**The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
**The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Evolution Prime Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:42 pm
I'll start off. It was a tough off-season for my Twins. First they lost Torri Hunter to the Angels and then traded Santana to the Mets. Two faces of the Twins franchise gone in one off season. There is some hope for them in the future though. They did re-sign Morneau and Cuddyer and have Liriano returning. They also added Delmon Young, which hopefully will prove to be a good trade for them. I hope that they will be able to keep Nathan around. The Twins are rebuilding (hopefully). They have a new stadium being build and I would love to see them competitive when it opens up.
For my pre-season predicitions, here they are:
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Detroit Tigers
AL West: LA Angels
Wild Card: NY Yankees
NL East: NY Mets
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL West: San Diego Padres
Wild Card: Philidelphia Phillies
World Series: Detroit Tigers vs NY Mets
Champions: Detroit Tigers
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Omega Charge Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:45 pm
I wish the Mets quit trying to be the Yankees of the NL, look at what happened last year to them. Johan Santana is a great addition, but the team is getting older every year. I hope they lose the division again.
So who will this year's surprise be? Milwaukee? Cincinatti?
How much worse will the Royals get?
How much attendence for the Marlins THIS year, and will they ever get a stadium?
questions, questions.
It's going to be a long season.

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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by First-Aid Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:46 pm
My sleeper team is going to be the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL...nothing concrete to go on, but they have slowly been building up their farm system and we could see some of those prospects popping up this year.
In the NL, I foresee a Mets collapse; they are trying to build a team the way the Yanks did in the late 90's- with lots of money. The addition of Santana is HUGE, but can you get another season out of a 40 year Tom Glavine? And who else do you put in that staff?
Sleeper in the NL: the Colorado Rockies. The run at the end of last year was not a fluke- they have put together a fantastic talent base and found some pitchers who can actually throw in the thin air of Denver. Whether the humadore has anything to do with it is scientifically unproveable, but whatever they did last year worked...and expect it to continue this year.
As for my Cubbies, Sweet Lou has put together a team consisting of SMART players- guys who know the game of baseball; we saw a purge last year with the departure of a number of former mainstays who were just not smart players. SUddenly the Cubs- in the one hundredth year of their search for the World Series Title- look like a favorite. They haven't made the playoffs in back to back years in 60 years. Besides, how can you root against a guy who's last name is spelled F-U-K-U-D-O-M-E?!?!? The Cubs are the cream of the Central and will be getting better. The question on Cubs fans' collective minds is the same as it has been for 100 years: is it enough to FINALLY bring a championship to the most loyal fans on the planet? I hope so...
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Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Pyrostrata Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:37 pm
Anyways....
........GO CARDS!

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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Heavy B Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:25 pm
i think the sox have it so long as they keep eric gange AWAY from the pitchers mound.
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Pyrostrata Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:28 pm
...and new fielding...
...and new management....
...and new coaching.....
aww geez....we're screwed! *hangs head in shame*
oh well, gotta go with the home-team anyways.....
...Go Cards!
at least TRY!

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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by First-Aid Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:38 pm
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Omega Charge Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:10 pm

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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by First-Aid Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:34 pm
Pshaw...I'd take hockey over basketball any day of the week. More hitting, fights, guys flying around at thirty miles an hour and slapping the pack in excess of 140 mph...
basketball seems to be one half "get the ball to our star player so he can score a lot" and one half "get the ball away from our star player...he hogs it too much".
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Pyrostrata Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:11 am
First-Aid wrote:They still play basketball? i thought the NBA ceased to exist after Michael retired for the second time...
Pshaw...I'd take hockey over basketball any day of the week. More hitting, fights, guys flying around at thirty miles an hour and slapping the pack in excess of 140 mph...
basketball seems to be one half "get the ball to our star player so he can score a lot" and one half "get the ball away from our star player...he hogs it too much".
I think there are MAYBE five or six places left in the US that give a rat's pink tookus about basketball...the rest of could care effin' less, really.
Hockey is a great sport to watch, and even more fun to play! And most of all, it takes a bit of talent outside of running a big orange sphere up and down a hardwood floorand scoring 984353855354 points per game!
Sorry to all of you that live in those five or six places that care and it is a shock that there are so many that don't!

