OOTS

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 04 2008 07:52 PM

Tampa Bay destroying the Yankees 13-4. They hammered Kennedy early, and now are thumping Hawkins (0.2 IP, 6 runs) & Farnsworth late, wasting good middle relief between. Sorry Steve J. Rogers.

Nymr83
Apr 04 2008 08:07 PM

Nice to see one of the Yankee hot shots get hammered early.

soupcan
Apr 04 2008 08:23 PM

Cliff Floyd hit his second homer of the season in that game to make it 7-4 Rays.

seawolf17
Apr 04 2008 08:28 PM

Suck it, Yankees.

Fman99
Apr 04 2008 08:31 PM

I watched the Jays/Sox tilt on MLB Extra Innings.

I'm real close to ordering it, even without any extra HD games included in the cost.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 04 2008 08:37 PM

same here.

metirish
Apr 04 2008 08:39 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 04 2008 08:44 PM

Me too, was just at my Cablevision account and nearly got it, here is the thing though, can I justify paying $159 when I won't be watching it when Mets games are on and I will be going to bed after those Mets games, apart from flipping through the games I just don't think I would get to watch it a lot.

themetfairy
Apr 04 2008 08:42 PM

I find that we put on EI a lot when the Mets aren't on (after a day game or during an off day). In our household we definitely watch it enough to make it pay, but you know your viewing habits better.

I'd much rather watch an out of market game than almost anything on television these days.

soupcan
Apr 04 2008 08:42 PM

Decisions, decisions.

soupcan
Apr 04 2008 08:49 PM

Checked out a little of the Yankee postgame.

Ian Kennedy's got Austin Powers teeth.

Nymr83
Apr 04 2008 09:05 PM

ex-Met Mike Jacobs hit a walkoff HR for the Marlins to beat Pittsburgh tonight.

DocTee
Apr 04 2008 09:20 PM

Poor Pittsburgh!

Fman99
Apr 05 2008 08:35 AM

themetfairy wrote:
I find that we put on EI a lot when the Mets aren't on (after a day game or during an off day). In our household we definitely watch it enough to make it pay, but you know your viewing habits better.

I'd much rather watch an out of market game than almost anything on television these days.

That's my mindset also.

Nymr83
Apr 05 2008 01:12 PM

While we're waitig to see if we play today, lets see if anyone can answer this question (courtesy of This Week in Baseball, don't answer if you were watching.)
Ryan Zimmerman opened the Nationals' new park with a walk-off homerun. When was the last walkoff homerun at the first game in a new stadium and who hit it?

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 05 2008 01:21 PM

I'm afraid it's going to be Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium in 1923.

Yankee Stadium seems to figure into everything these days.

OlerudOwned
Apr 05 2008 01:36 PM

Rays putting another beat down on the Yankees, at least so far.

Johnny Gomes, half of the coolest platoon in baseball with Cliff Floyd, has a three-run homer.

Frayed Knot
Apr 05 2008 02:10 PM

Gomes was having a tough day prior to that HR.
He thought he HRed earlier in the game and was already in his HR trot when the ball bounced off the top of the wall and he was tagged out jogging into 2nd. He then managed to somehow lose a fly ball in the sun while standing in the shade.

Cliff had an swesome Cliffy HR last night, a laser into the RF bleacher seats that could have killed any fan who wasn't alert.

Nymr83
Apr 05 2008 02:22 PM

Benjamin Grimm wrote:
I'm afraid it's going to be Babe Ruth at Yankee Stadium in 1923.

Yankee Stadium seems to figure into everything these days.

Nope. Dante Bichette at Coors Field (off The Mets' Mike remlinger in the 14th inning.)

Nymr83
Apr 05 2008 09:06 PM

Mike Jacobs hit a grand slam tonight after a walkoff homer yesterday, anyone regret that trade yet?

Fman99
Apr 05 2008 09:17 PM

I've been watching the Angels/Rangers tilt on MLB EI. Jered Weaver's got some filthy stuff.

metirish
Apr 06 2008 05:26 AM

Nymr83 wrote:
Mike Jacobs hit a grand slam tonight after a walkoff homer yesterday, anyone regret that trade yet?

