REAL BASEBALL!!! Phils open at Nats Monday 1PM!!!!

[old mark]

Phils at Nats Monday, Wednesday and Thursday next week, then 3 games at Houston, then the Nats are in Philly for 3 games....

Here we go!!!!

Have a great season.


mark

[JonLP24]

1. Rockies head to Milwaukee to start the season

Go Rockies!! Having 4 pitchers on DL to start the season is not good. :evilfrown:

Red Sox and Yankees I believe is the only regular season game on today. Should be a good one.

[abq e streeter]

2. Saw the Rockies vs. Mariners on Friday night here in Albuquerque

froze our asses off, and we lasted only 6 innings, but it's warm out today ( of course).Game ended in an 11 to 11 tie; Rockies fought back from being down 11-3... We only have triple A here, but it's still pretty good baseball. And bottom line, it's BASEBALL. Meanwhile, I predict that my Cubbies are going to win the world series. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[JonLP24]

3. I hope they do

If the Rockies don't win it all. I was bummed out in 2003 when we didn't have a Cubs-Red Sox World Series and since the Sox won the Cubs are left.

[abq e streeter]

5. I won't hold my breath, although stranger things have happened... no wait... they haven't

of course as our legendary, pre-Harry Caray announcer, Jack Brickhouse used to say; "everyone has a bad century once in a while." I personally blame last year's collapse on Geovonny Soto's pot bust during the off season after being rookie of the year in '08...obviously he's being tested regularly by MLB now and look at his stoner vs. post-stoner stats:

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards


2008 25 CHC NL 141 563 494 66 141 35 2 23 86 0 1 62 121 .285 .364 .504 .868 118 249 11 2
2009 26 CHC NL 102 389 331 27 72 19 1 11 47 1 0 50 77 .218 .321 .381 .702 79 126 19 3


As someone who's been a Cub fan since 1959 ( and that rare Chicagoan who's both a Sox and Cub fan, so '59 was great year ; I was 8), the great collapse of '03 was not the least bit of a shock. It was just further proof that god is still in charge and that the universe was still running according to his, her's, their or its, design....But thanks for the good wishes. I have actually been to a handful of Rockies games up in Denver in recent years, and am somewhat of a Rockies fan now, besides the Cubs and Sox. I think they are a genuine contender and I hope to get up there and see a game or two this summer. And the Cubs are there on my birthday this year too.

[old mark]

6. I hope them Cubbies get good seats.......nt

[abq e streeter]

9. hey !! be nice or I post the Keep the Ball Rollin' video again

:evilgrin:

[old mark]

28. OK, OK - If the Cubs go to the series this year, I will cheer for them...

that's the best I can do.

but I think it will be Phils vs Yankees again....
mark

[abq e streeter]

31. I thought the Keep the Ball Rollin' threat would do the trick

I'll actually be mildly surprised if the Cubs break .500......

[old mark]

32. Well, you never know.....nt

[flvegan]

4. Red Sox v Yankees TONIGHT!!

Way to kick off the season with a sound booting of the Wanks!

[Recursion]

18. I'm just down Brookline Ave from Fenway

I live the game vicariously by watching with my window open.

[flvegan]

19. You. Lucky. Bastard.

[Recursion]

20. We call it "BU Grad Student" :)

[Bluzmann57]

7. Cubs at Atlanta!

Atlanta is expected to contend and I still believe my Cubs will at least be competitive. 3:00 CDT. I'll have my ass in front of the TV, that's for sure. I think Opening Day should be a National holiday. The REAL opening day, not this manufactured yankees/red sox crap ESPN is trying to shove down our throats.

[abq e streeter]

8. Agreed--Opening Day is when EVERYONE starts playing

and I've said for a long time that Opening Day is the only religious holiday I celebrate.

[TZ]

10. I am currently residing in the land of the sun (Hi JonLP)

and therefore have little chance of seeing Nats vs. Phils...:cry: I guess I'll be a D-backs fan for the next few days...

[Ishoutandscream2]

11. Great time of the year!

But ESPN continues whoring to the Yankees and Red Sox. There are other teams in the league, ya know!

[flvegan]

12. Thank the ESPN gods!

I get to see many of my Rays games as is. Any chance to see the Sox is a great chance for me.

