Baseball

[bayoubill]

A sports question for TP'ers:

Do you like major league baseball?



Optional questions for those who answered "yes":

Favorite team(s)?

This year, who do you see taking division champs, wildcards, league champs, and world series?

[ALBOB2]

If the Phillies make the play-offs I start watching. I can't stand to sit and watch a regular season game on TV. I'd much rather go watch the 51's live.

[bayoubill]

If the Phillies make the play-offs I start watching. I can't stand to sit and watch a regular season game on TV. I'd much rather go watch the 51's live.


The 51's?

[super cool ski instructor]

I'm not sure I need to answer either question in the OP :D

[bayoubill]

I'm not sure I need to answer either question in the OP :D


lol...

uh, no, ski, I imagine you don't...



BTW, I haven't paid any attention at all to baseball this year.

Is Leyland still the manager up there?

[VA-165 Boomer]

Let me get in here before all the Bosox fans start. Yes. St. Louis Cardinals. They are starting off much better with a young team than was expected. Check back after the all star break.

[BasicGreatGuy]

I like baseball. It has been berry berry good to me. :mrgreen:

Da Braves are my team.

[Ninjacorpse]

I like to play sports, but not watch them, it's just not any fun for me.

[ThrowCop]

I like to play sports, but not watch them, it's just not any fun for me.+1

Couldn't really care much less about sports. Love to play though.

[thehunter]

Grew up with "The Big Red Machine" as the closest team to me so they where the favorite.
Now in Az so the D-Backs are my home team.

[DarthBush]

I like Fruity Pebbles

[bayoubill]

I like Fruity Pebbles


I like Straight Pebbles

[BasicGreatGuy]

Grew up with "The Big Red Machine" as the closest team to me so they where the favorite.
Now in Az so the D-Backs are my home team.

"The Big Red Machine" of the 70s. What wonderful times. :D

[thehunter]

"The Big Red Machine" of the 70s. What wonderful times. :D
Yes Sir. Agreed

[super cool ski instructor]

lol...

uh, no, ski, I imagine you don't...



BTW, I haven't paid any attention at all to baseball this year.

Is Leyland still the manager up there?

Yep, he is still our skipper :D

[JimGP20]

Let me get in here before all the Bosox fans start. Yes. St. Louis Cardinals. They are starting off much better with a young team than was expected. Check back after the all star break.

You rang??

HELL YES I LOVE MLB !!!

:mrgreen:

[bayoubill]

Yep, he is still our skipper :D


I've always been a big fan of his,

from back in his Pittsburg days.



BTW, can you believe Leyland is younger than LaRussa?!

[Dr. Funkenstein]

The 51's?

Las Vegas '51's. I believe they're Oakland's AAA affiliate.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

I do watch, cheering for the Phillies.

Here's what I picked before the season

NL...Phillies, Cubs, Padres, with Mets as a wild-card

AL...Red Sox, Tigers, Mariners, with Yankees as wild-card.

Currently have massive amounts of egg on my face for the Padres, Tigers (thanks Ski) and Mariners, plus the Yankees currently sit last in their division.

[super cool ski instructor]

I've always been a big fan of his,

from back in his Pittsburg days.



BTW, can you believe Leyland is younger than LaRussa?!

See what happens when you have a 2 pack a day habit? :))

[super cool ski instructor]

I do watch, cheering for the Phillies.

Here's what I picked before the season

NL...Phillies, Cubs, Padres, with Mets as a wild-card

AL...Red Sox, Tigers, Mariners, with Yankees as wild-card.

Currently have massive amounts of egg on my face for the Padres, Tigers (thanks Ski) and Mariners, plus the Yankees currently sit last in their division.

Hey, it's only May :D

[signcut]

My team is, I hope, obvious.

Here's what I see happening, based on the season so far:

NL - Atlanta, Chicago, Arizona, with LA the wildcard.

AL - Boston, Cleveland, LAA, with Chicago or Toronto edging out a fading Tampa Bay team.

Too soon to really call any postseason predictions, but I like Arizona/LA in the NL, and Boston/LAA for the AL.

[thr3]

It is no cricket.

[XXL Frank]

Sometimes yes...sometimes no...... Usually don't get interested until August when the Mets' losing streak begins.

Braves fan.

[Mortis]

I love two baseball teams.

The Red Sox.

And whoever just beat the Yankees.

[Proserpina]

Sometimes yes...sometimes no...... Usually don't get interested until August when the Mets' losing streak begins.

Braves fan.

By that time you'll be way late. :lol:

[bpjack2]

Yes, MLB is great. And I root for the Braves. If only someone would get healthy the Braves would be sitting pretty right now. Best Bullpen in baseball with out our four best relievers. 3 will be back by mid June.

