BASEBALL is Back!

[Jenks]

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I can't argue with stats, and the AL has had the NL's number the past few years, and no matter who was there last year, or the year before, the AL was nearly unhittable in the Series (And anyone writing off aWhiteSox repeat this year needs a head check.) Finger's crossed for the NL this year tho! meh on AL ball. The pitcher must BAT. I will never concede to that.

It's just great to live in St.Louis if you're a baseball fan. Intelligent fans, a new park, and just damn good baseball. Wether we win it all isn't necessarily everything to me (although it's definitely icing on the cake), it's how the game is played, and the level at which we compete.

[thesightless]

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same shit for NY and the yanks.

however. you would be nuts to take rolen over AROD, rolen isnt even going to be considered for the hall, but AROD will walk in first ballot if he retires tomorrow. and he isnt that much a better feilder (arod was in gold glove contention for the last 3 years) and arod's bat is a lot better. but i would sell my soul to get puljos or even ekstein. i love eksteins game. like charlie hustle all over again(not nearly the batter though) but the kid just plays tough, energetic ball.

also the whole pitcher must bat thing,,...... the NL uses the DH in the spring....... they need to get rid of that if they want to harp on that.

[Lrn]

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no i remeber mulder saying when he left the a's that that town is jsut rediulous, oakl fans are great but we dont have the masses coming out to everygame

i think a-rod is too diliberat/slow and tall to make the plays chavey or rolan make at 3rd

[thesightless]

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Easy there punchy...
What you get here is hussle baseball, and money can't buy that. We get the most out of our players, where as the yankees imo don't get what they pay for. Perfect example - with all those primadon-...er...ahem..allstars, did you see that pathetic weak ass fielding last night against the A's? The yanks suffer from being too talented, and they just assume they're going to win, going to get that ball in the corner, going to get that extra base, and it just doesn't happen. Not knocking their talent, just saying, they sure could play some cleaner ball.

They'll be right in the hunt for the championship, no doubt. But with that lineup, they should be smoking everyone, 115+ wins...and it's not happening.

i think the same exact way. they need to get back to doubles and singles and tell giambi and arod to start hitting more ropes instead of fly balls.

[Lrn]

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two words, RON VILLONE



"ayyyyy planing in the bronx, ayyyy foagetaboutit, dahys notin like getting a hot fucking linguisa calzone and ah ice cold citrus beverage afta the game ."

ron villone, 2005 al mvp

[Lrn]

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btw check out that rediulous mullet

[Jenks]

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same shit for NY and the yanks.

if you're referring to "intelligent fans" and "hussle baseball" you can't be serious. I've been to yankee stadium, and the fans aren't intelligent. lol. In fact, i've never been to a ruder place to watch a game. Towards their own players, and towards the opposing team, the fans are lacking some class.

In STL, when the opposing team makes a killer play, we cheer good baseball, Yankee fans throw batteries. That's the difference.

however. you would be nuts to take rolen over AROD, rolen isnt even going to be considered for the hall, but AROD will walk in first ballot if he retires tomorrow.

Hall Schmall, who gives a fuck, that's not the measure of a gamer imo. Willie McGee won't make the hall either, but he was a BALLER! Rolen is a FAR better third baseman, and he's clutch at the plate (when he's healthy.) Check ARod's playoff hitting the past couple of years. Where is it? Oh that's right, he's a wiffer. Dan Marino, all the records in the book, no titles. Numbers are 1 measure, but they don't complete a player. Rolen is gritty, Arod is pretty. No doubt Rod's a hall of famer, i'm still taking Rolen at third.

[thesightless]

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1. mets fans throw batteries. yanks dont play the braves unless they get lucky.
2. NY baseball fans are rude, but yanks fans are intellignet. mets fans are too, but they overreact a lot.

[Garrick]

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however. you would be nuts to take rolen over AROD

i wasn't going to, but i have to... I'd take Rolen over A-Rod anytime. Rolen won't try and baby slap the ball out of someone's glove when he runs to first base. he'll accept he's out like a man.

[Jenks]

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^ +1

Arod is such a nancyboy.

Rolen is a throwback player, you can't put a stat on that.

[toasty]

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I was at a game last season, or maybe the season before, where Rolen threw a dude out at first from the warning track along the third base line. unreal. And the dude is such a gamer, it's not even funny. Keep A-Rod, I'd take Rolen any day of the week.

I'm not so sure he won't make the HOF, either. When he's healthy (which has unfortunately been an issue of late) he has great numbers and exemplifies what a baseball player is supposed to be about...

[Lrn]

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rolan is a leader, a -rod is a kid, that what i like about baseball compared to say basketball, pure talent doesnt automaticlly make you elite

[toasty]

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and to all you retards who bitch about the payroll, ill say the same thing i said last year. show up to ur parks so ur team can afford to spend. blame me and the other 10 million yanks fans aorund the states and canada who go to the gammes, buy thier merchandise and support them. the boss has never paid a penny out of his pocket , we do. if the cards had 82 sellouts and averaged 55k a game they would have arod and puljos on the corners and even better pitching than they already do.

I'm not bitching, but let's be honest here. The Yanks don't have the payroll they do because they sell out every game. The Cards do sell out every single game as well, and getting tickets is a bitch if you don't already have them. The Yanks have a fat TV contract and the largest market in the country to whom to sell merchandise. That pays the bills.

[runningman]

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^ +1

Arod is such a nancyboy.

Rolen is a throwback player, you can't put a stat on that.

but you can put a stat on how bad he is in the playoffs.. BA .132

[Steve Graham]

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baseball is back and so is the soap opera that is barry bonds... MLB is a joke.. sorry, but it is