[Ishoutandscream2]

13. Do you have Direct TV?

That's how I keep up with the Rays - I order the MLB package.

[flvegan]

14. No, here on FiOS there are two Florida sports stations.

I get to see most Lightning games and a good number of Rays games that way. MLB Network carries them maybe once a month, if I'm lucky.

[Ishoutandscream2]

15. Sorry to hear that.

I'm here in Texas, and I'm a Rays fan. The MLB package from Direct TV is a godsend.

[flvegan]

16. Is it like MLB.TV?

Where you can basically watch ANY game?

[Ishoutandscream2]

22. Yes, except local games are blacked out

I had the MLB thing on computer for a year, but it's not like having it on the TV.

[flvegan]

23. I bought it for my mom this year.

Got her a Roku box to put it on the big screen. She's also a huge Sox and Rays fan.

[Recursion]

17. Go Nats! Keep the score close! NT

[BeachBaby]

21. WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe that Barack is throwing out the first pitch tomorrow. VERY cool! :)

[flvegan]

24. It'll be the only strike the Nats catcher sees all night.

:hide:

[TZ]

25. Oh shut up.

Besides you've used that insult already. Find something new..surely you have plenty of material to work with..;)

[flvegan]

27. Just running with the facts, Zoot.

It's not just an insult. It's educational.

[Initech]

26. Angels and Twins tomorrow night, I've got tickets. I cannot wait!

I went to the Angels and Dodgers game on Friday - had a blast even though the concession lines were fucking ridiculous. I'm so glad it's back! :woohoo:

[elleng]

29. Prez O 'pitching,' eh?

[mvd]

30. Go Phils

Let's win another World Series!

I'm a little worried that we have to rely on both Moyer and Kendrick while workmanlike Blanton is out. And they didn't do a great job with the bullpen IMO. But the pieces are clearly there if Hamels, Lidge, and Romero come back strong.

[old mark]

33. Moyer is supposed to be in great shape this year - had surgeries to tighten him up,

and they seem to all have gone well. The Phils look like a happy bunch again, and Uncle Charley is smiling.....

mark

[mvd]

34. Yep - it's just that he's so old now, and he had..

quite a few bad starts last year. But you can never count Jamie out. He had a good spring training.

[PRETZEL]

35. Moyer is supposed to be in great shape this year - had surgeries to tighten him up?

Face Lift?

It is amazing the at 48, he's still effective.

[old mark]

37. Yeah, he wanted to remove the bags under his eyes....

He had A hernia repaired, which developed an infection, reqiring a second surgery to remove an abcess. And he had knee surgery, I believe.

He seems to be better than he has been in years, certainly incredible for 47 years old....


mark

[KamaAina]

36. Is it possible to use "real baseball" and "Nats" in the same sentence?

:shrug:

[old mark]

38. Phils win11-1, Cubs lose 16-5. Welcome to spring. nt

[abq e streeter]

39. Cubs held their opponent to under 20 runs...this could be THE year

Cubs manager Lou Piniella: "Never did I anticipate we'd give up 16 runs on opening day, not in my wildest dreams."

See, Lou was impressed too...

[old mark]

40. Sweet Lou always was a wild eyed dreamer, even as a lad.....

Hope it was just a bad day.

mark

[abq e streeter]

41. Again, like Jack Brickhouse used to say..."a bad century"

True Cub fans expect and revel in this kind of thing. When they blew the 2003 playoffs, I must have gotten at least a half dozen calls from friends expressing various levels of "condolences" and that I probably "can't believe it" etc.... none of those calls were from people who grew up in Chicago. There were 2 other ex-patriate north-side Chicagoans where I worked, and when we saw each other the morning after blowing game 7 against Florida, (we had the lead in that one too, not just the "Bartman game") we just looked at each other and started laughing "of course they blew it". It's prepared me well for life as a Democrat, with an attitude not of will they blow it, but how and when....















:rofl:

[old mark]

43. Well, hell, it is the 21st Century now, things might change.....

or not.

mark

[mvd]

42. Phils looked great; I had no worries about Halliday and think..

Polanco might help them avoid some of the scoring slumps they would get into. :hi: