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rushfan4 
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 65937 |
 Topic: 2014 MLB SeasonPosted: March 28 2014 at 12:06 |
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MLB year 2014 gets under way on Sunday Dodgers versus Padres (not including Dodgers vs Diamondbacks played in Australia last week). Go Tigers!!!!
Miggy signs an 8-year $248 million extension. I guess my ticket prices are going up again next year.  I guess watching Miggy is worth the price of admission, but honestly did anybody learn anything from watching what happened with A-Rod in New York? |
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Man With Hat
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Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166178 |
Posted: March 28 2014 at 12:21 |
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I'll pay attention in September.
 
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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TheProgtologist
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802 |
Posted: March 28 2014 at 15:55 |
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I know Cabrera is awesome but what is essentially $352 million for 12 years( 2 years left on contract,8 years for $248 mil and 2 years vesting options in the extension) is crazy,especially because he is 30.You Tigers fans think he will be the same hitter at 40? You all made a very expensive mistake that wil bite you in the ass down the road.We(the Orioles)just finished paying off Albert Bell
 ,we learned our lesson.
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manofmystery
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Joined: January 26 2008 Location: PA, USA Status: Offline Points: 4335 |
Posted: March 29 2014 at 10:53 |
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Suppose I'll attempt to predict the future:
AL EAST Tampa Bay 91-72 The Hated Dead Sox 90-73 - I have no idea how they do it with an iffy rotation and a 90 yr old DH as their main offense but they always do. Maybe it's voodoo. The Beloved NY Yankees 88-75 Baltimore *yawn* Orioles 85-78 Toronto 72-90 AL CENTRAL Detroit 95-67 Cleveland 86-76 KC 85-77 Chicago Sox 80-82 Minnesota 69-93 AL WEST Tejas 92-70 Oakland 91-71 LAA 80-82 Seattle 72-90 Houston 50-112 NL EAST Washington 93-69 Atlanta 88-74 Philthydelphia 79-83 NY Mets 75-87 Miami 70-92 NL CENTRAL Cincy 92-70 St. Louis 91-71 Pittsburgh 81-81 - new slide begins Milwaukee 79-83 Chicago Cubs 65-97 NL WEST LAD 94-68 Arizona 84-78 San Fran 82-80 Carmen San Diego 73-89 Colorado 69-93 Hopefully this leads to a Dodgers vs. Detroit World Series though I'm fairly sure Detroit will do something stupid and let Boston in again. AL MVP - Miguel Cabrera NL MVP - Bryce Harper AL CY YOUNG - Yu Darvish NL CY YOUNG - Adam Wainwright AL ROY - Nick Castellanos NL ROY - Billy Hamilton AL MANAGER - Bob Melvin NL MANAGER - Don Mattingly Edited by manofmystery - March 29 2014 at 10:57 |
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rushfan4
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Posted: March 29 2014 at 11:27 |
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I'm pretty cool with those picks.
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timothy leary
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Joined: December 29 2005 Location: Lilliwaup, Wa. Status: Offline Points: 5319 |
Posted: March 29 2014 at 12:58 |
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The astros go all the way
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ProgMetaller2112
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Joined: December 08 2012 Location: Pacoima,CA,USA Status: Offline Points: 3145 |
Posted: March 29 2014 at 20:34 |
AL West prediction is Bullsh** in my opinion |
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“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
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manofmystery
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Joined: January 26 2008 Location: PA, USA Status: Offline Points: 4335 |
Posted: March 30 2014 at 12:35 |
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What's wrong with it? Didn't seem like one of the harder ones to predict.
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Time always wins. |
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Equality 7-2521
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Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Philly Status: Offline Points: 15783 |
Posted: March 31 2014 at 09:12 |
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I'm not going to try to predict wins for each team.
NL Winners: Nats Cardinals LA Wildcards: Braves Pirates AL: Red Sox Oakland Detroit Wildcards: Rays LA MVPS: Posey / Trout Cy Youngs: Kershaw / Hernandez |
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 31 2014 at 12:25 |
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Off to the Yards to watch the O's vs Red Sox.I love opening day!
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 01 2014 at 05:39 |
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It was a beautiful day in the D yesterday. It made it to the high 50's/low 60's which is somewhat amazing given it snowed just the week before. Even got some sunburn on my hands and face. The icing on the cake was the Tigers winning in the bottom of the 9th with a walk-off single by last minute replacement shortstop Alex Gonzalez. Not sure how much production we are going to get out of this guy this year, but he definitely started his Tiger career off on the right foot.