[Oddball]

Despite all of its political problems, MLB still #1!!

[bayoubill]

year-later bump...

[signcut]

I still love baseball, but I am not as enthusiastic as I have been for most of my life, in part because of how it has deteriorated into a stats game, and because of a lot of things going on in my personal life have just obscured other, more trivial things.

That said, I still love the Dodgers.

:)

[super cool ski instructor]

Year later...and I still belive I do not need to answer the OP :D

[bayoubill]

Year later...and I still belive I do not need to answer the OP :D


sure thing, sugar... :lol:

[ThrowCop]

another year of me not caring...


:)

[curtis123]

It's like watching paint dry at forty degrees to me.

I know some people like it. Heck some of my friends can rattle off any stat from any player on any team.

I'm more concerned with my own accomplishments.

[CID_0687]

Can't watch the regular season...it bores me to tears...I've been a Braves fan as long as I can remember...but after my brother married that dang chick from Boston (love ya sis :hug: ) I started following the Red Sox some....

I'll watch the playoffs if one of those two teams are in them...Just about always watch the World Series.

[countmein]

My grandpa was a Cardinal's fan, my aunt (mom) is a Cardinal's fan, I am a Cardinal's fan, my daughter is a Cardinal's fan. I guess it is in our blood. Yes we like baseball, and football, and hockey, and Nascar, and PBR. My hubby, ah not so much. The women in our family are the sports nuts.

[super cool ski instructor]

another year of me not caring...


:)

Oh you care...you may not know it...but you care. Or you will at least pretend to care...got that?




;)

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Oh you care...you may not know it...but you care. Or you will at least pretend to care...got that?

;)

I'd like to take this opportunity to point out to the younger fellas out there in Hansterland that this approach DOES NOT WORK in the reverse. You WILL NOT be able to get your woman to pretend she cares about baseball. At best...you might be able to get her to wear team-colored lingerie during the World Series (because it's the "lucky" thing to do)...but this DOES NOT MEAN SHE'S A BASEBALL FAN NOW.

I will go back to being very thankful that my wife will never be reading any of my posts ;)

Carry on.

[super cool ski instructor]

:))


I want to add that, as a chick, it is hard being the sports fan in the relationship.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

:))


I want to add that, as a chick, it is hard being the sports fan in the relationship.

I just think it's great that in this day and age, lesbians are still sports fans








(note- This is not me calling Ski gay...I know she's not. I'm calling TC a chick)

:razz:

[super cool ski instructor]

I just think it's great that in this day and age, lesbians are still sports fans








(note- This is not me calling Ski gay...I know she's not. I'm calling TC a chick)

:razz:

:)).....wait...by calling him a chick you are calling me a lesbian :mad:

[Pollyanna]

i love two baseball teams.

The red sox.

And whoever just beat the yankees.

+1

[ThrowCop]

I just think it's great that in this day and age, lesbians are still sports fans

(note- This is not me calling Ski gay...I know she's not. I'm calling TC a chick)

:razz:is this really how you want this to go down?



:mad:

[super cool ski instructor]

:))

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

[Dr. Funkenstein]

:)).....wait...by calling him a chick you are calling me a lesbian :mad:

is this really how you want this to go down?

:mad:

:)) :)) :))

:twisted:

[ThrowCop]

:))

[curtis123]

:))

Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

I'll bet he at least fights like a girl.


Meow.

[Oddball]

Yes.

Twins or whoever is playing the Yanquees.

Although I was thrilled to see the Red Sox finally get the monkey of their back, I'm nearly as sick of looking at them as the Yanquees.

[super cool ski instructor]

Yes.

Twins or whoever is playing the Yanquees.

Although I was thrilled to see the Red Sox finally get the monkey of their back, I'm nearly as sick of looking at them as the Yanquees.

I agree about the Red Sox.

[2Parties1GlobalistGoal]

Tigers are my team but there are other teams I like to see win if they aren't playing Detroit (or moving up in the division/wild-card race) which include the Twins, Royals, A's, Angels, Rays, Blue Jays, Mariners, Brewers, Marlins, Pirates, and Nationals.

[Dr. Funkenstein]

Yes.

Twins or whoever is playing the Yanquees.

Although I was thrilled to see the Red Sox finally get the monkey of their back, I'm nearly as sick of looking at them as the Yanquees.

If rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for the house in blackjack...rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the oil baron in the cowboy hat loaded down with a smoking hot brunette on one arm and a smoking hot redhead on the other, and two guys following behind carrying the dude's chips.

I hate the Red Sox because I have a soul :twisted:

[janine11]

Love baseball. Have always loved baseball.

My favorite team is the Mets although they always mess with my heart :(