Baseball is here.

Oh, And not that anyone asked but I don't see Darvish as a particularly talented MLB player.

MLB seems to be enamored with asian players yet 95% of them don't pan out. Scratch That. They flat out suck.

I'm more interested in the Cuban players. Yoenis Cepedes(sp?) looks awesome in his first few games. 3 monster dingers.

Now whether he is 20 years old or 35 years old remains to be seen. lol.

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Oh, And not that anyone asked but I don't see Darvish as a particularly talented MLB player.

MLB seems to be enamored with asian players yet 95% of them don't pan out. Scratch That. They flat out suck.

I'm more interested in the Cuban players. Yoenis Cepedes(sp?) looks awesome in his first few games. 3 monster dingers.

Now whether he is 20 years old or 35 years old remains to be seen. lol.

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I don't think they can lie about their age as easily as the DR guys can. If I remember right they pretty much stamp people like a serial number in those fascist countries.

hornedfrog2000 said:

I don't think they can lie about their age as easily as the DR guys can. If I remember right they pretty much stamp people like a serial number in those fascist countries.

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Braintfart! Yes, You're probably correct. My mind went on auto pilot, Was thinking DR as you mentioned. So, How old is El Duque again? lol

i have mlb.tv online and watch probably 100 yankee games a year. It's a great service. If you want to watch a good game tonight watch what matt moore does with the Rays. He's their number 4 starter and is godly.

hornedfrog2000 said:

i have mlb.tv online and watch probably 100 yankee games a year. It's a great service. If you want to watch a good game tonight watch what matt moore does with the Rays. He's their number 4 starter and is godly.

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Yeah the game is on in less than an hour. I have a MLB Extra Innings preview for the first 2 weeks of the season so I'll be able to see the game.

I have both mlb tv online and nhl center ice. I really enjoy the service for the money and recommend it to devout fans. Regular cable is a joke to try and catch regular season games, especially for hockey.

I would take a player any day out of cuba over any asian decent player. Nothing racial at all, but cuba or latin america more so, have a huge history of providing super stars. Asian decent players are notorious plunders lol.

BTW, One of my all time favorite cards is an Auto Rookie of Bobby Bonillia

MixedMelodyMindBender said:

It's true tho I mean look at the $$$ they paid for a dream team and imo they got one. I personally like the phillies odd's this year. But then again, sometime when u get to many superstars on one team its all ego and no play Which I hope don't happen for philly fans Plus I am dying to see paplebon get a ring out of boston. I think that was a very bad move on bostons part and it would give karma justice to see paplebon have a place in that !

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papelbon is a whiny cunt like the rest of 'em. i would have liked to see him stay in boston but for a "contract year" he didn't turn up the juice last season, did he? i'm going to dance a jig of glee at the end of every season that pap's whiny ass doesn't get a ring. he didn't even give the sox a chance to counter-offer, it wasn't "boston's move". he's just an arrogant son of a bitch.

the arrogance to go to one team because they offered 50 million instead of a "measly 48 million" or whatever is what's degrading the sport. bidding wars have no place in baseball imo. the whole system is pure bullshit.

i don't have the inclination to work out the figures, but of all the money being spent, how many of these "superstars" spend months of their contract on the DL?
take it from a red sox fan. having a "dream team" doesn't mean dick when they all get injured. and they DO get injured. the phillies broke their own "3 year rule" for pitchers and i am going to belly laugh when it comes to bite them in the ass. welcome to the sport of trying to buy championships. one sprained back and a busted wrist is all it takes to completely deflate a "dream team", and you get to pay for it for years.

Total Head said:

papelbon is a whiny cunt like the rest of 'em. i would have liked to see him stay in boston but for a "contract year" he didn't turn up the juice last season, did he? i'm going to dance a jig of glee at the end of every season that pap's whiny ass doesn't get a ring. he didn't even give the sox a chance to counter-offer, it wasn't "boston's move". he's just an arrogant son of a bitch.

the arrogance to go to one team because they offered 50 million instead of a "measly 48 million" or whatever is what's degrading the sport. bidding wars have no place in baseball imo. the whole system is pure bullshit.

i don't have the inclination to work out the figures, but of all the money being spent, how many of these "superstars" spend months of their contract on the DL?
take it from a red sox fan. having a "dream team" doesn't mean dick when they all get injured. and they DO get injured. the phillies broke their own "3 year rule" for pitchers and i am going to belly laugh when it comes to bite them in the ass. welcome to the sport of trying to buy championships. one sprained back and a busted wrist is all it takes to completely deflate a "dream team", and you get to pay for it for years.

