Baseball

[A Black Falcon]

Two weeks to pitchers and catchers reporting... I can hardly wait... :)

Oh, predictions. :)

AL
East -- Boston... I have to believe...
Central -- Minnesota. I think they're still good enough...
West -- Oakland. Though my favorite team in the West is Seattle... Oakland just always seems to get it done...
Wild Card - New York. Very close behind the Sox.

NL
East -- Atlanta. I know the Phillies are a popular choice, and I'd rather they win than Atlanta, but the Braves have to be proven to be beatable and they've had a hold on this division for so long...
Central -- I don't know... Cubs? Or Astros. I'd rather the Cubs, but it could be either one.
West -- Giants. My favorite NL team, too...
Wild Card -- no idea. Phillidelphia? Los Angeles? Houston? Arizona?

Oh, and the Mets will be in last place again. :) And I hope the Expos do well... I like them...

[Weltall]

Go Bo Jackson! Woo!

[OB1]

I was just about to say that!!


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That's crazy!

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You must be psychic or something...

[A Black Falcon]

If you don't have anything to say on the subject, just go away...

[Weltall]

Must be! You can use Deion Sanders if you want, he played both sports...

[OB1]

Yeah but Bo Jackson sounds cooler.

And I like this thread. I think I'll stick around to ruin it like ABF does to all of my threads.

[A Black Falcon]

There are a few people here who like baseball, but they don't come very often, like DMiller...

[OB1]

I like playing baseball...

[A Black Falcon]

Baseball is fun to both play (well I haven't in years but I liked it when I was younger...) and to watch. :)

[OB1]

It's fun to watch a live game, but sooo boring on tv. And that is an objective fact. :p

[A Black Falcon]

No, it isn't. Slow paced? Yes. Do I watch all of every game I watch? No. However, is it often exciting? Yes! And anyway the slower parts aren't so bad... it's a bit different than other sports because in baseball you need to fill in a lot of dead time. In hockey or basketball the announcers don't know what to do with themselves when there's a free second... :) Oh, and I should mention that I never watch national broadcasts or anything, just the Red Sox... when you watch a team a lot you start to like the announcers. I know I think ours are good... a million times better than those morons on Fox in the playoffs, I hate them so much...

[OB1]

*snore*


See? I fell asleep just thinking about it. :D



You at least have to admit that playing baseball is a trillion times more fun than just watching it. But then again you hate physical activities so...

[A Black Falcon]

No, because as I said I enjoy watching baseball... I don't watch the other sports, though. They're okay, I guess, but just aren't as interesting to watch to me.

[OB1]

I bet you'd also rather watch someone throw a frisbee on tv than play it yourself.

[A Black Falcon]

Frisbee is boring, so no. :)

[Fittisize]

Not in the playoffs-Montreal. Sans Vladimir Guerrero and Javiar Vasquez? Enough to almost make a man cry. :(

World Series Champs-Yankees

[Great Rumbler]

WHAT?! YOU'RE INSANE!! FRISBEES ARE AWESOME!!!

[OB1]

Frisbees are awesome!

[A Black Falcon]

The Red Sox will beat the Yankees this year... I know it... or I hope it... with their improvements they should... and anyway, being second six years in a row has to end sometime! Why not after you get Curt Schilling? :)

And yes, the Expos are definitely a real tragedy. Its awful to see what they have to go through.

[OB1]

I bet whatever team Bo Jackson is in will win the Stanley Cup.

[Fittisize]

Wrong, Ottawa Senators will win the Stanley Cup. Bo Jackson doesn't play on that team. And THEN, in the World Cup of Hockey, Canada's gonna win that.

[OB1]

Bo Jackson's so good that whatever baseball team he plays for will win the Stanley Cup. That's how good he is.

[The Former DMiller]

Wow, this sure got off topic fast before I even had a chance to see it. BTW, ABF, I should be sending out emails soon about fantasy baseball. Hope you want to play again this year. Here are my preditions:

NL East:
Phillies
Braves
Marlins
Expos
Mets

NL Central:
Astros
Cubs (Wild Card, Division Winner if they sign Maddux)
Cardinals
Reds
Pirates
Brewers

NL West:
Giants
Diamondbacks
Padres
Dodgers
Rockies

AL East:
Red Sox
Yankees
Orioles
Blue Jays
Devil Ways

AL Central:
Twins
Royals
White Sox
Tigers
Indians

AL West:
A's
Angels (Wild Card)
Mariners
Rangers

[Fittisize]

K, here's my predictions:

AL East
New York
Boston
Toronto
Baltimore
Tampa Bay

AL Central
Minnesota
Kansas City
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit

AL West
Seattle
Oakland
Anaheim
Texas

NL East
Atlanta
Montreal (I'm goin out on a limb here)
Philadelphia
Florida
New York

NL Central
St. Louis
Houston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Milwaukee

NL West
San Fransisco
Arizona
Colorado
Los Angeles
San Diego

Invite me to Fantasy League again this year...I'm gettin pretty good at it.

