Major League Baseball 2008

[ProgMatinee]

Florida never drew. Period. Atlanta never draw either. Both have hard times selling out playoffs.

Tampa Bay is the same. Really bugs me that the teams are even remotely good when the fans don't show.

 

[Kabukiman]

All I know is that when Miller Park was built, everybody complained that "nobody around here goes to baseball games." Us hardcore fans argued if you put a good team on the field, people will come. We just passed the 3 mil (tickets sold) mark in Milwaukee. I just assumed the same rules applied in other areas. Though, I could see where Florida's business model would wear on most people. It's hard to be the fan of a logo representing 25 new people every year.

 

[OK SITHLORD]

Go CARDS!!!!

 

[man_vs_machine]

Say what you want about the business practices of the Marlins. Bottom line is they have grown some top MLB talent and they also have 2 world series to boot. I think what they do is brilliant. They get the best of both worlds in my opinion. It's just too bad its wasted with a nothing fan base. Big deal they rebuild every few years. They still manage to contend. The only reason you don't know the guys names is cuz they are just getting their chance. Fans who go to the park just to see big names don't understand that teams like the Marlins, and old school expos scouted and brought up some of the best BIG names in the game over the last 2 decades. Marlins have had some of the better players in the bigs the last 10 years, people just didn't realize it cuz they don't go to the games.

 

[The Ween]

Say what you want about the business practices of the Marlins. Bottom line is they have grown some top MLB talent and they also have 2 world series to boot. I think what they do is brilliant. They get the best of both worlds in my opinion. It's just too bad its wasted with a nothing fan base. Big deal they rebuild every few years. They still manage to contend. The only reason you don't know the guys names is cuz they are just getting their chance. Fans who go to the park just to see big names don't understand that teams like the Marlins, and old school expos scouted and brought up some of the best BIG names in the game over the last 2 decades. Marlins have had some of the better players in the bigs the last 10 years, people just didn't realize it cuz they don't go to the games.

I think in Florida's case, there's just too many things to compete for people's money down there. Add to that, that they don't keep many players year in and year out and fans like someone that they can attact themselves too. If you rebuild every couple of years, they don't have that. When the Indians dumped most of their players one year, it took some time to get fans warmed up to the new team. I think it will take a WS trip to get back up in attendence close to where we were before. And with costs going up and up, people just can't afford to go to games as often.

 

[shaun-o]

First....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_TWMx7tqQ&feature=related

:chew:chew:chew:chew:chew

 

[shaun-o]

 

[The Ween]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwboA4oHodQ

 

[Kabukiman]

You guys have no idea how long Brewers nation has been waiting for this:

The Milwaukee Brewers today announced that Ned Yost has been dismissed from his position as manager of the Club.

https://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/n...ent_id=3480423&vkey=pr_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil



This is the only thing that could possibly make me feel good the day after the Brewers get swept in Philly while Zambrano throws a no-hitter against Houston at Miller Park.

 

[The Ween]

You guys have no idea how long Brewers nation has been waiting for this:



https://milwaukee.brewers.mlb.com/n...ent_id=3480423&vkey=pr_mil&fext=.jsp&c_id=mil



This is the only thing that could possibly make me feel good the day after the Brewers get swept in Philly while Zambrano throws a no-hitter against Houston at Miller Park.

But do you really think it will help them get out of their slump? I know nothing of the Brewers (other than you got my CC) but can firing the manager now really help anything?

 

[MaulFan]

Tied for first now with Tampa, woohoo!

Let's Go Red Sox! Let's Go Red Sox!

 

[BXCOLLECTOR]

Tied for first now with Tampa, woohoo!

Let's Go Red Sox! Let's Go Red Sox!

red sox suck

 

[Kabukiman]

But do you really think it will help them get out of their slump? I know nothing of the Brewers (other than you got my CC) but can firing the manager now really help anything?

Nope. The slump is 100% on the players. The problem was that, even when the players were producing, the manager would set the team up for failure. Case in point:

Yost had a 481 OPS pitcher facing a 697 OPS hitter. He elected to issue an intentional walk in that situation to allow an 817 OPS pitcher to face a 905 OPS hitter with an additional runner on base. That's when you start looking around the roof of the stadium for snipers, because gunpoint is the only place where that kind of decision makes sense.

from: https://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=8077

We've been dealing with crap like that in Milwaukee for far too long.

 

[JC]

How bout them Dodgers!!!

 

[Kabukiman]

Attention baseball fans. Know this team:

Fear this pitcher:

October will never be the same.

 

[MaulFan]

Well, first off, to those who also participated in the Freaks fantasy league, it was a fun time, let's do it again next year.

More importantly though, it's playoff time, Soxtober is my favorite time of the year. Going to be a tough one for my boys though, some injury issues and Angels will put up a fight for once against us in the post, going to be a 5 game battle I predict. If the Sox can get past Anaheim I'm confident, they're our biggest threat. We CAN do fine against Tampa, which just played some sloppy ball and made some bad moves against them when it mattered, no room for that in the post.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Hoping for a Cubs, Angels WS.

Hope TB loses because I don't want the Rox to be the last expansion team to win it all.

 

[Darth Loki]

Attention baseball fans. Know this team:

Fear this pitcher:

October will never be the same.

Too bad he can't pitch every night for you

With Sheets questionable, just enjoy the 4 game series VS the Phils and consider yourselves lucky the Mets fell apart again

 

[ProgMatinee]

The Phillies are choke artists in the playoffs so I don't think you can count too much on them to beat anyone.

 

[Darth Loki]

The Phillies are choke artists in the playoffs so I don't think you can count too much on them to beat anyone.

Ummm, sure. How's that Brewers bullpen?