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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Heavy B Tue Feb 05, 2008 7:30 am
Omega Charge wrote:heh, maybe even...basketball?
not me. i already assume the outcome of a celtics game....LOSS
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by First-Aid Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:56 am
Dr. Heavy B wrote:Omega Charge wrote:heh, maybe even...basketball?
not me. i already assume the outcome of a celtics game....LOSS
Waitaminute....I don't pay much attention to basketball, but isn't Boston doing really well?
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by God Magnus Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:03 pm
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Heavy B Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:41 pm
First-Aid wrote:Dr. Heavy B wrote:Omega Charge wrote:heh, maybe even...basketball?
not me. i already assume the outcome of a celtics game....LOSS
Waitaminute....I don't pay much attention to basketball, but isn't Boston doing really well?
i don't know to be honest. last year the celts broke the record for number of losses in a ro, and that killed basketball for me
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Omega Charge Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:01 pm
Dr. Heavy B wrote:First-Aid wrote:Dr. Heavy B wrote:
not me. i already assume the outcome of a celtics game....LOSS
Waitaminute....I don't pay much attention to basketball, but isn't Boston doing really well?
i don't know to be honest. last year the celts broke the record for number of losses in a ro, and that killed basketball for me
maybe you should pay attention again, the Celtics are the best team in the league.

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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Wheeljack35 Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:34 pm
Evolution Prime wrote:The Super Bowl is over and the Pro Bowl is coming up. With that the end of the football season draws to an end. You know what that means. Baseball season is soon upon us. How do you think you teams will finish. Who will make the playoffs and will be crowned champions. So let the trash talking and the rivalries commence!!
I'll start off. It was a tough off-season for my Twins. First they lost Torri Hunter to the Angels and then traded Santana to the Mets. Two faces of the Twins franchise gone in one off season. There is some hope for them in the future though. They did re-sign Morneau and Cuddyer and have Liriano returning. They also added Delmon Young, which hopefully will prove to be a good trade for them. I hope that they will be able to keep Nathan around. The Twins are rebuilding (hopefully). They have a new stadium being build and I would love to see them competitive when it opens up.
For my pre-season predicitions, here they are:
AL East: Boston Red Sox
AL Central: Detroit Tigers
AL West: LA Angels
Wild Card: NY Yankees
NL East: NY Mets
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
NL West: San Diego Padres
Wild Card: Philidelphia Phillies
World Series: Detroit Tigers vs NY Mets
Champions: Detroit Tigers
LOL i'm sorry but I have to laugh at that predicton
ANYWAYS
When do the pitchers and catchers report?
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Evolution Prime Wed Feb 06, 2008 8:25 am
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by God Magnus Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:31 am
Wheeljack35 wrote:When do the pitchers and catchers report?
February 15!
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Whisper Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:55 am
Evolution Prime wrote:And what is your reasoning for that?
You didn't put the Yankees to win...
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by First-Aid Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:01 am
Whisper wrote:Evolution Prime wrote:And what is your reasoning for that?
You didn't put the Yankees to win...
There's a reason for that. The Yankees are old and have absoutely no pitching.
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Evolution Prime Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:08 am
Whisper wrote:Evolution Prime wrote:And what is your reasoning for that?
You didn't put the Yankees to win...
Now why would I do something dumb like that.
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Heavy B Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:54 pm
Evolution Prime wrote:Whisper wrote:Evolution Prime wrote:And what is your reasoning for that?
You didn't put the Yankees to win...
Now why would I do something dumb like that.
thats evil. wonderfull, yet evil.
you'd do well in boston
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by First-Aid Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:20 pm
Dr. Heavy B wrote:thats evil. wonderfull, yet evil.
you'd do well in boston
How'd ya like dem apples? AAAAAAAA!
But seriously, WHY would we pick the Yankees to win when we all clearly realize that they aren't going to? if I had money, I'd bet that the Cubs will have a better record than the Yanks this year...
...but I'm broke...
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Wheeljack35 Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:29 pm
ANYWAYS
I know the Yanks will have a better record then the Cubs
I just don't think Detroit or the Mets will make it
I may be a Yankees fan but I know they can't allways win
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Re: **The Official 2008 MLB Thread**
Posted by Evolution Prime Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:07 pm
THe mets added Santana to their rotation and they still have a good line up. Detroit seriously upgraded an already good team. The NL west should be a good race with the Rockies, Diamondbacks and Padres.
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