The Official 2008 MLB Thread

That's my main complaint. A lot of teams used that color base for road uniforms in the 70s, so if you want to revive it as a throwback, it should be for road purposes. I prefer gray on the road, but powder blue is an acceptable alternative. But not for home games!!!! IMO!!!!!!

 

So we still have one more game to go. I really hope it ends with a walk off, and some guy shouting, "the ______ win the pennant! The ______ win the pennant!"

 

It wouldn't surprise me to see the Phils stomp the Brew Crew. Outside of C.C. Milwaukee's starting staff just blows.

 

Regarding the various ugly uniforms: one of the fringe benefits of being a Yankees fan is never having to worry about the possibility of ugly-ass throwback uniforms.

 

DODGERS!!! FUCK THE CUBS!

 

True -- the ugly uniform worn in the Bronx has never changed. They are, of course, not the only team that has never changed the uniform. The Dodgers and Redsox have also maintained purity.

 

The Yankees home uniforms are nice enough, and the roads are just plain drab but not ugly. And they don't have alternative home uniforms that explore parts of the spectrum best left for trimming and striping and such:

 

What I meant was that they still wear regular uniforms that are (aside from cut, which even the Yankees have updated occasionally) the same as any so-called retro uniform. I should add that the red jerseys are a mystery. I used to think they were just for day games the day before a road trip, but once and a while they show up at other times.

 

Eternally boring uniforms is a rather high price to pay for that, IMHO.

 

Oh Smack! Lovable losers lose again!

Dodgers Dominate! Go Blue!`

 

I'm more interested in the on-field product than the uniforms unless the uniforms make me want to gouge out my eyes. Way too many of the alternative and throwback uniforms are gougeworthy, especially those that involve some sort of conscious effort not to be "boring." I certainly wouldn't mind a nicer road uniform for the Yankees--the home pinstripes are a very good uniform already IMO--but at least the uniforms will never be an unsightly distraction.

 

[action=Chuck]hopes the Phillies can take out the Dodgers [/action]

 

FWIW, Baseball Prospectus has the Dodgers as a very slight favorite.

 

How 'bout them D-Backs?

 

The RedSox totally blew it last night. They had a chance to put them away in the 8th and failed. Now I'm going to be stuck with another late night and they damn well better finish things. As it is, I'm probably going to root for the Dodgers or Phillies regardless, but I'd really prefer that Tampa not make it to the World Series.

 

Tampa Bay just took out teh White Sux

 

Fantastic game four at Fenway. All about base running, pitching, and fielding. The winning team made fewer mistakes, but nobody made use of over powering offense. I love that kind of game. The botched squeeze play followed by Jason Veriteck's run down at third base was amazing!

Now, time to talk a bit about the Angels and the American League West. The Angels are a very good team, but they lack any reasonable competition. This translates into good records (who can argue with 100 wins) but poor post season results. This is exactly what I thought would happen, and while John Lackey may whine that he was beat by a lesser team, I don't think his statement holds up against the results. Winning 100 games in any division is an accomplishment, but winning it in the AL West is, in my opinion, about the same as winning 90 games in the AL East, or 95 games in the AL Central.

Predictions:

• Dodgers in 6 (they have Manny, 'nuff said)
• Redsox in 7 (they have the experience and a long series plays to that strength)

World Series: ?????

 

That's the easy prediction: the AL team in 6. I feel much better about that prediction than about any possible prediction for either LCS.

 

The Cubs/Dodgers series wasn't ugly, it was UUUUUUgly. The Cubs just collapsed. No Bartman, no billy goat, no curse...just a whole truckload of bad pitching, bad hitting and bad defense. From the moment Loney hit the grand slam in game 1, they were pressing, as if they could turn it all around in one play. Swinging at bad pitches, taking good pitches, overthrowing and missing the plate, worrying so much about making plays that they didn't make plays. It was hard to watch. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the off-season as far if this fiasco will effect the sale of the team.