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Everyone hates on bud selig, but he has done his job very well. The players, and owners have become very rich . I would honestly rather watch a game in my livingroom than fight the crowds at the stadium. I might go to one game a season, and just don't like dealing with all the people in my way haha. Supply and demand, when people stop paying they will change how they are doing it.

It's entirely possible I'm talking out of my ass, or remembering incorrectly as i was very young at the time but,

Didn't Bud Selig force Fay Vincent out of being Commissioner then stepped in as acting Commissioner?
I vaguely remember a press conference and him saying that it was only temporary, Then in '98, Boom, He's voted commissioner anyway?

That's not something, as a person, I'm cool with.

Oh and as far as doing his job, it would have been nice if he didnt turn a blind eye to all the steroid use in the 90's. I know alot of people turned a blind eye but he was the commissioner. It doesn't take an expert to know something is up when a record that stood for 40 years is broke by 3 players in one year! lol

I forget what year but I had McGwire AND Bonds on the same fantasy team. They got me like 130-140 HR's that year. ROFL.

I wish I could take 6 weeks off my job and still get paid because I pulled my hamstring or have a bruised knee.

So what does mlb.tv cost? I was thinking about getting the mlb package but is was almos $400.

Total Head said:

papelbon is a whiny cunt like the rest of 'em. i would have liked to see him stay in boston but for a "contract year" he didn't turn up the juice last season, did he? i'm going to dance a jig of glee at the end of every season that pap's whiny ass doesn't get a ring. he didn't even give the sox a chance to counter-offer, it wasn't "boston's move". he's just an arrogant son of a bitch.

the arrogance to go to one team because they offered 50 million instead of a "measly 48 million" or whatever is what's degrading the sport. bidding wars have no place in baseball imo. the whole system is pure bullshit.

i don't have the inclination to work out the figures, but of all the money being spent, how many of these "superstars" spend months of their contract on the DL?
take it from a red sox fan. having a "dream team" doesn't mean dick when they all get injured. and they DO get injured. the phillies broke their own "3 year rule" for pitchers and i am going to belly laugh when it comes to bite them in the ass. welcome to the sport of trying to buy championships. one sprained back and a busted wrist is all it takes to completely deflate a "dream team", and you get to pay for it for years.

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Thats the whole idea. Its not about sports anymore. Its about the ability to win a championship because that brings pure profits for that BUSINESS. These Organizations, are business at their epitome.

I totally agree with your mindset on superstars spending a ton of time on DL, and they still get paid the same. Whether they perform or not, they get paid the same. How much motivation can be drawn from that ya know?

It means a lot to the investors/owners to buy superstars cause they warrant more ticket sales. A dream team means tons of ticket sales. They honestly don't care if they win a championship, yes its a bonus, but the majority of profits are in ticket sales. A dream team brings big ticket numbers, typically. There are occasions when these superstar loaded roster just totally shit the bed and that ticket sale idea bites them in the ass. Again, its all business mindsets.

I see papelbon as beyond his peak. Just does not have the intensity and spirit that he did in his prime. I would like to see boston regret that choice to sell. and YES, I AM A BOSTON RED SOX FAN! I wish them the best every year and I follow every game possible whether its win , lose, or draw.

sonar said:

I wish I could take 6 weeks off my job and still get paid because I pulled my hamstring or have a bruised knee.

So what does mlb.tv cost? I was thinking about getting the mlb package but is was almos $400.

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Word. At best I hope for disability if I have to have 6 weeks off. In that case, its always a super small percentages of your wages earned. Gotta love being the little man, working fingers to the bones, while "superstar athletes " get there ass pampered while on the DL and a FULL PAYCHECK.

Just another sure sign its a royally fucked world

I am not going getting another season of mlb.tv IMO, its not worth the money, but I am a boston fan, and I get all home games on local broadcast

i got mlb tv on my ps3 free for the first month of the season i gotta find ot how much it cost cause its great u get eveerything

MLB Extra Innings is $179/year here. $149 after the all-star break.
Why isn't it half price after the all star break? Wish i knew.

I have a poll question for the folks that have been active in this thread. Do you feel that Ozzie should be disciplined for his comments about Fidel Castro? If so, then why?

