2011 MLB Season Discussion: Joey Votto MVP Edition

[Cephius]

Doesn't the AL basically win every all star game, and also have the best-record team in the WS anyway?

The AL won the ASG in the previous 13 meetings prior to last year, but the only teams in the last 15 years to win the WS while also having the best record were the 1998 and 2009 Yankees

[archibaldcrane]

The AL won the ASG in the previous 13 meetings prior to last year, but the only teams in the last 15 years to win the WS while also having the best record were the 1998 and 2009 Yankees

I meant best compared to their opponent - the old way of determining home-field.

[Melena]

Plus, there hasn't been a Game Seven WS since they introduced the home field gimmick to the ASG.

There was a game seven the year before though, Giants/Angels went 7 games and though it was the american league's turn to have home field advantage, I am pretty sure the Giants would have won that year if they were at home for games 6 & 7. I personally think it should either go back to rotation, or the team with the better record gets home field, but that's just me.

[archibaldcrane]

Oh it used to rotate? Lol that's fucking dumb.

Why is baseball so bad at everything? Their scheduling sucks, the way they deal with payroll sucks, their draft sucks, the playoffs suck.

[Cephius]

Oh it used to rotate? Lol that's fucking dumb.

Why is baseball so bad at everything? Their scheduling sucks, the way they deal with payroll sucks, their draft sucks, the playoffs suck.

Hey now, baseball has nothing on college football

[Melena]

Oh it used to rotate? Lol that's fucking dumb.

Why is baseball so bad at everything? Their scheduling sucks, the way they deal with payroll sucks, their draft sucks, the playoffs suck.

WTF, you come in here spouting all these stats to drum up your boy Greinke and you didn't know till after the debacle of the 02 all star game, that HFA rotated every year?

[Bregor]

Hey now, baseball has nothing on college football

It'll all be fine once they introduce the new superconference, the Big 120.

[archibaldcrane]

WTF, you come in here spouting all these stats to drum up your boy Greinke and you didn't know till after the debacle of the 02 all star game, that HFA rotated every year?

Yep. I forgot to filter that through "everything in baseball is dumb and not what you would expect" and anticipated what would actually make sense.

[Man0warr]

I'm positive the Rangers would of won last year with HFA, such a huge advantage for their bats.

[Melena]

I'm positive the Rangers would of won last year with HFA, such a huge advantage for their bats.

Nah, they wouldn't have. They scored more runs in game 1 at AT&T Park then the did the other 4 games combined.

[Rhinox]

Did I read correctly that the marlins are completely closing their upper decks cause of low attendance?

I know attendance is down big time league wide but that's just flat out embarrassing. Miami continues to prove they are the shittiest sports fan in the country.

[jmc]

Brian Wilson had the best intro. Lol

[Bregor]

Why the fuck is Mike Quade on the staff? He's got to be one of the worst managers in baseball.

[Aksannyi]

I can't even bring myself to watch this tonight. The entire fun part of the ASG is seeing who makes it. The game itself is typically meh.

[Bregor]

I got kinda sick of Brian Wilson after the Giants won it all last fall, but he is pretty much awesome incarnate.

[Bregor]

Josh Beckett hurt warming up, lol. Tweaked his knee in his last start, aggravated it just now apparently.

[Akiyama]

DAMN ALL STAR GAME HURTING PEOPLE ZOMG :<

[Soa]

I blame this inning on Bochy, Cliff never should have pitched after the 3rd.

[Bregor]

DAMN ALL STAR GAME HURTING PEOPLE ZOMG :<

Quiet you, let me bask in my intense hatred of Josh Beckett and the Red Sox.

[Zoolander]

Hey now, baseball has nothing on college football

Yea, having by far the most relevant regular season in all of sports that basically includes 20+ truly epic games of huge importance along with a shit ton of big time bowl games after the season, all while making billions off of athletes that work for free, is really fail.


someone just needs to assassinate Selig already.