The Baseball Thread

holy crap...

I went back to get a final, and shazzammmm.

papa valverde went to ****, and Ichiro is a yankee hero after all...

4-4 in the 12th now.

I can't believe that Ibanez tied it up in the 9th---again.

OMG! Tigers beat them in 12th.
Bummer...Jeter is hurt - fractured ankle.
Goodbye Yanks!

don't jinx it...

Forgive the pun, but it's really an awful break, for both Jeter and the Yankees. No one is ever indispensable, but Jeter comes pretty close.

It ain't over until it's over. The fat lady isn't singing yet.

The fat lady might not be singing yet, but I definitely hear her warming up.

The Bronx Bombers are bombing out...big time.

Watching them last night was frightening. The entire team looked as if they'd given up and that was in the 6th. Sabathia when they showed him looked alternately shocked, in disbelief and as if he were about to cry. He better pull himself together fast and save the last shredlig of dignity for the team tonight.

living on the border with detroit, this run for the tigers has helped ease the hockey withdrawal many are feeling

Josh Beckett, friend of the ocelot



Josh Beckett, noted preservationist?

The prickly Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher may rub some other humans the wrong way, but he's apparently on the lookout for some of the more fragile members of the animal kingdom. According to a story in the San Antonio Express-News, Beckett is suing a pipeline company for allegedly destroying an endangered ocelot habitat that he says was located on his 7,000-acre ranch in south Texas.

Beckett said he saw the 15 to 30-pound cats on his property as recently as last fall, but the outfit he's suing — the Eagle Ford Shale pipeline company — claims there were no ocelots to be found. Ocelots are primarily found in South America, Central America and Mexico, but have been known to be spotted north of the border. The News-Express reports the estimated U.S. population of the cat is just around 50 ocelots.

Some of which were living on Beckett's property, experts say.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/josh-beckett-friend-ocelot-144256861--mlb.html

wow...

the babe's 48 lincoln...



It's the "Yankee" blue 1948 Lincoln Continental two-door hardtop coupe that was believed to be the last car Ruth ever drove before his death in August of that year.

Lonnie Shelton, a big Ruth and baseball fan from Pampa, Texas, recently acquired the car for an undisclosed price and it's a real beaut. The 1948 Lincoln Continental was the last V12-engined car to ever be made by a major U.S. automaker. According to ConceptCarzz.com, Lincoln only manufactured 847 Continental coupes in 1948 and it came with a $4,662 price tag, around $45,000 in today's dollars when adjusted for inflation.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/babe-ruth-sweet-1948-lincoln-continental-purchased-baseball-162409755--mlb.html

yeah...

Jim Leyland for president.

if only the giants would shape up...

(espn)

Yup, but the good news is it means we're at the top (even if it is a list of horror).

Barry Zito.

hero goat....

8 innings of shutout ball.

whodathunkit?

not Timmy...

Yes, it's a dubious distinction, but a distinction none-the-less.

it could be worse. you could be a diamondbacks fan.

I'm pretty sure they've lost their marbles...

Saturday trade shocker: Diamondbacks land Heath Bell, trade Chris Young to A’s in three-way deal

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/saturday-trade-shocker-diamondbacks-land-heath-bell-trade-000506910--mlb.html

did you see that Sabathia is visiting Dr Andrews?

(he's a lot like kvorkian. never a good reason to visit)

the NLCS goes to game 7 by the bay...

We'll see. Everyone involved in the trade had a bad year last year. Bell is coming back to the NL West, and the DBacks had a crowded outfield. Hopefully this is an upgrade to the bullpen, as Bell will not be coming to be the closer. The DBacks still have Putz.

We'll see.

does not sound at all comforting...