MLB 2018.1: ...And The Nationals Will Not Make It Out of the First Round

[TovarishchLisa]

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A's beat the Padres after being down 2-1 and to their last strike. PETCO was Coliseum South!

Also Blake Treinen is the best closer in the AL and I will hear no word from anyone who disagrees

[SonofSouthie]

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Watching the Giants season is like watching a monkey fk a football.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/2...-punching-door

[Russell Jaslow]

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A new one, I guess...

@theScoreMLB: Cubs' Morrow out with back spasms sustained while taking pants off https://thesco.re/2JQEi1p https://twitter.com/theScoreMLB/stat...455296/photo/1

Remember when Mario Lemieux first started having back problems? He first suffered the problem while tying his skate laces before a game.

[Kepler]

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I encourage anyone with MLBTV to drop in on the TV broadcasts of the Mets occasionally for the rest of the season. The gallows humor between Gary Cohen and Keith Hernandez is starting to approach Nobel Prize in Literature levels. It's not any given quote, it's just the oeuvre in general.

For best effects, tap in around the 6th or 7th after we've fallen behind for good. Of particular interest are games against other Doubleday-challenged teams when the quality of play of both sides is below sparkling.

This might actually be the most depressing sports team I have ever followed, and trust me it's saying a lot.

[JF_Gophers]

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Twins continue their mysterious ability to beat several top teams (not named Yankees), but lose to everyone else.

Series wins over Houston, Boston, and Cleveland.

[joecct]

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ex Red Sox Hanley Ramirez could be in deep deep doo doo.

http://bit.ly/2yz2Jel

[Hammer]

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What the hell are you guys doing over there at Fenway? Are the Pats playing the Seahawks, or is there an actual baseball game going on this evening?

[CLS]

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What the hell are you guys doing over there at Fenway? Are the Pats playing the Seahawks, or is there an actual baseball game going on this evening?

Same pitching match up as last Saturday in Seattle. That game ended 1 - 0.

Steven Wright gave up 10 earned runs and got a no decision.

[Scarlet]

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I was there! It was quite fun.

[SonofSouthie]

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Ladies and gentlemen, your Florida Marlins.

You would think at some point the “Marlins Way” becomes a bit more professional and humane and Derek Jeter’s group starts showing compassion. Right after the recent amateur draft, vice president of player development and scouting Gary Denbo fired a handful of amateur cross-checker scouts who had helped evaluate draftees. This was after scout Marty Scott was told in October that he was fired while in the hospital to remove a cancerous tumor in his colon and having tests for a kidney transplant. This was after the Marlins fired franchise icons Andre Dawson, Tony Perez, and Jeff Conine as special assistants. They also pulled the credentials of a radio host who had been critical of the team. Five employees in the team’s analytical department also quit. First impressions of this Jeter-led organization have not been positive, raising eyebrows around the game and offering a lesson in how not to do things.

[aparch]

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Ladies and gentlemen, your Florida Marlins.
...

Soon to be: L'espadon de Montréal

[joecct]

Soon to be: L'espadon de Montréal

Not Expos 2.0?

[aparch]

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Not Expos 2.0?

L'Espadon Expositions de Montréal?

[SonofSouthie]

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Soon to be: L'espadon de Montréal

Won't that be trop cool.

[Kepler]

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First impressions of this Jeter-led organization have not been positive, raising eyebrows around the game and offering a lesson in how not to do things.

Jeter is a typical Fortune 500 CEO -- a pretty face hired to grip & grin. He hasn't a clue about anything going on under the hood.