Baseball (MLB, WBC, College, etc.)

Ugh, a good friend of mine is a HUGE Giants fan, so he'll be on cloud 9 for the next week or so. Doesn't like it when I call Lincecum Mitch Kramer from Dazed and Confused :hehe:

Brian Wilson's beard = A thing of beauty.

deseipher wrote:Giants win the Series!! :dancing: :victory:

My uncle must be stoked right now. I'm gonna go streak through the quad into Hachiko.

Rev wrote:Brian Wilson's beard = A thing of beauty.

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deseipher wrote:Giants win the Series!! :dancing: :victory:

:bleh: :bleh: :bleh: :bleh: :bleh:

A sad day in baseball history.

bmwracer wrote:
:bleh: :bleh: :bleh: :bleh: :bleh:

A sad day in baseball history.

Only if you're a Dodgers fan. :hehe:

Kijinnmaru wrote:Only if you're a Dodgers fan. :hehe:

You'd be right.

Actually, I wouldn't have minded if any other team in the West had won it all.... Just not the Giants. :bleh:

Rangers certainly flopped, :beaten: some credit though has to go the Giant's pitchers, they certainly shut down the heart of the Texas order, Hamilton batted .100 and Vlad chipped in with an .071 BA, ouch. :beaten: Don't think the series will cost Lee too much, he's gonna become one rich(er) man.

hitomi #1 wrote:Rangers certainly flopped, :beaten: some credit though has to go the Giant's pitchers, they certainly shut down the heart of the Texas order

Reminds me of 1988 when the Dodger pitching shut down Oakland's Bash Brothers (wih a pre-steroid McGwire). :mrgreen:

That was a great year.

hitomi #1 wrote:Rangers certainly flopped, :beaten: some credit though has to go the Giant's pitchers, they certainly shut down the heart of the Texas order, Hamilton batted .100 and Vlad chipped in with an .071 BA, ouch. :beaten: Don't think the series will cost Lee too much, he's gonna become one rich(er) man.

To be fair, I wouldn't say the Rangers flopped. Both teams played very good baseball, with Game 1 being an anamoly for both sides. Timely hitting was what separated the Giants offense from the Rangers, and their pitching, as you said, just shut the Rangers down. But once you get past the whole "Giants/Dodgers fan death hold around each others necks for eternity", you see that both teams played great games.

Kijinnmaru wrote:To be fair, I wouldn't say the Rangers flopped. Both teams played very good baseball, with Game 1 being an anamoly for both sides. Timely hitting was what separated the Giants offense from the Rangers, and their pitching, as you said, just shut the Rangers down. But once you get past the whole "Giants/Dodgers fan death hold around each others necks for eternity", you see that both teams played great games.

Yeah, I wouldn't say the Rangers flopped, either... How can anyone say that considering they made it all the way to the Series over favorites like the Yankees and the BoSox?

Teams that flopped, if not choked, were the Dodgers, Padres, and the BoSox for not even making the playoffs.

Sparky Anderson Dead: Hall Of Fame MLB Manager Dies Aged 76

11/4/10 03:19 PM EST

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. \ Sparky Anderson, the white-haired Hall of Fame manager who directed Cincinnati's Big Red Machine to back-to-back World Series championships and won another one in Detroit, died Thursday. He was 76.

Anderson died from complications from dementia, family spokesman Dan Ewald said. A day earlier, Anderson's family said he had been placed in hospice care.

Anderson was the first manager to win World Series titles in both leagues and the only manager to lead two franchises in career wins.

His Reds teams featuring Pete Rose, Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan that won crowns in 1975 and 1976 rank among the most powerful of all time. Led by Kirk Gibson and Alan Trammell, Anderson won with the Tigers in 1984.

What have you done for me lately? :sweat:


Giants decline option on World Series MVP Renteria
Fri Nov 5, 2:07 am ET

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – The Major League Baseball champion San Francisco Giants declined to exercise their 9.5 million dollar option on Edgar Renteria which netted the World Series MVP a 500,000 dollar buyout.

The move was expected because Renteria is considering retirement after a season filled with injuries.

The decision comes just three days after Renteria's tiebreaking three-run homer off Cliff Lee in the seventh inning Monday that lifted San Francisco to its first title since moving to the US western seaboard in 1958.

"He was obviously a big reason we won, not just the last game but the whole playoff run," said Bobby Evans, the Giants' vice president.

"Edgar played a huge role, whether in the clubhouse, on the field, or his leadership and his professionalism and his ability to string together some very good games and big hits for us."

A five-time all-star, Renteria batted .412 with two homers and six RBIs in the MLB championship series.

He had just three home runs and 22 RBIs during an injury-filled regular season.

^^ Rangers also declined the option on Vlad though they would want him at a much cheaper price. Sox pick up the option on Papi for $12.5M, Beltre declined his option, now a FA.

hitomi #1 wrote:Beltre declined his option, now a FA.

Dude turned down $10M, huh?

Greedy dog. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:
Dude turned down $10M, huh?

Greedy dog. :shakehead:

Probably hoping a team from LA will sign him to a mega contract, unless of course they want to save the money to sign their closer to an extension. :muack:

hitomi #1 wrote:Probably hoping a team from LA will sign him to a mega contract, unless of course they want to save the money to sign their closer to an extension. :muack:

He was with the Dodgers once... Had that one big season and skipped town. :shakehead:

bmwracer wrote:What have you done for me lately? :sweat:


Giants decline option on World Series MVP Renteria

Given his season he's likely to retire, but they could have at least made a symbolic offer. Just goes to show that despite all the poetic soul touching BS, baseball is just another business.

Kijinnmaru wrote:Given his season he's likely to retire, but they could have at least made a symbolic offer. Just goes to show that despite all the poetic soul touching BS, baseball is just another business.

Yup. :(

Ichiro gets 10th Gold Glove in row, Jeter wins 5th

NEW YORK – Seattle right fielder Ichiro Suzuki has won his 10th straight Gold Glove and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has won his fifth overall.

The American League awards for fielding excellence were announced Tuesday by Rawlings.

Also honored were first baseman Mark Teixeira and second baseman Robinson Cano of the Yankees and third baseman Evan Longoria and outfielder Carl Crawford of the Tampa Bay Rays. Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer, White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle and Seattle outfielder Franklin Gutierrez also won.

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bmwracer wrote:Ichiro gets 10th Gold Glove in row

At this point consistent might be an understatement.