Official 2011 MLB Season thread

[peagle05]

fuck all these cardinals niggas man

 

[Co_Town_Michael]

Woooo-weeee

St. Louis handed out an ass whoopin tonight.

 

[youngwoodz]

Pujols. Is the machine...

 

[CoolJoe]

Pujols. Is the machine...

[video=youtube;wY_N2ewiCsQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY_N2ewiCsQ[/video]

..............

 

[Co_Town_Michael]

Everything is set up for Texas to go up 3-0 tonight.
Let's see if we can go through with it.

 

[Chi-Town Bully]

Cubs close to getting Theo Epstein, good move for the hated Cubs if it happens, i wanna know what kind of compensation the Red Sox looking to get

 

[peagle05]

The Boston Herald is reporting Theo Epstein is on the verge of becoming The Cubs New Gm and president of baseball operations

Announcement should be made in the next 24-48 hours

YES

well damn...

 

[MillzOG]

Friedman >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

But this is a huge step in the right direction for the Cubs, Now after Epstein goes there I wonder if Francona will follow him there.

 

[Chi-Town Bully]

Friedman >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

But this is a huge step in the right direction for the Cubs, Now after Epstein goes there I wonder if Francona will follow him there.

Im still pissed he was out there but the Sox went with Ventura, these idiots even thought about making Konerko a player-manager

 

[MillzOG]

Im still pissed he was out there but the Sox went with Ventura, these idiots even thought about making Konerko a player-manager

lmao I read about that earlier.....honestly I highly doubt Francona would've taken that job, they're a team that should be in rebuild mode that is tryna win now so they gonna be stuck in mediocrity....the Cubs are a rebuilding job in a ripe stage nh where you can start tryna buy players out and trade your best players for young guys so that job is probably more appealing especially since Cubs aint win a rang in a million years and this could be the time of change and he can be there for it

but I honestly do think Ventura could be good for them, but it's all gonna come down to whether or not they have a good start to next year especially if he makes a rookie mistake or 2 the veterans in that locker room might be ready to knock him out but it seems like he has the players respect so thats always a good start.

 

[Generic]

so no one watched the game? good win for the tigers.

good move by the cubs, shouldn't take epstein long before
he turns that franchise completely around.

 

[A.J. Trillzynski]

SMFH.. Suicide Watch if Buehrle leaves..

Sox Will Let Buehrle Field Other Offers

(CBS) Now that their manager is locked down, the fate of veteran left-hander Mark Buehrle will come into the White Sox’s focus.

Buehrle, a 12-year veteran, is an unrestricted free agent. He’s been the ace of the club’s staff for years, and replacing him won’t be easy.

“Listen, whenever it is, when Mark Buehrle leaves, you’re going to have a void,” general manager Ken Williams said. “I’m not just talking about the player standpoint, but who he is, what he is, all the peripheral things. You can’t ask for a better guy performance wise and non-performance wise.”

Williams made it clear the team won’t offer a contract to Buehrle before he has a chance to shop the market — something that could easily drive his price right out of Chicago’s budget.

“The market has to tell us what he’s going to command,” Williams said. “And we’ll look into it then to see if it fits into our planning and budget.”

Over 12 season in Chicago, Buehrle is 161-119 with a 3.83 ERA, including a no-hitter and a perfect game.

the bolded meaning Kenny will be too cheap to re-sign him.

meanwhile..

Its official Theo Epstein is the cubs gm and president of baseball operations

time to dust off the Cubs fitted and hop on the bandwagon early? (i kid i kid..)

 

[MillzOG]

Buerhle aint real anyway

 

[A.J. Trillzynski]

stop with the ignorance pls, what part about this post isn't real?

Over 12 season in Chicago, Buehrle is 161-119 with a 3.83 ERA, including a no-hitter and a perfect game.

 

[Chi-Town Bully]

Buerhle aint real anyway

Stop hating, you would take him over those yankee bum ass pitchers not named Nova and Sabathia

 

[MillzOG]

Buerhle is a good pitcher, but he aint no Ace and thats what I mean......disagree if you want, but I aint tryna just shit on Chitown sports it's an opinion (that I believe to be a fact).

and LMAO @ signing Fielder AND Pujols....I think the Cubs get 1 (Pujols) and then Fielder goes to the Giants like I been sayin for 2-3 years now

 

[TheBossman]

Pitchers Jon Lester(notes), John Lackey

(notes) and

Josh Beckett(notes) (pictured above) were indifferent and had an "anemic" work ethic, as well as "a habit" of

drinking beer, eating fried chicken and playing video games in the clubhouse during games. When a team trainer suggested the trio were getting out of shape, his concerns were quickly brushed aside.

Manager Terry Francona struggled with personal problems relating to his marriage and health all season and was ineffective when trying to rein in the clubhouse culture.

The team was angry at ownership for the scheduling of a day-night doubleheader against the Oakland A's so any conflicts with Hurricane Irene could be avoided. The Red Sox won both games, but it was the last two-game winning streak of the season.

Pretty much every player outside of Dustin Pedroia(notes) and Jonathan Papelbon

(notes) did not exhibit any signs

of leadership as the year crumbled around them.

The article is making plenty of waves, even among all the Theo Epstein-to-Chicago news, and it's easy to see why. Most postmortems usually don't contain the type of ax-grinding details found in this one. Then again, most teams don't collapse like the Red Sox did. Most media bases would've stopped looking for someone to blame two weeks after the fact.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/bi...methrowing-officially-begins-?urn=mlb-wp23639

 

[Generic]

I just don't see pujols signing anywhere but with the cardinals.
Think the cubs should be able to land fielder. LOL @ signing both.

 

[Mvpbrodie93]

Theo is a great look for chicago

 

[IceBergTaylor]

I can see the Cubs getting Fielder. Idk bout Pujols tho. Something tells me Pujols is gonna stay.