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JJLehto
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Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: April 01 2014 at 10:39 |
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Like I've always said....people hate on the Yanks and the $ (for reasons I understand) but "If you're team had the ability they'd do it in a heartbeat" is what I've and in recent years more and more are doing so.
So suck it :D Oh, and have fun with that contract in 4-6 years... I'm actually excited for this season, for the first time in years. Partly because A Rod "the human waste dump" is suspended for this year  but also there's so many question marks! Will CC bounce back/transform? Will Kuroda bounce back? How will Nova and Pineda do well as we expect? What about the total mystery of Tanaka? Jeter, Tex, the lack of Cano and Granderson, no more Mo. They have gotten decent replacements though, (there will be a hole still to fill in future years) so it all depends on how those question marks turn out. Can be a solid year, or a horrible ass one. Let it begin
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 01 2014 at 10:56 |
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Owner Mike Ilitch probably isn't going to be around much longer, he can't take it with him, and he really wants to win the World Series before he dies. I am glad that they were able to keep Cabrera, but admittedly not thrilled with the length and the amount of the contract. (1) It is because of the Yankees that teams spend as much as they do in order to be able to keep up with them. (2) Aside from Fielder, who is now traded, the Tigers do not have a reputation for spending big bucks to buy other teams best players off of the free agent market. (3) The Tigers backups and injury replacements are young kids and washed up never-has-beens. The Yankees backups are generally Hall of Fame caliber has-beens. The Yankees are still the evil empire and A-Rod is the face of evil.
 I, for one, certainly have no interest in stopping my hatred of this evil team. |
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timothy leary
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Joined: December 29 2005 Location: Lilliwaup, Wa. Status: Offline Points: 5319 |
Posted: April 01 2014 at 11:22 |
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Let's hear it for the Cubs who are only 1 game out of 1st place. Could be the year!
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horsewithteeth11
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Joined: January 09 2008 Location: Kentucky Status: Offline Points: 24598 |
Posted: April 02 2014 at 10:16 |
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My predictions! I'm sure half of these will end up being wrong.
NL: Dodgers Cards Nats NL Wild Cards: Pirates Braves AL: A's Tigers Rays AL Wild Cards: Red Sox Rangers WS: Dodgers over Tigers AL Awards: MVP: Cabrera (I still think it should have been Trout last year, and probably should end up being him this year too. But the voters like shiny objects and shiny offensive stats over all-around best performance sooooo...) Cy Young: Chris Sale (Laugh now, but I think he gets his ERA to 2.50 or below and his strikeout to walk rate is dramatically improving. Plus voters have looked past meaningless stats like a pitcher's win total for this one before.) AL Rookie of the Year: Toss-up between Ventura and Tanaka. Slightly leaning towards Tanaka here. NL Awards: MVP: Harper Cy Young: Kershaw Rookie of the Year: Hamilton or Bradley. Depends on if Hamilton steals 100+ bases this season IMO.
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Catcher10
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Posted: April 03 2014 at 23:26 |
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All these picks for the A's......they lost their best pitching??
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horsewithteeth11
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Posted: April 04 2014 at 09:54 |
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They lost Parker for the season, sure. But hopefully A.J. Griffin will be back soon for their sake. Not to mention the Rangers and Angels have plenty of issues with their starting rotations as well. Honestly, if the pitching improves enough for all 3 (I think there's a good chance it will), I think the AL West will be a 3-team race for most of the season. And I think at least 2 of those 3 make the playoffs. If I had to pick one to leave out right now though, I'd probably go with the Angels.
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manofmystery
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Joined: January 26 2008 Location: PA, USA Status: Offline Points: 4335 |
Posted: April 04 2014 at 10:41 |
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There are two decent teams in the AL West, one giant money pit, and two teams that are never worth mentioning.
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Time always wins. |
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 04 2014 at 16:01 |
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Where's Jody? Tigers 10 Orioles 4.
 I couldn't go today and won't be able to go tomorrow, but I am planning on going on Sunday to see Verlander pitch again. |
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Metalmarsh89
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Joined: January 15 2013 Location: Oregon, USA Status: Offline Points: 2673 |
Posted: April 04 2014 at 17:03 |
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I have mixed feeling about the Reds this season. I'm excited to see what Price can do at the helm, but I'm also unsure if our current crop of players will get better or worse from last season. Considering we made no major moves (and lost Choo, Arroyo, and Hanigan), then we will probably be expecting improvements from everyone from last season.
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