: Wed May 20, 2009 3:09 pm  

spooky wrote:

I don't recall going anywhere last season. We had a lot to be happy about post All Star break thanks to Cito and Gene. I think you're memory's faulty mate.

There was a huuuuuuge gap.....well the odd post from June to October, nowhere near as much as early season, thats my point..you start okay then disappear, nobody cares about the rest of baseball as it's all about us and the red sox.

: Wed May 20, 2009 7:00 pm  

Anyone doing fantasy baseball this year? Im in an ESPN, 12 team mix league, won it last year and currently leading it again this year

Its weekly matchups, based on 12 stats, 6 offensive and 6 pitching

Hits, Runs, Home Runs, Total Bases, RBI, SB

Strikeouts, Wins, Saves, ERA, WHIP, K/9

My team is currently

Victor Martinez
Todd Helton
Chase Utley
Ryan Zimmerman
Jimmy Rollins
Carl Crawford
Raul Ibanez
Jason Bay
Michael Young (DH)

with Brandon Inde and Ben Zobrist as backups

Pitching Staff

Dan Haren
Joe Nathan
Heath Bell
Brian Wilson
AJ Burnett
Wandy Rodriguez

with Edison Volquez and Jared Weaver on the bench currently, but bring them in on their starting days, Way Rod starts tonight

: Wed May 20, 2009 7:14 pm  

Mark wrote:

There was a huuuuuuge gap.....well the odd post from June to October, nowhere near as much as early season, thats my point..you start okay then disappear, nobody cares about the rest of baseball as it's all about us and the red sox.

Early season 2008 we had a lot to complain about.

: Thu May 21, 2009 7:16 am  

and here come the Yankees

: Thu May 21, 2009 11:49 am  

Another good win yesterday highlights being Papi knocking one to centre and Bay going out of the ground.

1.5 games back now, need Baltimore to shake them Yanks down though, on a serious roll.

: Thu May 21, 2009 8:38 pm  

Ande wrote:

Another good win yesterday highlights being Papi knocking one to centre and Bay going out of the ground.

1.5 games back now, need Baltimore to shake them Yanks down though, on a serious roll.

I knew it would be down to us to kick start Papi's season. I don't mind so much, I do like Papi.

Young Brett Cecil definitely got his welcome to the big leagues last night - OUCH!

Can't help but but think the sweep is inevitable now with yet another Rookie going tonight. Wonder if Cito will jiggle the rotation a bit for next weekend. We've got Thursday off which might mean Richmond gets pushed to the Friday. Depending on how Ray goes tonight he could skip Cecil and go straight to Ray for the Sunday game.

Wish our bats would wake up but I suppose a quiet patch was inevitable. Everyone else seems to have had one. Just a shame ours had to come in Boston!

: Thu May 21, 2009 10:21 pm  

Twins 20-1 White Sox

Slippery slope.

: Fri May 22, 2009 6:12 am  

here come the yankees ............1.5

: Fri May 22, 2009 12:14 pm  

Well I was right about the sweep. We had plenty of hits but couldn't string enough together to get the runs. Time to put Boston behind us and see what we can get out of Atlanta.

: Fri May 22, 2009 1:16 pm  

It was a real dead game yesterday between the Sox and the Jays.

Yanks play the Champs tonight, that'll be close

Phillies had a good 12-5 win yesterday, be nice and close