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Post by kchoya on Mar 31, 2008 12:40:25 GMT -5
Surprised there were posts yet. How about those Nats? Wonderful looking stadium and what a way to open the park! But where was the crowd? The outfield section where Zimmerman hit his home run was less than half full. If you're leaving early from a 2-2 game on opening day of a new ballpark, you're pathetic.
Here's to hoping the Royals finish above .500! Yeah mediocrity!
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Post by TigerHoya on Mar 31, 2008 12:42:21 GMT -5
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Post by HometownHoya on Mar 31, 2008 12:52:32 GMT -5
Nats in the lead for the pennant race!!! Stadium looks great, I hope to be going to a game soon so I'll let yall know how it looks in person (unless someone else beats me to it)
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Post by TBird41 on Mar 31, 2008 13:28:37 GMT -5
This Detroit lineup is ridiculously scary. I've got the Royal-Tigers game on at work, and have Gil Meche on my fantasy team, and it's not fun right now. Renteria-Polanco-Sheffield-Ordonez-Cabrera-Carlos Guillen for their top 6? Granderson isn't even playing and there are no easy outs. If Verlander and Bonderman can pitch well all year, and nobody in the lineup gets hurt (that's a big if, considering the age) there's no way this team doesn't win the AL Central.
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Post by HeartAttackHoya on Mar 31, 2008 14:08:20 GMT -5
Detroit's bullpen doesnt impress me and there are too many people in that lineup with major injury concerns/history. I do, however, still think, they edge out the Indians for the AL Central. Interested to see how wild card will come down as there are alot of teams that I feel can battle for the spot (Boston, NYY, Anaheim, Seattle, Cleveland, Detroit even Toronto might surprise)
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Post by kchoya on Mar 31, 2008 14:47:30 GMT -5
This Detroit lineup is ridiculously scary. I've got the Royal-Tigers game on at work, and have Gil Meche on my fantasy team, and it's not fun right now. Renteria-Polanco-Sheffield-Ordonez-Cabrera-Carlos Guillen for their top 6? Granderson isn't even playing and there are no easy outs. If Verlander and Bonderman can pitch well all year, and nobody in the lineup gets hurt (that's a big if, considering the age) there's no way this team doesn't win the AL Central. I think Meche is having trouble dealing with the ump's strike zone - pick one and stick with it ump. At least Gordon is showing off some of his enormous promise.
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Post by vcjack on Mar 31, 2008 14:49:34 GMT -5
This Detroit lineup is ridiculously scary. I've got the Royal-Tigers game on at work, and have Gil Meche on my fantasy team, and it's not fun right now. Renteria-Polanco-Sheffield-Ordonez-Cabrera-Carlos Guillen for their top 6? Granderson isn't even playing and there are no easy outs. If Verlander and Bonderman can pitch well all year, and nobody in the lineup gets hurt (that's a big if, considering the age) there's no way this team doesn't win the AL Central. I predict that this thread will swerve between predictable Yankee-Red Sox slapfights and AL Central fans bitching about the Tigers (along with some comments about the O's/Nats that us who are living locally should know but don't have a clue)* *Cubs fans get their own thread so they can't muddle this up
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Post by TigerHoya on Mar 31, 2008 15:01:44 GMT -5
I'll really muddle it up with some Braves talk. It's good to see Glavine back in an Atlanta uniform and starting tonight.
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Post by SDHoya on Mar 31, 2008 15:18:00 GMT -5
How 'bout them Padres, anyone? Eh, I'm not that excited about our prospects either. Still gotta love the Peavy-Oswalt match up on opening night.
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Post by vcjack on Mar 31, 2008 15:47:39 GMT -5
Mark Buehrle gave up 7 runs in a little less than an inning and a half
nah the southside pitching ain't declining one bit
But glad to see Thome is getting those home runs out of his system before he can go back to his real spot in the lineup: the good ol DL
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 31, 2008 16:26:31 GMT -5
How 'bout them Padres, anyone? Eh, I'm not that excited about our prospects either. Still gotta love the Peavy-Oswalt match up on opening night. I'm actually very excited about this year. The rotation has the potential to be very good and honestly, the infield is very good as well. The OF defense is a huge issue, as is the age of our team (injuries) and the difficulty of our division, but I think most previews of the Padres are way too pessimistic.
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Post by hoyasaxact on Mar 31, 2008 16:56:20 GMT -5
Go Twins!
I think Cleveland will win the AL Central over the Tigers. I don't think their pitching (other than Verlander) is nearly as good as everyone says, and with the injury to Zumaya their bullpen took a big hit. Their lineup is great, but everyone other than Granderson is on the wrong side of 30, which raises the chances of injury and decline in performance.
