Wisc Badger

he almost did!

Mokos23

too bad lou didn't go nuts

Yumcha

And at the end of the evening...BOTH Chi-clubs are in first place. FIRST PLACE. SAY IT WITH ME: FIIIIIIIRST PLACE. Number 1. Uno. Division LEADER.












Where are your Twips? NOT in first place.

gocubsgo55

Cubs got very unlucky today. For the most part the offense has been HITTING, but very untimely, unlucky a couple of times, and downright horrible with the double-plays.

IlliNorge

Yeah, I hate that new rule where the team in first at the halfway point gets a playoff berth.

paz840

iTrader: (2)

...the Mets coulda used that rule last year

Yumcha

What? The Indians will contend...?

IlliNorge

The next three nights they will. Lee and Sabathia.

Yumcha

Pffft...thank goodness for the Central. If it weren't for inter-divisional play, the ChiSox would for sure be in last place. Thank goodness for Twips, Tigers, and Indians...

SG81

iTrader: (1)

So Manny is now puching 60 year old men to the groung if it was any other player, he would be waived

IlliNorge

You mean intra-divisional play.

The AL should just send their best inter-league team to the World Series and be done with it.

Yumcha

Well, they should!





Anyhow, trading barbs aside...WTF is with KC beating up on the NL?

IlliNorge

KC has some good pitching and they play NL style, better than the NL. The whole AL beat up on the NL. 149-102. Look at the Dodgers. They got 3 hits in their last two games at home.

Yumcha

Insanity how an AL floormat can take the NL teams and beat them up and down the baseball diamond...



This is worse than the disparity between AFC and NFC in the NFL...

IlliNorge

Same applies to Seattle sweeping in SD. Maybe they should give the NL a DH, but make the AL pitchers bat in interleague?

CleanCL

iTrader: (4)

are you really surprised? the guy is scum. if it was any yankee who did that, they would have been suspended indefinitely.

Mokos23

RaviNJCLs

iTrader: (4)

I vote for more interleague games this year. The METS did well against the AL.

paz840

iTrader: (2)

interleague games are fun to watch, but i think 15-18 games is enough

i still can't get over the AL dominance...only 3/16 NL teams had winning records in interleague play (NY, ATL, CIN)

is the AL really that much better?...i hope the NL at least gets home field

Mokos23

manny is an overweight thug.

paz840

iTrader: (2)

What? The man wanted his tickets!

I bet Danny Tartabull would have never shoved George Costanza!

not true IMO...i'll tell you why Manny's not getting into trouble:

Manny Ramirez = Hall of Famer
Shawn Chacon = Scrub pitcher

Manny could have beaten McCormick with a bat and the Sox wouldn't have suspended him

Mokos23

you hope that ramirez gets his due in something else for doing this

CleanCL

iTrader: (4)

either way manny is a scumbag. hall of famer or not i can't stand to look at his face. i hope when he is 60 he gets tossed to the ground by some other punk.

CleanCL

iTrader: (4)

maybe this weekend another yankee pitcher will get suspended for not hitting him but coming close.

Mokos23

IlliNorge

I can't believe I just put Quentin and Dye on my All-Star ballot.

Mokos23

closet white sox fan

Yumcha

Wisc Badger

yeah buddy... no denying it



i'll admitt, i'd rather see cubs players for the NL than most other teams so i usually vote for them.



(just don't tell anyone )

Wisc Badger

i can't believe Quentin... despite having a stellar year, wasn't even on the list... how hard is it to update this stuff in June 1st????

IlliNorge

Bud would have to reprint all the ballots. Fan voting is BS anyway.

Mokos23

i can see that illinorge all along come on, his squirrel is white, so white sox, yeah that makes sense

paz840

iTrader: (2)

couldn't agree more

the "at least one player from every team" rule is BS too...what is this, little league??? If your team's players suck, they should not go to the ASG.

IlliNorge

I think at least one player from each team should go. There's always some guy who would be tearing it up if he didn't have to bat in the middle of a bad lineup, or a pitcher with a 2.50 ERA but a 1-8 record and bad defense behind him. I'd rather see that than Jorge Posada or Varitek every year.

gocubsgo55

Yeah, when an injured Soriano is leading the NL in votes, that's pretty darn ridiculous.

Doom878

I kind of like the No All Star Left Behind rule. You get to see some talent from another team. Of course there's some teams that are hard to send one guy. Who would you send on these teams? However, I don't like the fact that it determines home field advantage for the WS. Isn't that why we have a regular season?

Washington - Jon Rauch for his saves?
San Francisco - Lincecum
KC - Soria
Baltimore - Sherril?
Oakland - Harden

paz840

iTrader: (2)

Washington - nobody
San Francisco - Lincecum
KC - Soria or Guillen
Baltimore - Sherril
Oakland - Harden

IlliNorge

The Nationals have a lefty pitcher named Lannan who is very good. But no run support and bad defense behind him.

Doom878

I forgot about Jose Guillen. I drafted him by mistake instead of Ken Griffey since he was going to be suspended 15 games. I kept him when he hit like .180 in April. Dropped him when he proceeded to go nuts. Picked him up again and got the tail end of his madness. He is now proceeding back to sub .250.

IlliNorge

Wait til you see the play Punto just made for the Twins.