As for my beloved White Sox, getting knocked out of the ALDS is certainly a bummer. But it was a fun season, nobody expected us to get to the playoffs and we had to fight for everything we got. Between all the injuries, our general brutality at fundamentals and our inability to win on turf, I'm shocked we got as far as we did. It was also a blast to watch four super-talented players emerge in Quentin, Ramirez, Danks and Floyd. I think we'll snag at least one prime piece of talent in the offseason, hopefully a high OPB infielder, and maybe some more speed in the outfield.

 

The Phillies took out the hated Dodgers

 

I was fine with either team representing the NL, though I was hoping for the Dodgers just a bit. Still, can't complain about the Phillies. I'm going to the Sox-Rays game tonight. Here's hoping it's not the last game of the season.

 

Not so bad, actually -- I got them from a season ticket holder who also had Madona tickets. She sold them at face value. Last year I paid a ticket broker through the nose for ALCS game 1.

Anyway, what a phenomenal game! I'm still stunned, my ears are still ringing, my throat is hoarse, and my palms are chapped from clapping. I don't think I can really do justice with words to the experience, but it was without a doubt, the best game I've ever been to.

Everything got going at the end of the sixth inning. I'm pretty sure 38,000 spectators thought the game was a complete loss, and a few did leave at that point, but a solid majority stayed, I think to show the players that we support them no matter what, and to thank them for the wonderful season we've had. Things were feeling festive just for that reason. Then in an unorthodox move, Jonathan Palpebon comes out to relieve Many DelCarmen in the top of the 7th and everybody really got into it -- Pap's intro music just makes you want to get up and dance (Dropkick Murphys, Shipping up to Boston). He gets through the inning, but only after giving up 2 more runs, so now we are down 7-0, and nobody believes victory is possible, yet nobody leaves. We all get up for the 7th inning stretch and remained standing for the rest of the game. This is when the crowd really became almost God like. We were so enthused for our team, so loud, so wonderful. Ortiz hits the big homerun and it's 7-4, everybody goes wild. Not just the usual high fiving the folks in front of or next to you, but people climbing over the seats to hug each other. And it just kept building from there to the amazing walk off single by JD Drew.

Incredible game, incredible emotion, I'm still popped by it, 8 hours later. Something that needs to be said here, is that baseball is truely evidence of magic at work. As much as I loved seeing the comeback victory, I think the highlight of the game came in the middle of the 8th. We always sing Sweet Caroline at Fenway in the 8th inning, and the crowd really gets into it. I had this feeling earlier in the game that it was going to end up being a somewhat somber, almost duty bound singing of the song, somewhat the way God Bless America looked at Yankee Stadium last year in the final game of the ALDS. There was this sense then, and you could see it in the crowd, that the Yankees were done, not just for the season, but done for a few seasons. I thought Sweet Caroline might turn out that way. And in all honesty, it's quite possible the RedSox are done. They are not as strong a team as they were last year, they may not win another game, and they might fade a bit more next year. Be that as it may, the crowd was no less enthusiastic than any other game, and as 38,000 hoarse voices sang out "so good, so good, so good," I looked a few rows down and saw a 10 year old boy hugging his father. That was the season for me. I cried when I saw that and knew that no matter what happened in the rest of this game, no matter what happened next year, I couldn't be happier than standing in a crowd of pasionate fans, all brought together by the love for this simple game.

 

I wish I would have seen that one! I had parent/teacher conferences last night and only had time for an occasional check on the Internet. I stopped checking when it was 7-0.

 

I just want to state for the record, that TBS can suck my cock. Technical difficulties? Fuck them!

 

Rays won game 7.

Who will win the series?

I'm rooting for the Phillies, but the Rays may do one of those "team of destiny" things.

 

Yes, I'd like to see it go at least six. I'm rooting for the Phillies in part because I lived in Philadelphia for a few years, in part because I generally prefer the National League, and in part because I don't like the "fans" in Tampa. Yes, the team is good and has a lot of promise, but why didn't anybody support them through the year? Sure they filled Tropicana Field in the post season, but where were all these people with their noisemakers before then, when 81 games of good baseball were played? People who latch on to a team when they suddenly realize how good they are, but never cared for them beforehand don't deserve to watch that team win.

 

Rooting for Tampa, love the "worst to first" idea!