MLB 2014 Thread

[EddieG]

Me - Yankees

Damshow - Orioles

Maxx - Red Sox

Those silly Canadians that keep predicting Toronto to win the East - Blue Jays

I hadn't realized Maxx was also a Red Sox fan.

I knew he hated the Patriots, so I figured the Boston hate extended into other sports.

Funnily enough, a friend of mine is a Pats fan but hates the other Boston teams.

[livid]

meh. Cloudy and me will just continue being way more awesome than all of you

There is surely another Cards fan besides me around these parts, right? Livid, I think?

Indeed. These hooligans just don't know what class is.

[Maxx]

Me - Yankees

Damshow - Orioles

Maxx - Red Sox

Those silly Canadians that keep predicting Toronto to win the East - Blue Jays

I hadn't realized Maxx was also a Red Sox fan.

I knew he hated the Patriots, so I figured the Boston hate extended into other sports.

Patriots fans I had to deal with were all insufferable pricks. Red Sox fans were all my friends from college.

[The Buscher]

Curt Schilling has cancer

[Magus978]

Hall of Famer and longtime Mets broadcaster Ralph Kiner has died at the age of 91



http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/hall-famer-longtime-mets-broadcaster-kiner-dead-91-article-1.1604801

Edited February 6, 2014 by Magus978

[The Buscher]

Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner passes away at 91. As a Mets fan, I'll miss his visits to the broadcast booth even right up to the last year of his life.

[Meacon Keaton]

So it's being reported that the Phillies have signed AJ Burnett for one year, $16 million. This Philadelphia ball club is quickly becoming a retirement home.

[RoHitman Reigns]

Jeter has announced this season is to be his last one.

[Meacon Keaton]

[gunnar hendershow]

ESPN's cameras will be covered in semen for the next 6 months. Gross.

[Meacon Keaton]

Espn is constantly covered in semen. Seriously, avoid ESPN. It's easy and so worth it.

[DMN in the House]

So it's being reported that the Phillies have signed AJ Burnett for one year, $16 million. This Philadelphia ball club is quickly becoming a retirement home.

I'm not sure a Yankees fan should talk about old teams

I think it goes without saying that Jeter is a first ballot hall of famer, and, in this age of social media and 24 hour news cycles, one of the most private athletes to ever play the game. I don't like the Yankees, but Derek Jeter is my second favorite man to ever wear pinstripes.

(For the record, my favorite Yankee ever is Gary Sheffield, but he's my favorite player ever, period, so...)

[Meacon Keaton]

Hey! Two old guys retired last year, one is retiring this year, and another one is suspended. We're not as old as we once was!

[The Buscher]

I wonder what Jeter's victory lap will be like this year. I imagine teams will treat it like Rivera last year and give him gifts, etc. but I wonder how many fans will play along. Everybody genuinely loved Rivera, but non-Yankee fans loved to hate Jeter. I'd think he gets a good ovation in most parks but I can see there definitely being some places where people just boo him because they love to do it. With the Yankees ending the season in Boston if the AL East is on the line it'd be pretty weird to see them doing a big thing to honor Jeter. Maybe they'll do it the first time the Yanks come to Fenway to avoid that scenario.

He'll definitely get a big moment in the All Star Game too. He finished top 5 in the SS voting last year despite barely playing, so regardless of how he does in 2014 there is no way is he not getting voted in in his final season.

[Damian WayLNKe]

I feel Rodriguez has made Jeter a lot more likeable by opposing fans by comparison over the past few years.

[Meacon Keaton]

Jeter isn't a prick, so yeah I guess comparing him to one does make him seem that much better.

[gunnar hendershow]

It's different when an everyday player gets a victory lap compared to someone like Rivera too. Jeter's gonna be in the lineup almost every day and a 4-game set in Baltimore or Boston isn't going to see him get a standing ovation every at bat.

[GhostMachine]

Jeter will probably get standing ovations. But its not like he's the greatest player ever, so he won't get a ton of them. If A-Roid ever does come back, however, I bet the boos he gets will be beyond epic.

[Meacon Keaton]

Only the greatest ever gets tons of standing ovations.

I'm sure Jeter will get a warm reception during his first at-bat in the first game of each "new" series, but it won't go any further than that. He's still a ball player on the most hated team in the country.

[Meacon Keaton]

I'm going to the April 8th, 1:05 game between the Yanks and the O's. Hopefully the first of many trips to Yankee Stadium this year. My plan is to take one friend or relative that hasn't been each time I go.