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Post by TBird41 on Mar 31, 2008 17:05:23 GMT -5
Go Twins! I think Cleveland will win the AL Central over the Tigers. I don't think their pitching (other than Verlander) is nearly as good as everyone says, and with the injury to Zumaya their bullpen took a big hit. Their lineup is great, but everyone other than Granderson is on the wrong side of 30, which raises the chances of injury and decline in performance. Don't forget about Miguel Cabrera. He's only 25. I think the Tigers win the division, but I forgot about Zumaya's injury in my first post, so I guess that I'm going to back off my "no way they don't win if they stay healthy" post, but that lineup is still ridiculous and can back up Verlander-Bonderman-Willis. I think the Tigers and Indians battle for first, the Twins take third (everyone is writing them off, but they've got good young hitters and a lot of good young pitchers, and still have a good bullpen). The White Sox continue to get older, and only the acquisition of Swisher keeps them ahead of a much improved Royals team. I think the AL Central will only be challenged by the AL East for the title of best division in baseball this year
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Post by hoyasaxact on Mar 31, 2008 17:11:53 GMT -5
I don't know how I forgot about Cabrera, but of course he's still pretty young. I am not impressed by either Willis or Bonderman. Bonderman had a great year in 2006, but that is his only good year so far; he went backwards significantly last year. Willis really struggled even more last year, and that was facing the pitcher in the NL. Of course I could be totally wrong, but we'll just have to wait and see.
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Post by mit0313 on Mar 31, 2008 18:21:23 GMT -5
Went to the game last night. I am guilty of being the one who was in the outfield who left after 8 innings.
Park is pretty nice...the walkup from the Metro and entering the stadium you get an old-time amusement park vibe. Tickets are mis-priced so that will need to be fixed as an outfield seat ranges from 35-70 dollars which is obscene.
Some drunk was heckling Elijah Dukes for not hustling. That is the last guy in the world I would ever heckle. If on-off crazy Ron Artest goes into the stands...can only imagine what Elijah would do.
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Post by hoyarooter on Mar 31, 2008 20:11:27 GMT -5
Go Twins! I think Cleveland will win the AL Central over the Tigers. I don't think their pitching (other than Verlander) is nearly as good as everyone says, and with the injury to Zumaya their bullpen took a big hit. Their lineup is great, but everyone other than Granderson is on the wrong side of 30, which raises the chances of injury and decline in performance. Don't forget about Miguel Cabrera. He's only 25. I think the Tigers win the division, but I forgot about Zumaya's injury in my first post, so I guess that I'm going to back off my "no way they don't win if they stay healthy" post, but that lineup is still ridiculous and can back up Verlander-Bonderman-Willis. I think the Tigers and Indians battle for first, the Twins take third (everyone is writing them off, but they've got good young hitters and a lot of good young pitchers, and still have a good bullpen). The White Sox continue to get older, and only the acquisition of Swisher keeps them ahead of a much improved Royals team. I think the AL Central will only be challenged by the AL East for the title of best division in baseball this year Despite the Tigers' crazy line-up, I still like the Indians to win the Central. TBird, I'll bet you a nickel that the Sox finish ahead of the Twins. I sure did love Buerhle's performance today. OTOH, Nick Masset must have been nice, which is good to see. OTOOH, there's Octovio Dotel, who looks like he'll be a fine addition to last year's fire brigade.
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Post by RDF on Mar 31, 2008 23:59:13 GMT -5
Nice to see Joe Torre won today--not the Dodgers--but Joe Torre. This man is the Tyler Hansbrough of MLB but not nearly as intense or competitive.
To all Dodger fans--a warning--bringing in Saito with Dodgers up 5-0 in a non save situation--get used to things like that all year. Torre loves to burn the bullpen and on opening day with a 5 run lead in the 9th--he's never going to allow anyone but the closer pitch--because he has to learn who he can "trust".
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 1, 2008 0:45:23 GMT -5
You'd have loved it, RDF -- the Padres/Astros game on ESPN2 was graced by the worst announcing team in the history of time: Sean McDonough, Orestes Destrade and Candy Maldonaldo. Aside from the fact that Maldonaldo can barely speak English, the two color guys were so trite I felt bad for the Syracuse guy. At one point Candy simply said, out of the blue, "Fundamentals."
The gem you'd have loved: "Joe Torre, he's going to take the Dodgers to another level."
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Post by TBird41 on Apr 1, 2008 6:22:51 GMT -5
Don't forget about Miguel Cabrera. He's only 25. I think the Tigers win the division, but I forgot about Zumaya's injury in my first post, so I guess that I'm going to back off my "no way they don't win if they stay healthy" post, but that lineup is still ridiculous and can back up Verlander-Bonderman-Willis. I think the Tigers and Indians battle for first, the Twins take third (everyone is writing them off, but they've got good young hitters and a lot of good young pitchers, and still have a good bullpen). The White Sox continue to get older, and only the acquisition of Swisher keeps them ahead of a much improved Royals team. I think the AL Central will only be challenged by the AL East for the title of best division in baseball this year Despite the Tigers' crazy line-up, I still like the Indians to win the Central. TBird, I'll bet you a nickel that the Sox finish ahead of the Twins. I sure did love Buerhle's performance today. OTOH, Nick Masset must have been nice, which is good to see. OTOOH, there's Octovio Dotel, who looks like he'll be a fine addition to last year's fire brigade. I'll take that deal. I see this year playing out a lot like 2002-2004, where the Sox have the big names, and a big lineup, but have a weak staff/bullpen and the Twins have a young team, but the lineup is good enough (league avg) to support a good rotation/bullpen. I really like a lot of the Twins young arms. I might even be willing to put a dime on it, but only if the Twins trade/cut Craig Monroe and give Jason Kubel the at bats he deserves. That, and I've already forgotten about Torii "swings at bad pitches" Hunter now that the Twins have got Carlos Go-Go-GOMEZ! ;D
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Post by TigerHoya on Apr 1, 2008 7:12:50 GMT -5
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