In my opinion, the consistency for discipline in the MLB, is the same in the NHL VERY INCONSISTENT. I mean Brian Wilson and Tim Lincecum have both dropped the F Bomb on National TV, and nobody made any fuss. The list can go on and on about comments made by MLB players that probably fall in the same class as Ozzie's comment. Personally, I think its been taking way out of context, and I think its also an infringement upon his right to freedom of speech. It's not like he made threats or used vulgarity. He simple voiced his heart felt opinion about Mr. Castro. For some reason most Americans throw him in the Hitler class, but if you ever went to Cuba, they are more passionate about him then we have been of any president in a very long time. My family has married into Cuban blood, and I am proud to have them as family, and I am beyond positive that they still stand behind their leader, and dictator. Its a pleasant relationship for most people in Cuba in regards to the President. The last 10 years in America has been a bunch of division and no mass mutual support for one president as a whole country. I personally think there is some serious jealousies.

Granted he is not the nicest guy on earth, and he's done some real bad to his own people. But its Cuba, not America. Its a much different culture and social mindset. They don't look at him as an oppressive beast who off's his own people. Cuba has done just fine as a country, even after all the embargo's put against them. Cuba still maintains a respectable GDP, and they also like the Hugo Chavez Yes go to cuba and their is flag's off him everywhere. Just because us Americans don;t like someone, does not mean the rest of the world is in suit with our mentality.

BTW, there is a poll on espn and 71% say they don't feel any action was necessary. Ain't that something lol.

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" comes to mind.

Thanks for the ramble~ Stoned to Da Bonez

Amaximus said:

MLB Extra Innings is $179/year here. $149 after the all-star break.
Why isn't it half price after the all star break? Wish i knew.

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that aint to bad i aint gonna pay for it thou lol i get all the phillies games on csn i can care less about the other games i been watching cool service thou

MixedMelodyMindBender said:

Thats the whole idea. Its not about sports anymore. Its about the ability to win a championship because that brings pure profits for that BUSINESS. These Organizations, are business at their epitome.

I totally agree with your mindset on superstars spending a ton of time on DL, and they still get paid the same. Whether they perform or not, they get paid the same. How much motivation can be drawn from that ya know?

It means a lot to the investors/owners to buy superstars cause they warrant more ticket sales. A dream team means tons of ticket sales. They honestly don't care if they win a championship, yes its a bonus, but the majority of profits are in ticket sales. A dream team brings big ticket numbers, typically. There are occasions when these superstar loaded roster just totally shit the bed and that ticket sale idea bites them in the ass. Again, its all business mindsets.

I see papelbon as beyond his peak. Just does not have the intensity and spirit that he did in his prime. I would like to see boston regret that choice to sell. and YES, I AM A BOSTON RED SOX FAN! I wish them the best every year and I follow every game possible whether its win , lose, or draw.

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Did I miss something?
All Guillen said was: "I respect Fidel Castro," Guillen said in the article. "You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that fucker is still here."

So, In short, Guillen said, tongue and cheek, i beleive, Is that he has respect for a guy that is still alive even though people have been trying to kill him for many years.

If he wasn't in Miami this would be a none issue.

Play Ball!

kizphilly said:

that aint to bad i aint gonna pay for it thou lol i get all the phillies games on csn i can care less about the other games i been watching cool service thou

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I agree! I get all my Mets games (And Yankee games for that matter).
That along with the games broadcast on MLB network (Which is free) and ESPN and I'm set.

But i do love the free view for the first part of the month. It's probably the only time I watch just about any game on.
Until I get burned out. (Same with NHL Center Ice, heh)

Amaximus said:

Did I miss something?
All Guillen said was: "I respect Fidel Castro," Guillen said in the article. "You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that fucker is still here."

So, In short, Guillen said, tongue and cheek, i beleive, Is that he has respect for a guy that is still alive even though people have been trying to kill him for many years.

If he wasn't in Miami this would be a none issue.

Play Ball!

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That is hitting the nail on the head! If it was not in miami and made by a latin american decent coach, it never would have created buzz. I mean F bombs on National TV are totally okay and go unpunished, but Castro comments are total no-no's? What kind of message is that to send a player lol?

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I agree! I get all my Mets games (And Yankee games for that matter).
That along with the games broadcast on MLB network (Which is free) and ESPN and I'm set.

But i do love the free view for the first part of the month. It's probably the only time I watch just about any game on.
Until I get burned out. (Same with NHL Center Ice, heh)

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yeah i think my girl is alredy tired of baseball being on 24/7 lol its gonna be a long season for her