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Post by Marlins on Feb 3, 2007 23:16:44 GMT -5
Yankee stadium hasnt held one since 1977. Excellent. I can't believe noone brought this up before. |
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Post by Josh on Feb 3, 2007 23:18:23 GMT -5
4 points..
brewersgm:4 diehardmetsfan:3 doublestix:5 HoustonGM:7 Soriano12:4 bkgangstapianisr :4
Reverse order for topic two. bk is up..
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Post by Marlins on Feb 3, 2007 23:22:42 GMT -5
Backwards order for round 2...bk's up first.
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Post by bkgangstapianist on Feb 3, 2007 23:25:44 GMT -5
The Cards barely slipped by the Mets last year. The Mets hitters shut down durin the playoos hittin as a team around .220. The Mets pitchers, like perez and maine and glavine exceeded and played very well. And the offense has matured too. IT will be hard for the Cards to repeat since they did nothin in the offseason to improve. The MEts didnt really do much either but the Mets have by far a much more potent line up anmd bullpen then the Cards. Teams like the dodgers and phillies are also emerging buty still need a year or two to consider them true contenders of a world series ring. Botht teams have great prsopects who will help them down the line. But as for this upcoming year, I believ the Mets have the best chance of breaking through and becomin NL champions
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Post by Josh on Feb 3, 2007 23:28:18 GMT -5
3 points.
brewersgm:4 diehardmetsfan:3 doublestix:5 HoustonGM:7 Soriano12:4 bkgangstapianisr :3
Soriano is up.
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Post by soriano12 on Feb 3, 2007 23:32:32 GMT -5
The Cards really got worse. There two starter at this point if Mulder gets hurt is Kip Wells! They should have got some pitching this offseason. There pitching is the worst rotation in the NL Central that can contend. If Pujols has a Derrek Lee injury they are done. He is there only strong point besides Carpenter. You can't count on Edmonds and Rolen lately. I mean they weren't expected to win it last year. They won the NL Central last year with around 85 games? The Cubs and Astros will both win that many. I say they will be lucky to make it to the playoffs. i'd say the Cubs will because they had the strongest offseason. There was many teams who spent alot of dumb money, the Cubs did also but they also had some good signings. I also like the Mets because of their great lineup.
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Post by Marlins on Feb 3, 2007 23:33:53 GMT -5
The Cards barely slipped by the Mets last year. The Mets hitters shut down durin the playoos hittin as a team around .220. The Mets pitchers, like perez and maine and glavine exceeded and played very well. And the offense has matured too. IT will be hard for the Cards to repeat since they did nothin in the offseason to improve. The MEts didnt really do much either but the Mets have by far a much more potent line up anmd bullpen then the Cards. Teams like the dodgers and phillies are also emerging buty still need a year or two to consider them true contenders of a world series ring. Botht teams have great prsopects who will help them down the line. But as for this upcoming year, I believ the Mets have the best chance of breaking through and becomin NL champions They didn't do it last year, and they're nowhere nearly as good this season as they were last season. And anyways, no matter how good their offense is, it'll never be as good as the Yankees offense was last postseason, and they were held scoreless for 20 innings against Detroit. So just because the Mets have a good offense doesn't mean anything-especially when you consider they have even less pitching this season. |
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Post by slugfest504 on Feb 3, 2007 23:34:27 GMT -5
As baseball has proven over the last few years, it's very difficult to win back-to-back championships. I think the Cards have the advantage in playing in MLB's weakest division (the Cubs don't scare me), but I think the Dodgers, Mets and Phillies could all finish ahead of them.
I love Chris Carpenter, but any time you lose starting pitching you're going to struggle. I think Reyes is the wildcard in their rotation; if he pitches like Verlander, Liriano or Josh Johnson did last year, the Cards have as good a shot as any team to compete in the N.L.
Pujols and Rolen form a great nucleus, but I think they still need to add a couple bats. Of course with Tony LaRussa as their manager they'll always have a shot to win.
If its not the cardinals then I say it’s the tigers. They didn’t lose anything important this year and added a great bat in Sheffield. There younger pitchers get more experience and have a shot to come out with better #’s. Its nothing but uphill for them.
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Post by slugfest504 on Feb 3, 2007 23:35:22 GMT -5
i am taking over 4 houston
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Post by Marlins on Feb 3, 2007 23:36:38 GMT -5
The Cards really got worse. There two starter at this point if Mulder gets hurt is Kip Wells! They should have got some pitching this offseason. There pitching is the worst rotation in the NL Central that can contend. If Pujols has a Derrek Lee injury they are done. He is there only strong point besides Carpenter. You can't count on Edmonds and Rolen lately. I mean they weren't expected to win it last year. They won the NL Central last year with around 85 games? The Cubs and Astros will both win that many. I say they will be lucky to make it to the playoffs. i'd say the Cubs will because they had the strongest offseason. There was many teams who spent alot of dumb money, the Cubs did also but they also had some good signings. I also like the Mets because of their great lineup. The Cubs had some good signings, but as always, they have history against them. And anyways, their pitching is still lacking. As for the Mets, their great lineup means nothing. In the end, it always comes down to the pitching, which they're not strong enough in. |
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Post by Josh on Feb 3, 2007 23:37:00 GMT -5
You made a lot "if" points. If Pujols gets hurt. If Mulder gets hurt. Plus, we don't know if the Astros will have Clemens next year. But I still agree that they should have gotten more insurance.
3 points
brewersgm:4 diehardmetsfan:3 doublestix:5 HoustonGM:7 Soriano12:7 bkgangstapianisr :6
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Post by Zack Attack Troll on Feb 3, 2007 23:39:58 GMT -5
Grade Houston's then I'll go. Slug took over for him.
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Post by bkgangstapianist on Feb 3, 2007 23:40:58 GMT -5
btw for global moderator... thats doesntmean anything
the tigers held the best offense to nothin but lost a worse offense then the Mets in the worldseries. if ur sayin the cards are better than the yanks i cant agree wit u.... And if ur sayin the
Mets arent better than the cards, which the topic is about, NL NL NL NL, than idk, so lets reivew... Tigers beat yanks, cards beat mets, and cards beat tigers.... so then the cards must have the best pitchin right, but they dont... which one
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Post by Josh on Feb 3, 2007 23:42:53 GMT -5
Nice post slugfest, 5 points.
brewersgm:4 diehardmetsfan:3 doublestix:5 HoustonGM and Slugfest:12 Soriano12:7 bkgangstapianisr :7
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Post by diehardmetsfan on Feb 3, 2007 23:43:34 GMT -5
i g2g, and since im not in the next round, im just gonna post to see wut i get...
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