NL misery continues

[dr. fager]

Originally Posted by Gander

Yes maybe a bit mentally, but again I dont think it decides the winner. I think in baseball, the best team wins.

Yeah except when fans screw teams.....ala Cubs and O's

Funny thing there is one instance of home fans hurting/one of them helping...lol

[SCUDSBROTHER]

I think they need to have a 3 day break for the All Star Break.Then play the last 3 to 7 games of the 1st half of the season.Then have a week off,and start the 2nd half of the season after that.This way,3 days is not really enough time to go on vacation,and the week off (one week after this) would be the better time to be with the family etc. Keep the home field advantage going to the league that wins the All Star Game(not because it's fair at all,but because Human Nature demands incentive.)

[Gander]

Cool, I respect your guy's opinions and again, I am not a believer that too many teams win the World Series because they had home field advantage. More than any other professional sport, I think the team that wins the world series is usually the best team.

While it may be nice to start the Series at home and I wont be complaining come October if game's 1 & 2 of the World Series is in Fenway, I think its of little significance to the eventual winner or loser.

Originally Posted by Gander

Cool, I respect your guy's opinions and again, I am not a believer that too many teams win the World Series because they had home field advantage. More than any other professional sport, I think the team that wins the world series is usually the best team.

While it may be nice to start the Series at home and I wont be complaining come October if game's 1 & 2 of the World Series is in Fenway, I think its of little significance to the eventual winner or loser.

Tim I wouldn't count to highly on Fenway.
Yankees get back: Cano within two weeks, Matsui August 1st, Sheffield September 1st according to the latest reports. Add that to 23 2nd half of the season games against Baltimore and Tampa and that 3 game lead the Red Sos have sure doesnt look all that safe to me. I wasn't feeling too confident a month ago. BUt with the those guys coming back and the schedule coming up I smell a hard time for the Sox. They really already played their best baseball in that streak and have had the Yankees without 3 key starters. They really should have a much larger lead than 3 games. I think if you asked The Yankees a month ago if they would be happy to only be three down at the all star break they would have told you that they would jump for joy. I know I am.

[Gander]

Mike-
As much as I love my team, we are in desperate need of one more quality starter. Wakefield is too unpredictable. That kid Lester is pitching real well but hes got a lot to learn and he isnt post season tested.

I dont think we are good enough to have more than a 3-4 game lead right now and I am very satisfied to be in the position we are in. I know with the way we knock each other around a 3 game lead is about as good as a tie, but I think we have a great chance to win the division if we can maybe grab one more starter or keep getting quality starts with Lester.

2nd half should be fun and I'll stand by what I said 6 weeks ago, I'll be very surprised if either team has bigger than a 3 game lead from here on out.

Originally Posted by Gander

Mike-
As much as I love my team, we are in desperate need of one more quality starter. Wakefield is too unpredictable. That kid Lester is pitching real well but hes got a lot to learn and he isnt post season tested.

I dont think we are good enough to have more than a 3-4 game lead right now and I am very satisfied to be in the position we are in. I know with the way we knock each other around a 3 game lead is about as good as a tie, but I think we have a great chance to win the division if we can maybe grab one more starter or keep getting quality starts with Lester.

2nd half should be fun and I'll stand by what I said 6 weeks ago, I'll be very surprised if either team has bigger than a 3 game lead from here on out.

If the Yankees trade Cano and Hughes for Dontrelle I will personally find Cashman and assault him. Thats what they told the Yankees they want for Dontrelle. Cano should be an untouchable. No way are you gonna find a 2nd baseman that can field like he does and hit for power and average who is that young. Of course its said that the Yanks want Soriano back which would make that possible. My question is who the hell they can trade for Soriano? trading cano doesnt make sense for Soriano because then you can't do the deal for Dontrelle. My biggest fear is that the Yanks trade away the future again for one pitcher, they have only done that 100 times.

[Gander]

Ya I hear ya about Cano, hes awesome. But Dontrelle in my opinion is one of the top 3 pitchers in all of baseball when he has his stuff going. His last 2 starts were amazing and when its all said and done I think Dontrelle goes down as one of the greatest to have ever pitched. Remember he is still 24!

Seems like hes older because hes been around for a while, already has a ring and this guy is cool as ice.

Why cant the Red Sox go after him? Maybe make a straight up trade your pal Varitek for Dontrelle. The Marlins need a catcher.

Yankees getting Soriano back would kill me! Please dont even say that!