The baseball thread.

[Steven S. Dallas]

AL East has 2 of the toughest teams in baseball, but it is not the toughest division. There are 2, and until recently, possibly 3 versions of the Royals over there.

You're insane. The Jays would contend in any division other than the AL Central, and the Orioles are not that bad at all.

[Brock Landers]

So I love the Sox and all that...watch every night...but PLEASE for the love of God can Curt Schilling shut the fuck up for 2 fucking seconds.

Everyone on Earth knows it was blood on his sock. Gary Thorne misinterpreted what he heard someone else say...but deal. But Schilling is now part of the very media that he chooses to blast in every other entry into his blog. This whole story was set to disappear probably by the time I get out of work today, but he needed to add something cause he neeeeds to get the last word out there. Its not just this incident- he talks about how the media this and the media that. JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP CURT.
Anyway, Josh Beckett is nasty and I hope the games this weekend dont get rained out. Better to get the Yanks when theyre down and injured.

[Altaholic]

Dice-K pitches tonight against the NY Skanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know it is early, but how awful can the skankee pitching get??? Lets get these games while we can take advantage of it.

Hopefully the Sox take sweep or take 2 of 3 against the NY Skankees. Talvarez (he is a better set-up bullpen pitcher than starter) pitches Sunday, so the Skanks might get that game, but they still pitch against Papelbon & Okajima at the end of the game. Once the sox get Jon Lester (7-2 as a rookie last year) back our rotation will rule, he is now with the Paw Sox and should be in Boston by mid May if stuff goes to plan. Schilling, Beckett, Matsuzaka, Wakefield, and Lester will be nasty. Hideki Okajima as set-up/secondary closer and Papelbon(fire) closing most games out, I'm starting to like this season for the Sox.

[Benny Profane]

JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP CURT.

I'll bet you 50 bucks that Jesus boy is going to run for some political office after his bloody career is over. So, he knows the value of free media time.

[Steven S. Dallas]

Jesus boy

I don't think Schilling's especially religious- I think he just mentions J.C. every once in a while to keep his possible future evangelical constituency placated. Mike Timlin, on the other hand, is holy as shit.

Schilling is being an idiot with this thing, but hey- this is his legacy, he's the bloody sock guy. He wants to get into the HOF, but he's not going to win a Cy and he's never been the best pitcher in his league- both times when he won the Series, he wasn't even the best pitcher on his own team! So this is a big deal to him, much bigger than to anyone else.

[Altaholic]

Wow here is something suprising the Sox are up 5-4 in the 5th and OMG the yankees had to pull thier starter Andy Petite, who would have thought of that????? So far I like how this year is going, if Gay-Rod had not been on HR tear this month, the NY Skanks would only have 4 or 5 wins so far. Keep up the good work Steinbrenner.

[smmokan]

Dice-K, another 4 ER's and a 4.36 ERA so far. Not bad so far, but he better get better if he's going to justify $103 mil.

[Steven S. Dallas]

The Red Sox can afford it, so who gives a shit?

[biggins]

The Red Sox can afford it, so who gives a shit?

Are you still at work? Cut that shit out!

[stump832]

The yankees are pitching like shit!

[Steven S. Dallas]

Not tonight... The last four nights have ended at 12, 12, 2, and 4 a.m. respectively, so sitting on my ass and watching the Sox dismantle the increasingly hapless Yankees is exactly where I want to be right now.

I am an incredibly dynamic individual.

edit: 4 walks in an inning for Pettitte... A horrendous outing for Rivera... John Wetteland and David Cone aren't walking through that door, people. Charlie Hayes and Paul O'Neill aren't walking through that door!

[biggins]

Not tonight... The last four nights have ended at 12, 12, 2, and 4 a.m. respectively, so sitting on my ass and watching the Sox dismantle the increasingly hapless Yankees is exactly where I want to be right now.

Solid. I fought the law, but SSD still went to law school and became a lawyer. Yankees suck.

[detroit]

The Tigers are slipping. It's a tough division, so they need to win these kind of games.

They will be there at the end.

[stump832]

John Wetteland and David Cone aren't walking through that door, people. Charlie Hayes and Paul O'Neill aren't walking through that door!

At this point, I think the Yankees would settle for Aaaron Small. Circa '05, of course.

[Steven S. Dallas]

Annnnnnd that's your ball game. Lugo tears it up (although with a terrible error), Diasuke gets the W, and the Yankee bullpen is in tatters while Papelbon gets another day of rest. The only thing that sucked about this game was having to listen to John Flaherty, Al Leiter, and Michael Kay announce it. God, those guys fucking blow.

[Long Duck Dong]

Dice-K, another 4 ER's and a 4.36 ERA so far. Not bad so far, but he better get better if he's going to justify $103 mil.

On pace for 18 wins, 223 IP, 203 H, and 257 K. And he's the Sox 4th best starter right now. Another fine point; Red Sox nation is certainly in panic over this.

[Brock Landers]

John Wetteland and David Cone aren't walking through that door, people. Charlie Hayes and Paul O'Neill aren't walking through that door!

Hah I actually laughed at this. For a quick second.

The negativity in this town (New York) sucks!

[Benny Profane]

Hey, just remember, if the Yankees had any kind of pitching, they'd be 2-0 against the 100 million dollar Jap dude. He had a nice opening day, but, after that, I'm not impressed.

[Dexter Rutecki]

And if a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his ass hopping.

I wish Mariano could pitch nine innings every time they play the Sox. We'd score 50 runs every game.

[Benny Profane]

Be careful what you hope for (whatever that means)

I'm off to the Bronx to witness more pathetic baseball. At least the ticket is free.

[Benny Profane]

hey, not so pathetic. Maybe you guys should take out our starting pitcher more often. Made for a fun game.

[smmokan]

On pace for 18 wins, 223 IP, 203 H, and 257 K.

So what's YOUR point? Is that supposed to impress someone? Because he's not impressing many people so far. Good stuff, yes, but not great by any means. Take away that performance against the AAA Royals and he's very below average.

[MassLiberal]

So what's YOUR point? Is that supposed to impress someone? Because he's not impressing many people so far. Good stuff, yes, but not great by any means. Take away that performance against the AAA Royals and he's very below average.

You think he's below average????? Are smoking fucking crack??? Yes, He's gotten into trouble a number of times, but every time it was because of control issues in a single inning. And he always manages to bounce back after faltering, which is impressive. I expect him to take some time to adjust to new league and a completely new style of playing. Everything else has been fantastic with him.

[Steven S. Dallas]

very below average.

You obviously haven't watched him pitch- he's had three or four bad innings out of all those starts, and his stuff has been awesome at times. He's good and he's going to get better as he settles in. That statement reflects the kind of reasoning that leads people who aren't from New York to become Yankee fans- it's easier than actually thinking.

[Woodsy]

Listening to the locals you would think the fans here dont think either,
all summer "trade A-rod"
yeah he sux, get a clue

now "can Torre"
Torre is one of the best managers in baseball.
Jesus couldnt win with the pitching that douche sack Cashman saddled this team with, not that I mind at all.