The Official MLB Season Thread (Opening in Japan at 6:00 a.m.)

Who let Steve Phillips into the booth? He was shit at running a team, shit on Baseball Tonight, and now I have to listen to his crap during the broadcast?

I will never ever get a chance to say this again: Tonight the Blue Jays and Orioles battle for first place in the AL East.

LOL.

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Originally Posted by Saint of Killers

i'm willing to admit that wang is a very good pitcher that has consistently shown the ability to depress the batting average on balls put into play over a large sample size despite rarely striking anyone out if you will stop stop using wins as a measure of his success. the guy has pitched for the best fucking offense in baseball his entire career; no shit he's gonna rack up some wins.

kthx

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What the fuck better stat is there as a measure of success than wins?

Also:

2008

W 3-2
W 2-0
W 4-1

2007

W 8-1
W 8-1
W 6-2
W 9-5
W 5-1
W 4-1
W 8-2
W 8-0
W 12-0
W 6-4
W 9-4
W 10-6
W 7-1
W 9-3
W 7-2
W 5-0
W 12-3
W 6-3
W 12-4

OBVIOUSLY these wins are a product of his offense, right?

edit--2006 is much the same. He gets his wins with good pitching, not by giving up 6 and getting bailed out.

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Originally Posted by Brisco Bold

I will never ever get a chance to say this again: Tonight the Blue Jays and Orioles battle for first place in the AL East.

LOL.

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Why? It happened all the time in the early 90s.

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Originally Posted by Error

Why? It happened all the time in the early 90s.

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Times done changed, son.

And times done change again, don't worry about it. The Red Sox will get old and busted. Its starting to happen. They Yankees are already considered old and over the hill. Jays and Tampa are the up and comers. And it won't take much for the Orioles to get better. A few years, some more draft picks, some choice free agents, who knows.

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Originally Posted by Error

And times done change again, don't worry about it. The Red Sox will get old and busted. Its starting to happen. They Yankees are already considered old and over the hill. Jays and Tampa are the up and comers. And it won't take much for the Orioles to get better. A few years, some more draft picks, some choice free agents, who knows.

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The Yankees I can see. The Red Sox?

Red Sox are a mix of young and old, and the good pitching is all young. Sox will be in it every year.

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Originally Posted by Error

And times done change again, don't worry about it. The Red Sox will get old and busted. Its starting to happen. They Yankees are already considered old and over the hill. Jays and Tampa are the up and comers. And it won't take much for the Orioles to get better. A few years, some more draft picks, some choice free agents, who knows.

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You left out the part where the Yankees and Red Sox raid the Blue Jays', Rays', and Orioles' talent as soon as they become free agents.

Yankees are transitioning to a younger team imo