Baseball 2012

[stjaba]

It also provides plenty of opportunities for the NY media to mock Boston.

See, e.g.,

[jimmy olsen]

The Red Sox troubles please me.

Me too.  I hate the Yankees more, but Red Sox Nation's tears are scrumptious.

[CountDeMoney]

I despise everything from New Yawk as well, but nobody is obnoxious as the Red Sox, and watching them flip the fuck out over the Yankee supremacy over them is fucking hilarious.

[sbr]

Micheal Pineda, the Yankees' newest young ace-in-waiting is out for the season with a torn labrum.

[Valmy]

Red Sox look terrible.

Well you had to suspect once they fired Francona there was going to be a difficult few years while they try to find somebody good to replace him.

[stjaba]

Since I know we have a couple Orioles fans here....

The good news for Orioles fans:

The Orioles are currently tied for first place in the AL East with an  14-8 record.

The bad news for Orioles fans:

The Orioles started 6-1 in 2011, 6-2 in '09, 6-1 in '08, 11-7 in '07 and 20-9 in '05.  Starting today, they play three games in New York and three in Boston, followed by nine at home against the Rangers, Rays and Yankees.

I got this info from: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/baltimore-orioles-hot-start-al-east-yankees-rays-notes-042912

[CountDeMoney]

Who cares.  The Orioles simply take up good parking space for the Ravens stadium.

Until Peter Asbestos sells that team (which he will never do, and his sons are bigger baseball morons than he is), they're doomed to be Double A.

[Valmy]

We are a beaten down and demoralized fanbase without hope it will take more than a few wins in April to get us smiling.

Consider: knocking off the Red Sox last year was literally the only memorable thing the Orioles had done since the collapse of '05.  And the 2005 season was the only the only memorable thing to happen since Cal Ripken Jr was MVP of the 2001 All Star Game.

[Sophie Scholl]

We are a beaten down and demoralized fanbase without hope it will take more than a few wins in April to get us smiling.

Consider: knocking off the Red Sox last year was literally the only memorable thing the Orioles had done since the collapse of '05.  And the 2005 season was the only the only memorable thing to happen since Cal Ripken Jr was MVP of the 2001 All Star Game.

Try being a Royals fan like Beeb and I.   There's a reason I adopted the Tribe as a secondary team (first place! ).

[The Minsky Moment]

Didn't you learn last year that April games mean squat?

Boston is now at .500 and only 3.5 back.  With 140 to play.

[The Minsky Moment]

Since I know we have a couple Orioles fans here....

The good news for Orioles fans:

The Orioles are currently tied for first place in the AL East with an  14-8 record.

The bad news for Orioles fans:

I saw the game last night - the Orioles lost but they were very sharp - good pitching, nice defense from Jones, hustle from Reimold.  Their lineup and starting rotation consists entirely of guys in their mid to late 20s, i.e. in their peak years.  I don't think they have a chance in hell to finish at .600 but respectability is within reach.

[derspiess]

Didn't you learn last year that April games mean squat?

Boston is now at .500 and only 3.5 back.  With 140 to play.

Depends on how you look at it.  The 1990 Reds won their division pretty much due to their dominance in April.  IIRC, they went .500 the rest of the year.  And then proceeded to unexpectedly sweep the A's in the Series.

[Barrister]

We are a beaten down and demoralized fanbase without hope it will take more than a few wins in April to get us smiling.

Consider: knocking off the Red Sox last year was literally the only memorable thing the Orioles had done since the collapse of '05.  And the 2005 season was the only the only memorable thing to happen since Cal Ripken Jr was MVP of the 2001 All Star Game.

Try being a Royals fan like Beeb and I.   There's a reason I adopted the Tribe as a secondary team (first place! ).

[katmai]

I still not sure how you dorks picked the Royals, i mean i guess Beeb is old enough to have bandwagonned on when they were good, but wtf is your excuse BA?

[Barrister]

I still not sure how you dorks picked the Royals, i mean i guess Beeb is old enough to have bandwagonned on when they were good, but wtf is your excuse BA?

When I was very, very little my parents put a Royals hat on my head, and for the next decade or more I was rarely seen without a Royals hat.  Plus I was 10 when they won that one World Series, and George Brett is a God amongst men.