;) :-0

Most surprising team: the Orioles...by far.

Toronto is in 2nd place of the AL East... that's even more. Baltimore at least has a pretty awesome batting lineup, although their pitching rotation has had much to be desired.

I like their kids, tho....Bedard and Cabrera can be frontliners someday

Since I ignore the Yankees. What's been the problem with them so far. I noticed they either score double digits or get shut out in games.

Let's see... they finally fixed their bullpen problems from last year, but now...

1. Mussina is barely able to do anything positive.
2. Kevin Brown needs to retire, ASAP
3. Randy Johnson has pitched 3 good games, the others bleh
4. Jaret Wright sucks and is already on DL
5. Like you said, the lineup either kills the other team, or gets bitched up themselves.

Where the hell did Giambi go? He was barely in the DH role, now for 1B/DH it's Tino Martinez (YAY!) and Andy Phillips (look to the future I guess.

Scrooge makes valid points, but if you want to nail it down to one thing, it's inconsistency. When their starters pitch well, they can't hit. When they hit well, their pitchers blow the lead. Their bullpen has been awful, their starters have been routinely bad, and aside from A-Rod driving in ten runs in a single game and Godzilla doing what he does, their lineup has been bad. They'll come out of it, of cousre, but I don't thihnk they're anymore than a high 80-low 90 win team this year.

Yeah, in short: Inconsistant playing, but that's very vague. Come on D-Rays... come out of the basement!

I predicted that the Yankees would miss the playoffs this year. Let's hope I'm right.

This may be the year that the O's get back into the playoffs.. Probably will get as far as the ALCS... Then I see a World Series championship for them next year.

Hopefully some other punk 12 year old robs the Orioles of an out. :)

Tino homers in three consecutive games (marks the fuck out), and now the Yankees lead the Mariners 3-1 in the top of the 5th. Go New York, Go New York, Go!

*wonders how to tell Scrooge this


scrooge.....they suck

Whatever you say, front runner.

Irony, noun: A Yankees fan calling you a front runner.

That was one of the worst calls in the history of baseball.. Technically, the Yankees should be holding a 3-2 series lead right now.

I've liked the Yankees since I was a itty-bitty boy, when they sucked and were trying to stay out of the basement in 1990 and 1991.

Yeah, I've liked the Cards since i was little boy too, and they sucked through the early ninties. So....I guess we're even.

No... the Yankees have won 4 World Series championships since I started watching baseball, so you're ahead in the "suffering team" file.

Except I cheer for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, the only team in current history to never have a winning season.

Pena resigned as the Royals manager. Can't say I blame him as that team looks completely hopeless. Greinke and Stairs are the only players they have worth a damn.

Ugly game for NYY/Seatle. Pavano gives up 2 homers and 5 runs in top of 1st (thanks A-Rod, you clutz), and now Moyer gives up 5 consecutive hits, allowing 3 runs, and only 1 out in bottom of 1st.

Correction: 5-4 bottom of 1st with only 1 out.


Correction again: 5-5 bottom of the 1st with only 1 out.

I really feel for Tony Pena. He was one of my favorite players growing up, and the catcher for the Cards not only in real life but in RBI Baseball (great game). He deserved better than the league's lowest talent team. Hope he lands on his feet.

I bet I could go by a game and put together a better team through an expansion draft.

The kids from the Sandlot would be a better MLB team than the Royals... and I don't mean that horrible Sandlot 2 movie that needs to be destroyed quicker than the Star Wars Holiday Special.

Anyone who says MLB doesn't need a salary cap....man, I don't know how you can. I like an upper-mid market team, so I'm fine...but what about these owners that don't care enough to spend more than 20 million on their teams? I'm good friends with a Royals fan who can barely bring himself to watch games anymore. It's pathetic.

Tell owners to spend fucking money or to sell the team to someone who will... and you really have no room to complain, since the Cardinals are pretty loaded in big name talent that probably aren't cheap.

I'm not complaining about my team, if you reread what I said. Cards have a budget of about 80 million, which I believe pegs them about 10th in the league. So they're fine. I just feel bad for the lower budget teams and their fans.

Hello :) (cheers for the Devil Rays, who, IIRC, have a salary cap of $33 million)

The Reds owner in the past has made a good point about it. The payoffs to spend large amounts on the team just aren't there in the current state of the game. Sure you can spend an extra 20 million on your team but what good does it do when the Yankees are willing to overpay their whole team and make it so free agents are overpriced.

Maybe someone should start a "Salary Cap" discussion topic, but I don't care if it stays here. (sips hawaiian punch)

Tino homers AGAIN~! to tie the game at 9-9. This is the 5th straight game he homered, and the longest Yankee streak since... he did it in 2001. :P

So what's the team ERA for the Yankees?

Somewhere in the 5.40 area, which isn't too good. They had a team ERA of 1.72 for the last 4 games, which helps a little.

So who's off the team next year and who's the scapegoat?

Wright and Brown. Brown finally pitched a good game, but he still sucked the four before that, and Wright is the new Vazquez. Will have a few good innings, then suck major ass.

Wright has been pretty piss poor, but let's not forget about Pavano. Big time acquisition with a 4.80 ERA....that's fantastic.

Are people crying about Randy Johnson's 3.68 ERA?

Pavano has 2 wins at least going into today. :P