[A Black Falcon]

Wow, this sure got off topic fast before I even had a chance to see it. BTW, ABF, I should be sending out emails soon about fantasy baseball. Hope you want to play again this year. Here are my preditions:

Nope, just OB1 trying to annoy me like usual and Weltall trying to annoy me because the Pats won the Super Bowl... :)

And yes I do want to do fantasy baseball again. I hope I actually make the draft this time though... :D

Full divisions... why not...

AL East
Boston (breaking 6 years of 5-team deadlock? Here's hoping!)
New York (WC)
Toronto
Baltimore
Tampa Bay

AL Central
Minnesota
Chicago
Kansas City
Cleveland
Detroit

AL West
Oakland (Stupid A's! I hate them! Why can't they just lose for once... :) )
Seattle
Anaheim
Texas

NL East
Atlanta
Phillidelphia (could win, but Atlanta is good as ever, I think)
Montreal (well not likely probably, but I hope...)
Florida (losing so many good players can't help...)
New York (they will still stink. :) )

NL Central
Chicago
Houston (stupid Roger Clemens... at this rate he'll have to go to the Hall of Fame without a logo on his cap... which might be best. I don't know if I want a Sox one and he doesn't deserve any of the others. As for why they're second, they just haven't proven they can make it yet... they easily could win the division, however.)
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinatti
Milwaukee

NL West
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Arizona (unless Randy Johnson has a really, really good year...)
Colorado
San Diego (improved but not there yet in a good division)

[The Former DMiller]

Glad you both want back in fantasy baseball. I'm going to try to get Laser Link to play this year, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to convince him. Do you guys have any suggestions for the league? I'm going to send out an email asking the same thing, but a little early feedback couldn't hurt.

[A Black Falcon]

I don't know, I don't exactly have anything to compare it to... :)

[OB1]

Here's my roster:

Quarterback: Bo Jackson
Pitcher: Bo Jackon
Awesomeness: Bo Jackson

[Great Rumbler]

President: Bo Jackson

[OB1]

Master Blaster: Bo Jackson

[Great Rumbler]

Coolest peson with the last name "Jackson": Peter Jackson. Sorry, Bo. :(

[OB1]

Hell yeah! And can you believe that ABF doesn't like him??? Man, that kid's got some serious issues...

[Great Rumbler]

What?! That's crazy! Peter Jackson is awesome! Like a hobbit!

[A Black Falcon]

Peter Jackson is a very good director. Bo Jackson is a baseball and football player from when the only sport I even remotely cared about was baseball, and a player I never cared about. :)

[Great Rumbler]

You're opinion is stupid...but Bo Jackson certaintly isn't!!

[OB1]

Hey you edited your post...

[The Former DMiller]

I need to ammend my picks since the Yankees traded for ARod and the Cubs signed Maddux. I'll also put my playoff preditions just for the fun of it.

NL East:
Phillies
Braves
Marlins
Expos
Mets

NL Central:
Cubs
Astros (Wild Card)
Cardinals
Reds
Pirates
Brewers

NL West:
Giants
Diamondbacks
Padres
Dodgers
Rockies

AL East:
Yankees
Red Sox (Wild Card)
Orioles
Blue Jays
Devil Ways

AL Central:
Twins
Royals
White Sox
Tigers
Indians

AL West:
A's
Angels
Mariners
Rangers

NL Divison Playoffs:
Cubs over Phillies
Giants over Astros

AL Division Playoffs: (Looks familiar to last year)
Yankees over Twins
Red Sox over A's

Championship Series:
Yankees over Red Sox
Cubs over Giants

World Series:
Cubs over Yankees 4-3

[Fittisize]

I see you predicted the Yankees to not win the world series this year. I don't think that's going to happen.

But of course I'm going to put my money on L'Expos this season. But dang, it's tough being a die-hard fan for a team when you have to 'die-hard' year in and year out. :( btw if the Expos moved to Virginia that would be just wrong. Why not go to Portland?? That's in a day or two's drive.

[A Black Falcon]

The Yankees are so evil... EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL EVIL

[OB1]

You wouldn't be saying that if Bo Jackson played for them!

[A Black Falcon]

Oh, and did you hear Soriano is actually 28? Two years older than he said before... :D

The Rangers knew before the trade though so it wasn't a surprise to them... stupid Tom Hicks, making A-Rod his captain and everything just to trade him... and take on $67 million! Oh, sure, overall he gets $20-30 million more than he would have from the Sox, but still...

[OB1]

What does that have to do with Bo Jackson???