Only when he hits a grand slam the day after hitting a walkoff home run.

Fman99
Apr 06 2008 02:19 PM

Mariners bullpen blows 9th inning lead without Putz in there and costs King Felix (and my best fantasy team) the win today.

Nymr83
Apr 06 2008 02:21 PM

crap, i have Felix in a league for $$ :(

wow, who the hell are O'Flaherty and :owe and where was the closer???

Fman99
Apr 06 2008 02:30 PM

Nymr83 wrote:
crap, i have Felix in a league for $$ :(

wow, who the hell are O'Flaherty and :owe and where was the closer???

Putz went on the DL with a rib injury. They're saying 2-3 weeks.

AG/DC
Apr 06 2008 03:12 PM

Boo! Fantasy talk in the main forum.

BOOOOO!

Nymr83
Apr 06 2008 03:13 PM

AG/DC wrote:
Boo! Fantasy talk in the main forum.

BOOOOO!

boooo fun killing boooo

Frayed Knot
Apr 06 2008 08:42 PM

Holy shit the Tigers are getting their asses handed to them again and are on their way to an 0-6 start on the eve of a trip to Boston.

metirish
Apr 06 2008 08:53 PM

Makes the Mets 2 - 3 start look great , what the hell is happening up there?

Triple Dee
Apr 06 2008 08:58 PM

The Best Line-Up in Baseball™ is averaging 2.5 runs scored a game.

AG/DC
Apr 06 2008 09:51 PM

Who is the best lineup?

Triple Dee
Apr 06 2008 09:58 PM

The 0-6 Tiggers, so branded by the baseball media.

Fman99
Apr 07 2008 06:18 AM

metirish wrote:
Makes the Mets 2 - 3 start look great , what the hell is happening up there?

Slow start by the hitters and the pitching staff revealing itself to be the mess that many people thought it would be.

AG/DC
Apr 07 2008 06:34 AM

We were supposed to have a great lineup in 2002. Proof in pudding.

duan
Apr 07 2008 10:02 AM

AG/DC wrote:
We were supposed to have a great lineup in 2002. Proof in pudding.

I know Robbie Alomar's collapse was a surprise but how anyone thought an outfield comprising 3 from Roger Cedeno, Timo Perez, Jeromy Burnitz and Jay Satan could lead to a "great lineup" is beyond me. We also had Rey Ordonez at short NOT Alex Rodriguez.

AG/DC
Apr 07 2008 10:16 AM
Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Apr 07 2008 07:53 PM

I wasn't on board either, but a lot of media and fans were.

Burnitz was pulling down 13 big ones. Both he and Cedeño were coming off of modestly good seasons and people got themselves oversold. What can I tell you?

My point is that maybe a similar ill-advised consensus has been built up on the Tiggs, and years from now, spell broken, peeps will all say, "Of course, Sheffield was going to collapse! Another year of Ivan Rodriguez? What were they thinking!"

soupcan
Apr 07 2008 10:42 AM

metirish wrote:
Makes the Mets 2 - 3 start look great , what the hell is happening up there?

Mets started 2-3 in '69, '86, '88 and '00.

metirish
Apr 07 2008 11:16 AM

soupcan wrote:
="metirish"]Makes the Mets 2 - 3 start look great , what the hell is happening up there?

Mets started 2-3 in '69, '86, '88 and '00.

And probably a lot of other years too I'm guessing, thanks though because that made me feel good.

Nymr83
Apr 07 2008 05:15 PM

Vintage Maddux on display against the hapless Giants today. He goes 7 and allows 1 run, 93 pitches a 7 run game was enough to pull him after 7 innings.

Nymr83
Apr 07 2008 08:47 PM

Glavine doesn't give up a run but doesn't get the W as Boyer serves up a big 8th inning dinger to 2007 Robbed-of-MVP Matt Holiday