When will your favorite ML baseball team be out of contention this year.

[madinmaryland]

Mine - Probably around the first week of April!!

[Forkboy]

1. Hopefully after the parade.

:)

[madinmaryland]

2. The Easter Parade??

:rofl:

[Forkboy]

4. I'll take a parade after Easter. It'll mean the Celtics or Bruins have won!

The Sox should be having theirs a little earlier than that though.



:hide:

[madinmaryland]

5. I am assuming the C's will have their parade around Flag Day.

[TZ]

3. Probably the second week of April..

:)

[PRETZEL]

6. at the end of opening day,

some days it's just not fun being a Pirates fan.

[madinmaryland]

8. I'm a Pirate's Fan, so I understand. This our 19th year in a five year

rebuilding plan.

[Bunny]

7. The day after Opening Day, sadly.

Let's Go Bucs!!!

[Forkboy]

9. What, is everyone in this thread rooting for the Bad News Bears?

Negativity festers in you guys. :P

[madinmaryland]

10. Nice post, cboy/upton!

:grr:

[Forkboy]

11. Unless someone is a Cubs fan we all have a chance.

:rofl:

Where's your Spring optimism?

:hide:

[madinmaryland]

12. It died at the end of 1992, when Barry Bond's head exploded and he moved

to San Francisco.

'nuff said!

[ProfessorGAC]

39. Hey, I'm A Cub Fan!!!!

And they won 97 games last year. Yeah, they stunk it up in the playoffs, but at least it was October when they were out of it! Actually i think they'll be better this year, because the lineup is more balanced between left and right, as well as power v. batting average.

The pitching will be about the same, i think. But, with more hitting balance they should be better set up for October. We shall see. But, i'm optimistic.
GAC

[rockymountaindem]

13. Hopefully the Red Sox will win it all this year

that is, unless the Yanks' big moves pay off. Fortunately they haven't done so in the last few years.

[Captain Hilts]

14. That would be nice. nt

[rockymountaindem]

16. Aren't you supposed to be rooting for the Mets?

Enjoy CitiField, or whatever it is. It's probably the nicest part of what used to be CitiBank.

[Captain Hilts]

17. The Sox are my American League team...

Guess what they and the Mets have in common!

[rockymountaindem]

19. The '86 Series?

But seriously... the answer is Yankee hate, right?

[Captain Hilts]

20. Yeah.

That's why you see some overlap, but I became a Sox fan living in Conn. and RI. I later lived in Norfolk/Va. Beach and worked at the Met's AAA ballpark. That's how I came to it.

[Captain Hilts]

15. The Mets are always at their level of incompetency, no matter how good or bad they are.

[Dinger]

18. MIne's ALready Out

The Skankees made sure of that

[mduffy31]

40. I'm guessing you are a Brewers fan also?

[BOSSHOG]

21. I believe the Phillies will still be playing after the regular season ends

[madinmaryland]

22. Unfortunately, there will be no "Turnpike" championship series in the NL this year.

[Bluzmann57]

23. This is our year.

Go Cubs Go!
Well dammit, I have to remain optimistic, although I do wonder just what in the world is Hendry doing getting all those mediocre (at best) arms.

[Upton]

24. The Giants have arguably the best starting pitching

in the NL. With arms like reigning CY Young winner Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Jonathan Sanchez and now Randy Johnson..look for them to be competitive in a winnable NL West. Now if only Zito would begin to pull his weight and they could get some hitting...who knows what might happen?

[Auggie]

26. Might have to wait until July to get that hitting...

hopefully the Giants pitching can keep them in contention until then.

[madinmaryland]

27. Is that when Barry Bonds is coming back??

:hide:

[Auggie]

30. Over my dead body

Unlike others in this forum, I am not a Bonds fan.

[Auggie]

25. Mid October. The Cleveland Indians will be beaten in the post season by

either the Red Sox or Yankees.

[hughee99]

28. I hope to see them still playing the last week of October.

but it's going to be tough in the AL East this year.

[Tektonik]

29. When they do not resign Manny

[dakota_democrat]

31. I'm guessing the last week of the regular season.

Good thing the AL Central's weak enough for the Twins to be competitive.

[nickgutierrez]

32. Based on current trends, first round of the playoffs, and first week of September.

Yankees and Marlins, respectively.

[AsahinaKimi]

33. I always have high hopes for my ANGELS...

I was really disappointed they went down so fast in the playoffs last season. Still, I think
Mike Scioscia is a smart guy. He will find away to break though again.

[cboy4]

34. The Pirates

:rofl:

I can't breathe

[Jack Rabbit]

35. How do you mean out of contention?

Officially, like can't finish first or in a wild card spot? September.

Just some point where they won't be taken seriously after such and such a date? June, as always.


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[Longhorn Liberal]

36. The Rangers

were ruled out of contention for anything long ago when Tom Hicks decided owning a professional baseball team would be a good investment for his business portfolio.

[SidDithers]

37. March for the Jays...nt

Sid

[MrSlayer]

38. Well, my team won the whole thing last year.

I figure they'll be in playoff contention right up until the end, be it for the division or for the wildcard.