball games over the years.

Might find this review (and the book itself) interesting...

http://www.slate.com/id/2218733/

Regards
JAS

tragic stuff...

is anyone doin fantasy baseball? im top of the table in the comp im in at the mlb.com web site.

bout the half way mark of the season..

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EAST
W L PCT GB
Boston 55 35 .611 -
NY Yankees 53 35 .602 1.0
Tampa Bay 49 41 .544 6.0
Toronto 45 47 .489 11.0
Baltimore 36 52 .409 18.0

CENTRAL
Detroit 49 43 .533 -
Cleveland 47 42 .528 0.5
Chi White Sox 44 48 .478 5.0
Minnesota 41 48 .461 6.5
Kansas City 37 54 .407 11.5

WEST
Texas 51 41 .554 -
LA Angels 50 42 .543 1.0
Seattle 43 48 .473 7.5
Oakland 39 53 .424 12.0

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EAST
Philadelphia 57 34 .626 -
Atlanta 54 38 .587 3.5
NY Mets 46 45 .505 11.0
Washington 46 46 .500 11.5
Florida 43 48 .473 14.0

CENTRAL
Milwaukee 49 43 .533 -
St. Louis 49 43 .533 -
Pittsburgh 47 43 .522 1.0
Cincinnati 45 47 .489 4.0
Chi Cubs 37 55 .402 12.0
Houston 30 62 .326 19.0

WEST
San Francisco 52 40 .565 -
Arizona 49 43 .533 3.0
Colorado 43 48 .473 8.5
LA Dodgers 41 51 .446 11.0
San Diego 40 52 .435 12.0

woodublieve12 wrote:is anyone doin fantasy baseball? im top of the table in the comp im in at the mlb.com web site.

Nah not this year.
Been watching a fair bit lately, being a Yankees man as much as it hurts to say it i have been very impressed by the Red Sox so far this season, i thought they might of tapered off a little.
Phillies a bit of a surprise packet aswell

the braves have improved which is pleasing

Home Run Derby is on today... always entertaining

mighty_tiger_79 wrote:the braves have improved which is pleasing

they have, there quite a strong franchise....

san fran round the mark again this year. the nats have improved but wont be a threat this year but they'll be round the next year or so...

you can actually watch the home run derby live on mlb.com

Derek Jeter rung up hit no. 3000 to make him only the 28th all time to do so.

An interesting game about a month ago where a pitcher had a perfect game going and needing only one out in the 9th to achieve it, a ground ball was played in the infield to 1st where the runner appeared to be clearly out live (replay showed he was out by step and a half) and the umpire called it safe!!!!!! Needless to say the manager came out and went berserk.

Pittsburgh Pirates doing a great job with a payroll that is probably less than what Rodriguez makes in a year.

Schimma, if you're watching, Ichiro Suzuki is up to 2345 hits which means he'll have at least 2400 by season's end so it will be interesting to see if he gets a new contract at the end of 2012 in his remarkable run to possibly reaching 3000.

ORDoubleBlues wrote:Derek Jeter rung up hit no. 3000 to make him only the 28th all time to do so.

An interesting game about a month ago where a pitcher had a perfect game going and needing only one out in the 9th to achieve it, a ground ball was played in the infield to 1st where the runner appeared to be clearly out live (replay showed he was out by step and a half) and the umpire called it safe!!!!!! Needless to say the manager came out and went berserk.

Pittsburgh Pirates doing a great job with a payroll that is probably less than what Rodriguez makes in a year.

Schimma, if you're watching, Ichiro Suzuki is up to 2345 hits which means he'll have at least 2400 by season's end so it will be interesting to see if he gets a new contract at the end of 2012 in his remarkable run to possibly reaching 3000.

The indians are in the same place as pitsburgh as well. sucks to support a low market team but its great when you actually beat the yankees or the red sox. i was living the tribe dream for the first 6 weeks of the year. and they are still hanging in there.

As for ichrio i have him in my fantasy side. have been close to trading or just getting rid of him. he has not had the best start to the year but has started to turn it around. For him to get 3,000 he will need to play another 3 years at least.